https://www.petefordtheory.com/home daily 1.0 2021-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1619390002755-5B7CCJ22LAS7KRBFN78W/IMG_7150.JPG Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593362580085-2H5NKTSGC7UAJ6ADQQH4/thesislizwoodfordpiano.jpg Home https://www.petefordtheory.com/classes daily 0.75 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/735f4407-04cc-461b-b313-feff8418a520/IMG_2177.jpg Author - Practical Music Theory Parts 1 and 2. The material of each textbook is presented methodically in a logical format that addresses both basics and more advanced concepts. Many of the musical examples within this text were composed by Ford himself in an appropriate idiomatic style to precisely illustrate each point of the subject matter. (Examples of Professor Ford’s actual teaching can be seen on his “Professor, Music Theory” page). The series is published by conway-publications.com and may be ordered directly from the publisher. Currently this series is being used at select locations in Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana and South Carolina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/299ac3c5-d883-45c0-b57f-587e6e9cefbe/IMG_2179.jpg Author https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/c1488a60-69b5-400b-9134-fb3a6aba8a6f/IMG_2178.jpg Author - Music Fundamentals, and Practical Music Theory Parts 1 and 2. https://conway-publications.com/product-category/music-theory/ After a decade and a half of experience teaching college music theory and realizing his unique ability to explain many concepts to inquiring students, at the request of Conway Publications, Professor Ford has written his own series of textbooks intended for the College Liberal Arts Music Theory curriculum. Music Fundamentals was written to cover the first semester of freshman Music Theory study, intended as an introduction into the study of music in college for those who have not previously had music theory study. Practical Music Theory I and Practical Music Theory II each cover two semesters of music theory in a liberal-arts setting. The appendices are especially helpful for presenting information for the visual learner. Music Fundamentals is written as an introductory text for any high school student or college freshman who may wish to study serious music. (March 2021 News: This book will soon be available in Canada through the Long and McQuade Music Store chain!) (Examples of Professor Ford’s actual teaching can be seen on his “Professor, Music Theory” page). The series is published by conway-publications.com and may be ordered directly from the publisher. Currently this series is being used at select locations in Michigan and Kentucky. https://www.petefordtheory.com/location daily 0.75 2023-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593298358914-HZU457UP31N9JQH0ACI7/ACofficePete.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/b48ea3f2-2ed7-46bd-ac46-e9f7dcc688cf/ACjazzcombo091522.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1625254135321-3EXA1KLN53LA35KLQG7M/2+part+invention+for+guitar+2018+theory+class.JPG Professor, Music Theory This piece performed by guitarist Chris Buzzelli on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/ol2u_3HakKw https://www.petefordtheory.com/keyboardist daily 0.75 2025-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1592437150573-8EACACEEFCQCYP5528AP/PeteRocksinoMoogSmile+2019.JPG About Professor Pete Ford As a keyboardist, Pete Ford freelances in a variety of bands and for recording sessions. Pete Ford plays everything from solo jazz cocktail piano to jazz trio to big band with Swingmania, and all varieties of rock and jump-swing bands like Hepcat Revival. Ford plays in casinos and venues around the midwest (Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kentucky, West Virginia, Minnesota, Maryland, New York State, and Indiana), and can be seen in a variety of bar bands. Pictured here checking the Minimoog at our soundcheck, as keyboardist for Elvis tribute artist Walt Sanders in January 2019. (Photo credit: Scott Kretzer) IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: “I am NOT an accompanist. Although I read (and compose) written music, I am not a sight reader. That said, I’m fine reading chord changes and fakebook charts on a jazz or pop gig. I play creatively and appropriate to the style of the keyboard part of the gig. As the dialogue goes, “Do you read?” “Not well enough to hurt my jazz!” There are so many collaborative artists and accompanists out there who sightread better than I ever will, and that’s their gig. They deserve to be hired as appropriate to the musical need.