Rick Wakeman found himself playing sessions with Black Sabbath, Al Stewart, Bowie, and the Strawbs. He stepped into the spotlight as a monster prog rock keyhoardist with the release of Yes's "Fragile," in 1971. Early on, he created a couple of critically acclaimed solo ...
Wakeman exited the group before the albums supporting tour. His new solo album, Journey to the Center of the Earth, adapted from the writings of Jules Verne and featuring a rock band, narrator (David Hemmings), and full orchestral and choral accompaniment, was released to tremendous public ...
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Dave Cousins, is the leader and only ever present member of prog folk rock band the STRAWBS, while Wakeman is of course a time-to-time YES member, and a prolific solo album maker. The two however were at one time band-mates in the Strawbs, the pinnacle of that period being their ...
and most of the music they record is incredibly inspired. Rick Wakeman's career, on the other hand, looks rather different. When Wakeman started releasing piano-only albums in the 1980s, it turned out they contained nothing but mediocre New Age-stuff. On Prog Archives you'll find dozens of...
Rick Wakeman. Music Department: Lawrence: After Arabia. Rick Wakeman's work on the classic albums of the progressive rock band Yes, his hugely successful solo albums, as well as his contributions to classic David Bowie songs, has earned him a reputation
I wrote a 2015 cover feature on Yes bassist Chris Squire forBass Player Magazineshortly after his untimely death. It was drawn from my conversations with Yes members Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman and Alan White, and my own 2013 interview with Chris. Bass luthier Michael Tobias, who...
Late last month, Wakeman and his English Rock Ensemble released “The Red Planet,” an instrumental, prog-rock opus that harkens back to his most well-known and grandiose epic solo albums: “The Six Wives of Henry VIII” (1973), “Journey to the Centre of the Earth” (1974) and “The...
Yes took a turn toward more jazz-inflected sounds with the arrival of keyboardist Patrick Moraz, and the resulting albumRelayerreached the Top 5 in both the U.S. and U.K. A series of solo albums followed, before Wakeman's first return pushed Moraz toward a tenure with the Moody Blues....
For many people, The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table seems to be where they tune out of Rick Wakeman’s solo career. It is not recognised as well as his two previous solo albums, and doesn’t tend to get referenced as much...