Best Rock n' Roll Piano Performers

[Improviser]

Over the years, who have you liked best?

I always liked Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis.

 

[Madmannsucks]

I saw Pinetop Perkins when he was in his 90's. He still brought it.
Also Marcia Ball.

 

[Waquoit]

Billy Joel, I guess.

 

[cohenzone]

Fats Domino, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. I saw Lewis at one of UConn’s Cabernet nights, now several years ago, but well after his prime. Chubby Checker also appeared. Chubby was great, a lot of audience interaction. Lewis, whose piano playing was good, seemed bored, kind of perfunctory and disappointing.

 

[Rich]

Billy Joel

 

[August_West]

Bill Payne.

 

[RichZ]

I'll stretch R&R back to its foundation for my selections...

Roy Byrd (aka Professor Longhair, Fess, etc)
Champion Jack Dupree
Memphis Slim
Huey Pierce Smith (aka Huey "Piano" Smith)
Little Richard
Fats Domino

 

[phillionaire]

JoJo Hermann from WSMFP

 

[superjohn]

Steve Winwood on the Hammond.

 

[August_West]

JoJo Hermann from WSMFP

Oh no

 

[August_West]

I'll stretch R&R back to its foundation for my selections...

Roy Byrd (aka Professor Longhair, Fess, etc)
Champion Jack Dupree
Memphis Slim
Huey Pierce Smith (aka Huey "Piano" Smith)
Little Richard
Fats Domino

Huey smith awesome

 

[Improviser]

Huey smith awesome

In surfing the net for "boogie woogie," somewhat akin to rock, I found some really good Euro piano players:

Silvan Zingg

Ladyva

Jools Holland

Johan Blohm

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

Andrew McMahon

 

[Lamble]

If you stretch Piano to include the keyboard- Ray Manzarek

 

[August_West]

For the billy Joel fans, I love him and think he’s fantastic. In the singer/songwriter piano player realm Elton John is better. Billy would be the first one to say that which makes me like him even more

 

[arch]

Nickey Barclay

 

[alexd]

Some great names on this list so far.....I'll add Bruce Hornsby

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Billy Preston.

Randy Newman.

 

[Dove]

Fats Domino, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. I saw Lewis at one of UConn’s Cabernet nights, now several years ago, but well after his prime. Chubby Checker also appeared. Chubby was great, a lot of audience interaction. Lewis, whose piano playing was good, seemed bored, kind of perfunctory and disappointing.

I so hate when rockers are perfunctory. Pisses me off.

 

[Dove]

He does blues but if you don't know Victor Wainright then Ask Jeeves about him. Amazing showman.

 

[superjohn]

Herbie Hancock
Roger Troutman

 

[WallStreetHusky]

Rick Wakeman, Sir Elton John, Billy Joel.

 

[gampelcrazies]

does it have to be a lead man

 

[Palatine]

Terry Adams NRBQ

 

[SoCalCanine]

Leon Russell
Dr. John (Mac Rebennack)
Keith Emerson
STEVIE WONDER