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593219806641-8MM97J8IIM7FMRT9HEVK/portraitmegan.jpg About Professor Pete Ford Photo Credit: Megan Parsell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593219581338-N8MJH0B22KIZN1MHQYOT/stagelightsrocksino.JPG About Professor Pete Ford My rock keyboard setup getting a tan prior to performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593219491030-TNHY5X1P9AR470QIDWC1/Pete+Ford+at+Piano+Spr+2015.jpg About Professor Pete Ford Sitting in with the Scott Gwinnell Big Band in Detroit, circa 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/b5cc07a6-2a0a-4832-99e3-52c3add428ab/IMG_3349.jpg About Professor Pete Ford With Toledo Guitarist Eric Brazier at Mahattan’s, early 2000’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/be83ae2b-5b41-4127-938d-f0d0b047f356/IMG_6960.jpg About Professor Pete Ford - Make it stand out Solo “cocktail” piano on the Yamaha Grand at the (very ritzy) Chop House Restaurant in Toledo; a gig I play on occasion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1619963742096-38G0E0WW3CH1AW0T0DGD/IMG_7217+Pete+and+DJ+FONTANA.JPG About Professor Pete Ford In a rehearsal with Elvis’ drummer DJ Fontana, circa 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1598833334658-05KX9C6BDK1N15V1V814/IMG_2035.JPG About Professor Pete Ford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1598833295746-9U7ZOX9G1MD8YO6QSMPN/IMG_1795.jpg About Professor Pete Ford In performance with DJ, circa 2010 or 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/dcffbf0e-2b29-455b-b40e-1329910b8bfb/IMG_5070.JPG About Professor Pete Ford - Make it stand out Here playing solo “cocktail” piano at the Chop House, Toledo, June 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1628044774605-8SZ0KXVMUEB1GP6L2PI6/DJFontana+and+Pete+Ford+at+Mercy+College+Sept+2007.JPG About Professor Pete Ford - Make it stand out The Day DJ Fontana Guest-Lectured in my Mercy College Rock History Class https://www.petefordtheory.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-17 https://www.petefordtheory.com/about-pete-ford daily 0.75 2024-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593301299932-BW97KRYQV7CZR60GML7B/Abbey+Road+Jan+2020.jpg Images Abbey Road, NW London, England, January 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593301348212-48KGQF11GI22UV1QNTTR/b3megan2.jpg Images Adrian College's Beautiful Hammond B-3. (Photo: Megan Parsell) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593301375642-RUGSQQHE3K78YA3ALYL6/melodicatonigeib.jpg Images Melodica in Cleveland on Walt Sanders Concert. (Photo: Toni Geib) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593301460699-FETBC6TMAKQ4OUJO3IQ9/PeteHuntington.JPG Images An Event in Toledo with Hepcat Revival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593301653180-SYDF5SOGK457S0HVK980/photo.jpg Images Carnegie Hall, 2010, Adrian College Choir. That's me at the piano, Shannon Ford on saxophone and Pam Wilkinson-Horst on Clarinet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593301689022-G6DP7836P2BMP09X6TUV/moogashville.jpg Images Keith Emerson's historic Modular Moog Synthesizer. Asheville, NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593301752253-MLEMM459KBC9338LJJYE/photo-10.jpg Images Carnegie Hall, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593301790153-W6J93MKDQY418SH0YYUQ/sax4419fugue.JPG Images With Sax 4th Avenue at the Toledo Museum of Art. They are about to play selections from my "Jazz-Infected Fugues" in front of a modern painting entitled "Art of the Fugue" for the 4(19) Festival, August 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593301825270-O0PNK0KY22IMB090TFD2/tomritter%26me.jpg Images Duo Jazz with Tom Ritter at the former Degage Jazz Club, Maumee OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593302047022-0OCJBBX0CW3DXA5V9FTA/WillAlexanderDetroit.JPG Images Pete and Shannon with legendary keyboard tech Will Alexander (formerly Emerson's keyboard tech), before a Yes concert in 2017 (where he was Geoff Downes' keyboard tech). