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Old 04-26-2007, 05:10 AM
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This may clarify............. http://www.moogmusic.com/history.php
http://www.moogmusic.com/history.php?cat_id=2

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Originally Posted by asawadude
BTW - The article says Townsend founded the use of synths in rock and roll. That can't be right. The first Who album to feature the synth was Who's Next in 1971. There's a bunch of Moody Blues albums that predate this and I'm pretty sure they were using Moogs or EMS's. Keith Emerson is the preeminent synth player of the 70's, along with Rick Wakeman.
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