(2006-06-11 - Shank Hall) "Welcome Back My Friends to the Show Tha Never Ends...Ladies and Gentlemen, Carl Palmer!" Okay, so Keith and Greg couldn't make it, but it was indeed a "Celebration of the Music of Emerson, Lake and Palmer" as Carl Palmer (perhaps my favorite drummer of all time) and his band of extremely talented young turks blazed their way through songs from every era in the ELP catalogue. And not a keyboard to be found! Paul Bielatowicz (a 16 year old phenom on guitar) and Stuart Clayton on bass (now in my team picture of favorite bassists) handled all the keyboard parts flawlessly, at times playing both rhythm and melody keyboaed riffs on their own instruments at the same time. Positively amazing! A completley different take on classic ELP songs, which was very refreshing, indeed. It was truly an honor to be able to photograph not only a giant in the world of percussion/Prog, but also these two very talented young players. My thanks - first and foremost - to Mr. Carl Palmer; Bruce and Harry; Pete Jest, Dave and all the rest of the fine staff at Shank Hall.