Immediately dubbed a “super-group” by the media, Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP) entered the musical arena with great expectations.The classic single “Lucky Man” became a hit, and their stage show quickly became the stuff of legend. Keyboard virtuoso Keith Emerson from The Nice, was forming a new band with King Crimson founder Greg Lake. It was with Atomic Rooster that Carl enjoyed his first real success as a founding member of a band.But it would be in the spring of 1970, Carl received a phone call that changed his life forever. In 1969, Carl returned to the UK to form Atomic Rooster. Farlowe and the band recorded “Out Of Time,” written by Jagger and Richards of The Rolling Stones, which propelled Farlowe to the top of the UK charts.At the age of 18, Carl joined up with The Crazy World of Arthur Brown at the absolute peak of their success following the smash single “Fire” (“I am the God of Hellfire…”). For his eleventh birthday he received a new drum set and immediately began to study the instrument.Already a respected working drummer by 15, Carl was asked to join Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds. His biggest influences from that point forward were Krupa and drum legend Buddy Rich, who would later become a close personal friend of Carl’s. The film set him on his way and he was hooked. It starred American film icon Sal Mineo and captured Carl’s imagination. He was influenced by a film he saw in 1959 entitled “Drum Crazy” (aka “The Gene Krupa Story”). In a musical family where even his brothers picked up the guitar and drums, Carl’s fascination with music began early and classical violin studies followed, and by the age of 7 had learned to play the banjolele.As he grew older, his tastes began to broaden. His grandfather played the drums, his great-grandmother was a classical guitarist and his father sang, danced and played the guitar and drums as a semi-professional entertainer. From the beginning it was clear that music was in the stars for the young Carl Palmer. Along the way his dexterity, speed and mastery of the drums, combined with his infectious stage personality, have secured for him a respected place in history as one of Rock and Roll’s greatest drummers.Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer was born in Birmingham, England, on March 20th, 1950. A consummate professional, a brilliant technician and a dynamic showman, he has thrilled listeners and audiences alike for nearly four decades with some of music’s most memorable bands including Atomic Rooster, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Asia and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. There are a limited number of general admission seated tickets available along with general admission standing tickets for this show.Carl Palmer is a drummer’s drummer.

Haunting songs like ghost on the shore