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593368711421-7O13Q8IYLS5ZPCHSOHBG/durtybird1.jpg Images Ye Olde Durty Bird, downtown Toledo, next to the Mudhens Stadium. The most consistent place in NW Ohio to hear live jazz by talented local musicians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593302071641-992W4U2024HEI1T5WZ5S/erica%26cathyjan2020.JPG Images With Walt Sanders' backup vocalists Erica Bickhart and Cathy Belfiore, backstage prior to gig January 2020. (Photo: Toni Geib) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593301871679-EXZ66X4JJ7FZDNXW2BFM/rocksinoscreenkeys.JPG Images Hard Rocksino gig; I appear on the giant screen during Walt Sanders concert. (Photo: Dan Moyer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593301997308-MHL4MIVVXIAGLZG0CPVM/PeteHepcatgignormjohn.JPG Images Hepcat Revival, probably Cleveland area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593302727068-81DDLAOGPXW4WDJ4VIMV/lizwoodfordpiano.JPG Images Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; the Woodford family living room Korg piano, signed by Keith Emerson (who had been a guest with them on different occasions). My thesis of his music is on top the piano. The Woodfords are absolutely splendid people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593368239434-PSR2CP86C2KEUNUD22YF/IMG_AlisiadrumsMebass.JPG Images Electric Bass on Alisia Chmielewski's Senior Percussion Recital at Adrian College, fall 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593368291015-924945QUO8I9Y0UBKL1K/MGMdualkeys.JPG Images with Walt Sanders, January 2020, MGM Grand, Northwood OH. (Photo: Toni Geib) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593957196575-MCW148JCEEA3K0K2VRN3/PeteCastleGrandGlassalon.JPG Images Toledo Museum of Art's "Castle Steinway" on one of the occasions where I got to perform with a jazz group in their Glassalon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593981699182-29P7UH8TEZQ3PU20FPWG/IMG_7391.JPG Images In British Columbia, sitting in with a blues band that just completed a tour of Russia, at the Kelowna Rotary Centre for the Arts. This picture is an electronic artifact from Jason Woodford's computer, when I was in BC for the Emerson documentary. (Photo courtesy Jason Woodford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593983047363-FDRHT2CGAEXQEHCSXR2V/IMG_7390.JPG Images "School of Blues with Kenny Wayne and Sherman Doucette" was the group with which I sat in. I don't recall what the tune was/tunes were, but I seem to recall playing in "G." It is always affirming when an upright bassist smiles at a piano player! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1620174777067-GYQJ3VI9FQW9F8S7ZQQD/maureenmcgovernprogram.jpg Images Program page for a concert for which I wrote custom instrumentation arrangements, played about half of the concert on piano, and conducted the rest of the concert with musicians from the Toledo Jazz Orchestra. Maureen McGovern, for the uninitiated, sang theme songs to multiple Hollywood blockbuster movies in the 1970's, including "There's Got to Be a Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/446c3ebe-b8f2-4373-aa3b-459e45919149/01161606.SamAdler2JPG.JPG Images Prominent composer Samuel Adler and his wife Emily Freeman Brown, January 16, 2016. They were sitting very close to me at at Toledo Symphony Orchestra concert I attended, and I could not resist the opportunity to get a selfie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/89f59b1d-9424-4672-8dc0-3f1df5b40e2b/NYV2010melodyandnorm.JPG Images 2010 BGSU New York Voices Camp; I worked as an auxiliary jazz pianist here for a few summers. In this pic, bassist Norm Damschroder and I back up Melody Brooke, one of dozens of talented vocalists from around the world we accompanied. