Great Organists in Rock

My favorite has alway been Goldy McJohn of Steppenwolf fame.

How 'bout Ray Manzarek of The Doors? His keyboard supplanted the need for a bass guitar....

Oops, I missed seeing Ray Manzerek in the opening post.....so therefore please consider my above post as a ditto for Mr. Manzarek. BTW, The Doors Live at the Hollywood Bowl Blu-Ray, is wonderful both sonically and visually. It documents a historic time in rock when videos were an aberration, rather than the norm...

Patrick Moraz is my fave...

Felix Cavaliere - The Rascals!

I remember when Lee Michaels showed up on the scene...loud as hell 2 piece Hammond B3 duo with drummer Frosty. Great fun.

Not so many years back Frosty was a fixture on the Austin scene. Not sure of his present status.

Geoff Downes.

How many people have heard Hugh Banton and Van Der Graff Generator?

Not only does he have the credentials and chops, but organ is such a central part of that groups music and is so prominently displayed on many of their recordings that there can be no other champion in my mind, at least for any music that categorizes cleanly as rock.

Plus those guys are becoming more recognized over the years for doing so many things that no body else ever thought of doing until many years later so their influence is quite large for an act relatively unknown to most.

BTW, I read an argument the other day that in hindsight Kraftwerk was perhaps the most influencial group in rock other than The BEatles themselves. I had never thought about that prior, but I find that a hard thing to argue with.

John Novello of Niacin. He's like Keith Emerson on steroids and more soul.