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Rick Wakeman
Birthday:
18 May 1949
Birth Name:
Richard Christopher Wakeman
Biography
Bohemian Rhapsody broke every single rule. It broke the rules in radio too because it became the most played radio track and yet it didn't fit into any of the genre that it should have done.
Bohemian Rhapsody broke every single rule. It broke the rules in radio too because it became the most played radio track and yet it didn't fit into any of the genre that it should have done.
[on Freddie Mercury] I only got to meet Freddie a few times out in Montreux and got on great with him, an absolute character.
[on Freddie Mercury] I only got to meet Freddie a few times out in Montreux and got on great with him, an absolute character.
[on progressive rock] I've always believed that these days there is hardly a band or musician anywhere who haven't used some element of prog in their music. It's all about freedom of expression, which in my case is often in seven different time signatures!
[on progressive rock] I've always believed that these days there is hardly a band or musician anywhere who haven't used some element of prog in their music. It's all about freedom of expression, which in my case is often in seven different time signatures!
[speaking about Jon Anderson]: Jon is the only person I know who cares about the planet but lives on another one.
[speaking about Jon Anderson]: Jon is the only person I know who cares about the planet but lives on another one.
I'm always writing or playing because that is my life.
I'm always writing or playing because that is my life.
I joined Yes in July 1971. I had heard Yes live, as The Strawbs had supported them at a gig in Hull. I thought they were amazing - incredibly different.
I joined Yes in July 1971. I had heard Yes live, as The Strawbs had supported them at a gig in Hull. I thought they were amazing - incredibly different.
[speaking about his keyboard playing] I avoid preset sounds wherever possible, and all the sounds I use I have edited.
[speaking about his keyboard playing] I avoid preset sounds wherever possible, and all the sounds I use I have edited.
[speaking on The Weakest Link (2000), 2005] It's got a bit sad, really. I've stopped drinking, I don't smoke anymore, I've stopped getting married and I play golf and eat shepherd's pie.
[speaking on The Weakest Link (2000), 2005] It's got a bit sad, really. I've stopped drinking, I don't smoke anymore, I've stopped getting married and I play golf and eat shepherd's pie.
Rick Wakeman
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 as one of rock's greatest ever keyboardists. Wakeman was educated at Drayton Manor County Grammar School. Classically trained on the piano, he later attended the Royal College of Music. He first made his name as a session musician at Trident Studios. Among his notable early work was playing Mellotron on David Bowie's breakthrough single "Space Oddity".Bowie subsequently asked Wakeman to play on his "Hunky Dory" album, which has become one of his most acclaimed works and produced the songs "Life on Mars", "Changes" and "Oh! You Pretty Things", which all featured Wakeman on piano. In the early 1970s, Wakeman was one of the most sought after keyboardists in Britain. He played on albums by The Strawbs and was receiving offers to join the progressive rock band Yes and David Bowie's band The Spiders from Mars at the same time. He chose to join Yes and during his time with the band they recorded several of the most famous albums of the progressive rock genre, including "Fragile", "Close to the Edge" and "Tales from Topographic Oceans". Wakeman also recorded some hugely successful solo albums during the 1970s, principally "The Six Wives of Henry VIII", "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" and "The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table".In the late 1970s, Wakeman and progressive rock in general fell out of favour with the arrival of punk rock. Nevertheless, he was able to continue with work as a musician and continued to record his own albums, although they were not as commercially successful. In his later life he has become just as well known as a radio and television broadcaster.
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