The above concert was run a little more than ten years ago in this spot, but I had to go back and fix the coding so it would play, and since I think we could use a little break from Holiday stuff and all that, I figure it might good to remind everybody how cool Emerson, Lake and Palmer were by giving it an encore.

Emerson, Lake and Palmer…this is a band that he-man rock critics held in high contempt. A prog-rock supergroup, this band sold out arenas and moved millions of albums back in the 1970s when most of the critic’s darlings of the day couldn’t get arrested. YES, Emerson Lake and Palmer and Genesis were the “Big Three” of progressive rock back in the 1970s. While none of these bands could catch a critical break from Rolling Stone and the musical gatekeeper elite, all of them sold millions of records and concert tickets. ELP may have been the most-hated band in the closed clique of rock critics of the day. They still aren’t in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

And so, tonight we bring you ELP, in all their bombastic glory, with a full orchestra no less, at their peak in 1977 performing live in Montreal. Two-thirds of the band are no longer with us, but Carl Palmer is still touring the world, keeping their music alive, playing live drums to video playbacks of Emerson and Lake at their best.

Welcome back, my friends…