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Rick Wakeman has had a fascinating career that has spanned 4 decades and shows little sign of slowing up anytime soon. Perhaps he is best known as the master of the Moog synthesizer for the bands The Strawbs and Yes, but he is also a very, very accomplished solo musician. Over the past couple of months he has released two DVD’s, while widely divergent in intention they are both delightful, and should be part of everyone’s collection. I had the opportunity to chat with Rick recently, and what an engaging guy he is. Oh, and Rick, my address is on its way for that Christmas card! I loved the concept of “ Amazing Grace ”, take some well known Hymn tunes and rearrange them for the grand piano. How did this project come about? Where did the inspiration come from? It started quite a few years ago when someone was talking to me about ‘The day thou gavest’ which I had used on the end of Anne Boleyn on the Six Wives album. They asked me why I had used the hymn. I explained that ...

The latest Rick Wakeman DVD is a live orchestral DVD entitled Classical Wakeman Live In Lugano. The DVD was filmed in Lugano Switzerland and features the tracks The King Arthur Suite, Gone But Not Forgotten, Catherine Howard 2009, Merlin The Magician and Journey To The Centre Of The Earth. This will be an important release for Rick Wakeman and as such will be of interest to the massive Rick Wakeman fan base. http://www.rwcc.com/new.asp

Rick Wakeman si orga sa, intr-o demonstratie de maiestrie la Lincoln Cathedral. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCAvpxkIBIs Auditie placuta!

Trilogia Soarelui, este formata din trei albume Rick Wakeman, pe care le recomand tuturor celor ce vor sa asculte o muzica calma, relaxanta, plina de sensuri si pusa in opera de unul dintre cei mai mari artisti ai pianului si ai orgii electronice. Muzica de inalta clasa. Auditie placuta! Cite ceva depre Rick Wakeman: Rick Wakeman was born in the suburb of Perivale , West London, and attended Drayton Manor Grammar School . He initially studied piano , clarinet , orchestration and modern music at the Royal College of Music , but he left of his own accord after a year and a half in favour of work as a session musician. In 1970, Wakeman played with Strawbs and was an active studio musician, playing with such artists as David Bowie , Cat Stevens and Al Stewart . He joined Yes in 1971, following keyboardist Tony Kaye 's departure. His first album with the band was Fragile released 1971 in the UK and 1972 in the US, and very nearly his last was Tales from Topographic Oceans , relea...

In fiecare simbata, Rick Wakeman, claparul de la Yes, este invitatul postului de radio PlanetRock. In mare verva si la fel de bun minuitor al cuvintului cum este si atunci cind trece in fata clapelor, domnul Rick Wakeman face un show total si una peste alta, rezulta o emisiune foarte interesanta, care merita ascultata, atunci cind va nimeriti prin fata computerului, simbata la prinz. PlanetRock emite la Londra, dar poate fi ascultat si pe internet, la adresa: http://www.planetrock.co.uk