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1628524577396-VXVHDORVE0NDD3NBB4B2/IMG_9063.jpg Images Cleveland Oktoberfest, 2017 or 2018, backup keys with Walt Sanders. Photo credit: Erica Bickhart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/9ae4b19e-d42d-4647-a443-708b6b706a1e/2keysottawail.jpg Images At a soundcheck in Ottawa, IL, circa 2016. Backup keys for three very different tributes on the same concert: "Johnny Cash," "Elton John," and "Elvis." The crowd seemed to dig all three. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/232d49d1-c32c-415a-bdef-e0e98298033f/IMG_8764.JPG Images Another Walt Sanders pre-concert sefie with the talented background vocalist ladies Erica Bickhart and Cathy Belfiore, here at Norwalk Ohio, July 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/9135841f-5d28-417b-9e46-ffe29eeb44d0/IMG_2490.JPG Images Playing piano at Hard Rock Cafe in Pittsburgh with Elvis Tribute Artist Walt Sanders, January 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/c6c93b81-01ca-4a19-ba9d-999e230b3c63/IMG_3099.JPG Images February 25th 2022--The Pete Ford Trio in front of a Renoir still life at the Swope Museum of Art in Terre Haute, IN. I composed the "Swope Suite for Jazz Trio" for this occasion, celebrating Renoir's date of birth. Eric Schatz on bass and Scott Kretzer on drums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/abf7e093-9b1b-4248-aa1f-dfb124ee4310/IMG_9703.JPG Images Professor Ford Presenting about Jazz Piano at the Michigan Music Conference, Grand Rapids MI, January 21, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/0bb70117-f964-4fae-bd29-d96341a31105/IMG_2741.JPG Images Bass with Swingmania Big Band at Hollywood Casino, Toledo, May 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/13281674-349a-4971-960d-b4e25a9165f5/1D8D408D-FA37-4481-AC50-BE66EE705C3B.JPG Images Studio Work in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for guitarist/songwriter Sammy Nyberg, June 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/b0883594-84db-47e0-bc1c-029ab9d3c57a/Petepiano+Detroit+Athletic+Club+051423.JPG Images At the infamous Detroit Athletic Club, four hours of solo piano on Mother's Day 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/890ccaca-5f92-4d24-bbcb-d3fc90f6e494/_MG_2805.JPG Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/9b4dcb87-73a6-4f25-ac5e-da8f8f90156a/_MG_2936.JPG Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/e49d3ca2-8d68-48e0-819c-9d34f8fe0d11/IMG_1332.JPG Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/2cd99486-048b-4c05-a8af-44a3fb4d2571/IMG_8913.PNG Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/15340a33-9dc8-4184-8515-d8ae6767ea9a/IMG_3178.jpg Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/b0e4f641-e8f0-4cc4-86df-1a4edacb9f17/IMG_1878.JPG Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/f4ec9a53-c3fa-4804-ba54-237c1f7103f7/IMG_1877.JPG Images https://www.petefordtheory.com/composer daily 0.75 2023-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1625708790614-O5LL4OZSLDP2UPG8UNIT/PeteFordpromopic+july+2021.JPG Composer - Pete Ford has composed serious pieces for piano, saxophone quartet, full chorus, string quartet, and other ensembles. Musical Resources is his primary music publisher. His latest publication through Musical Resources is a large collection of saxophone quartet music entitled “Jazz-Infected Fugues for Saxophone Quartet.” This suite of fugues (both jazz/baroque and straight baroque styles, as well as a Middle-Eastern sounding piece in 5/4) is a compendium of interesting literature for the saxophone quartet. The pieces have been recorded by Sax 4th Avenue, but as of yet the recordings are not available in downloadable or CD form. The 114-page score of sixteen pieces plus individual part booklets can be ordered below. (To preview, I have included low-fidelity recordings on this page below the Musical Resources order form link). Pete Ford is always delighted to hear of live performances of his music! Please contact him if you plan to include any of his works on a performance. (Ford’s current informal project, for his own self-discipline and amusement, is to compose his own Two-Part Inventions in a traditional 18th-century baroque style . So far he has