Charlie Farley
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Knowing the average age of members on this site, i thought this might be of interest.
Richard Wright was the original keyboard player in Pink Floyd. He wrote and played the stunning keyboard parts on the seminal album ' Dark side of the Moon ' . Furthermore, on the song on that album , 'Great Gig in the Sky', he is credited with the melody of the unforgetable powerful backing singer, whose soaring vocals have passed into music folklore.
Unlike the Jaggers etc of this world, he shunned publicity. His appreciation of music was legendary, he was spotted watching concerts from Humphrey Littleton Band right through to Stockhausen. He never chose the easy way and would deliberately play keyboard parts that were discordant, went against the beat and often in a different time signature.
If we liken it to undoing the sump plug, he was drunk, had the spanner held by his little toe and was also shimming the tappets at the same time.
If you would like to hear some of his work, here is a link.
When he was disgracefully forced out of the band, its a nice irony , that Mason rehired him for ' The Wall ' tour as a session musician. Due to the vast cost overruns on the tour, he was the only one that made any money from it. LOL
Shine on you crazy Diamond !!
YouTube - RIP Richard Wright Tribute (1943-2008)
Richard Wright was the original keyboard player in Pink Floyd. He wrote and played the stunning keyboard parts on the seminal album ' Dark side of the Moon ' . Furthermore, on the song on that album , 'Great Gig in the Sky', he is credited with the melody of the unforgetable powerful backing singer, whose soaring vocals have passed into music folklore.
Unlike the Jaggers etc of this world, he shunned publicity. His appreciation of music was legendary, he was spotted watching concerts from Humphrey Littleton Band right through to Stockhausen. He never chose the easy way and would deliberately play keyboard parts that were discordant, went against the beat and often in a different time signature.
If we liken it to undoing the sump plug, he was drunk, had the spanner held by his little toe and was also shimming the tappets at the same time.
If you would like to hear some of his work, here is a link.
When he was disgracefully forced out of the band, its a nice irony , that Mason rehired him for ' The Wall ' tour as a session musician. Due to the vast cost overruns on the tour, he was the only one that made any money from it. LOL
Shine on you crazy Diamond !!
YouTube - RIP Richard Wright Tribute (1943-2008)
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