Welcome to The Bakery! For those of you who participated in previous rounds, welcome back! To those of you here for the first time, we are deciding the title of "Greatest Keyboardist Ever - As Chosen By The Members Of The CBS Sportsline Community." A big thank you to everyone who participated in the previous rounds! To see the Round 1 blog, click here: http://www.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8737312/9120581
In Round 1, there were many clear winners, but there were also several close races and even two upsets! (according to the seedings). Here are the results. Seedings are in parenthesis, votes are enclosed in brackets, and winners are in bold. Plus signs indicate that someone did not vote on a particular matchup.
(1) Rick Wakeman [18] vs. (32) Tori Amos [1] +
(16) Richard Wright [13] vs. (17) Nicky Hopkins [4] +++
(8) Al Kooper [10] vs. (25) Greg Allman [9] +
(9) Jerry Lee Lewis [17] vs. (24) Billy Powell [2] +
(5) Elton John [15] vs. (28) Warren Zevon [4] +
(12) Tony Banks [15] vs. (21) Diana Krall [3] ++
(4) Ray Manzarek [15] vs. (29) Eddie Van Halen [4] +
(13) Leon Russell [6] vs. (20) Billy Joel [13] +
(6) Herbie Hancock [16] vs. (27) Garth Hudson [3] +
(11) Billy Preston [13] vs. (22) Johann Sebastian Bach [6] +
(3) Keith Emerson [16] vs. (30) John Paul Jones [3] +
(14) Chick Corea [14] vs. (19) Bill Payne [5] +
(10) Steve Winwood [14] (23) Dave Brubeck [4] ++
(7) Jon Lord [8] vs. (26) George Gershwin [10] ++
(15) Ray Charles [14] vs. (18) Roy Bittan [4] ++
(2) Stevie Wonder [15] vs. (31) John Evan [3] ++
Note: The font is odd because I used Microsoft Word to tally votes (a technique explained to me by YankeeLuvnGator. Thanks Yank!)
Therefore, here are the matchups for Round 2:
(1) Rick Wakeman vs. (16) Richard Wright
(8) Al Kooper vs. (9) Jerry Lee Lewis
(5) Elton John vs. (12) Tony Banks
(4) Ray Manzarek vs. (20) Billy Joel
(6) Herbie Hancock vs. (11) Billy Preston
(3) Keith Emerson vs. (14) Chick Corea
(10) Steve Winwood vs. (26) George Gershwin
(2) Stevie Wonder vs. (15) Ray Charles
Note: This tournament will be set up "March Madness Style" as opposed to, say, "Stanley Cup Playoff Style." This means that the above matchups should be envisioned as if in a bracket and the best seed remaining does not necessarily play the worst seed remaining.
Once again, I will only vote if there is a tie. Voting for Round 2 will close on Monday, July 14, at 11 AM EST.
Happy Posting!
-The Muffin Man