several completed. More news on this project will be forthcoming) Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1625835002761-QZ1CYU58SUS7S8X6L5F7/UlteriorMotives+reprint+discovery.jpeg Composer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1592445986169-QNMDHW3CIFOHXZZPLWSW/carnegiehallprogram.jpg Composer - Most Prominent Gig as Composer His piece “Nahamasa (A Choral Fanfare for Asa Mahan)” with saxophone and clarinet obbligato was premiered May 10, 2010 at Carnegie Hall, with Ford himself at the piano accompanying the Adrian College Choir. While unpublished, this was a memorable moment in Ford’s career. https://www.petefordtheory.com/general-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847902870-ZOUR0EX0L2QSQNRC1SP2/image-asset.jpeg General 1 - Make it stand out. It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847903067-57HDPDJ6TWU40QPAQLS4/image-asset.jpeg General 1 - Make it stand out. It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.petefordtheory.com/jingles daily 0.75 2021-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593370012887-Y6JY7JKVZGICQYDU6VPZ/Bennett+Business+Card+1.JPG Jingles - My Jingle/Soundtrack Demo, circa 1988. Here is my business card from those days at Bennett Music. Click on the button to hear my Jingle Demo from that time. https://www.petefordtheory.com/biographical-info daily 0.75 2022-12-03 https://www.petefordtheory.com/music-of-keith-emerson daily 0.75 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/3f8af2c0-c13a-499b-9586-1d7e1fd8f837/IMG_1649.JPG Music of Keith Emerson - Make it stand out Bruce Pilato, Carl Palmer’s manager (formerly Greg Lake’s manager; a man who has worked with musicians such as Ringo Starr and countless other luminaries of the rock world) kindly takes the time to pose with me in Kent, Ohio November 2021 on a Carl Palmer tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593473258431-JHB5WBVTLVSPRQO8GCVR/documentarystills2.jpg Music of Keith Emerson Above: some visual electronic artifacts from my on-camera interview in April 2019 in British Columbia by David and Jason Woodford regarding an academic view of Emerson’s compositional style. I was deeply honored to be one of many individuals interviewed on camera for the documentary they are producing on Emerson’s legacy (fingers crossed that it gets released). Many of the other individuals interviewed for this are luminaries in the progressive rock world. Although Emerson himself was part of the initial documentary project, sadly, his sudden unexpected passing in March 2016 interrupted the process. I am DEEPLY honored to have been asked by the Woodfords for my limited participation in this important historical documentary. In my opinion, its title “Pictures of an Exhibitionist,” much like other aspects of Emerson’s career, detracts from the seriousness of Emerson’s musical prowess, but nevertheless, I am hoping to see the documentary released. ** Sad Addendum** David Woodford passed away in the fall of 2022. He and his family have been so delightful to me, and David will be deeply missed. Rest in Peace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593473077788-AH4ERIEHPEPBS21149KK/img001-1.jpeg Music of Keith Emerson Meeting Keith Emerson for the first time in Cincinnati, 1992, while writing my master’s thesis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1609874744981-6BXVSZA8J7LDHK9OMWEX/IMG_5194.JPG Music of Keith Emerson https://www.petefordtheory.com/sun-studios-2011 daily 0.75 2020-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593989463684-N6SFKW5T79I7X55TPEHX/sun+million+dollar+quartet+spoof.JPG Sun Studios, 2011 Enjoying the session and the space, Russell wanted us to try to recreate the image behind us of the “Million-Dollar Quartet.” Why I’m in Elvis’ spot is anybody’s guess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eea89fe2eed1b281e9f221d/1593989421811-VN0U7WYHUC73QMZ86BCA/IMG_1397+2.JPG Sun Studios, 2011 Matt Ross-Spang, a widely sought-after engineer and producer. Such a pleasantly easygoing human being and such a very talented and efficient individual. No wonder the stars like working with him. 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