The sickest, dopest, funkiest keyboard player you will ever see

His name is Ronald Jenkees and he's a genius

I only discovered him an hour ago and im hooked on his style
This is "stay crunchy"


"throwing fire"


What an amazing talent....

More? Of course...

"disorganized fun"


Tons more on youtube and here on his site
Ronald Jenkees

Dont you just love it when you discover an artist for the first time and you're blown away by the talent?
This guy blew me away big time...

a reply to: SecretKnowledge

My brother and I have had one of his albums for years and years (those are probably at least 6-8 years old). He's from Kentucky I believe.

Also.. I knew it was Ronald from the title.

Take away the effects and we have another good keyboard player.

And yes, I've shared the stage with a lot of GREAT keyboardists.

Thanks for the VID tho. Still nice to see another.

Peace

a reply to: jude11

No man. He's great. He's still playing all the notes he's just using fx to create a soundscape.

You also arent giving him cresit for the aongs he'a writing. Catchy original tunes with all the bands parts covered.

"throwing fire"

hellz yeah jenkees is awesome - glad more people are enthused by him

a reply to: SecretKnowledge

He sure has a lot of multi-tracking going on. Not all of him by any means...so that rules him out as THE sickest, dopest, or even funkiest.

He plays well to his backing tracks. They are still fx and tracks...behind him.

a reply to: mysterioustranger

Id guess he recorded the backing tracks himself. He only has two hands to play with you know. You can hear what he's actually playing and he's killer.

a reply to: GogoVicMorrow

Yes, I do know. Ive got a keyboard rack (Yamaha, Kurziweil, Rhodes, Roland JX3-P, Hammond C3 organ and others) , midi-sequencers, mixers, fx myself. And do all the multi-tracking myself as well. But, thats just the point.

I dont see anything that sets him apart really from all the other real "greats" out there, so I agree with Jude up there^. "Good' is a far cry from the best.

Talent is it's own reward...Ill give him that.

originally posted by: GogoVicMorrow

Also.. I knew it was Ronald from the title.

Lol same here. I've been a big fan for years. This one has always been my favorite...

heh I'm suprised there's so many Ronald Jenkees fans here. He's been kicking around for years, good to see he's still going his thing and having fun doing it He does tend to overuse reverb but some of his tunes are pretty wicked and the obvious enjoyment he gets out of playing is kinda infectious to watch

This one's pretty damned good considering he's making it up as he goes. I find his improvised stuff tends to be better than what's on his albums.



This one's pretty bad ass too

The first thing I thought when I heard the into to the NLBS videos was Ronald Jenkees. Anyone know if that's him or not?

a reply to: SecretKnowledge

You may like this guy. It's old school, and there is a chance performance enhancers were used.

a reply to: network dude

my wife and i listen to this a lot...

the yodeling is great

SF
aint listened to him in a while

a reply to: jude11

Who are you?
Who have you played with?

How have i not come across Ronald before now?

Ive been missing out...

a reply to: network dude

Thanks for posting that
And it sure looks like performance enhancers were consumed alright !!!!

not impressed at all.

i dont think it was sick, dope, or funky...

just my opinion.


reminds me of this



hahaha

when i think sick, dope, and funky i think george duke



or my boy tony mac