Rick Wakeman
Born | May 18, 1949 |
Hometown | Perivale, England |
Height | 6'3" (1.91m) |
Spouse | Rachel Kaufman, Nina Carter, Danielle Corminboeuf, Rosaline Woolford |
Children | Adam Wakeman, Oliver Wakeman, Jemma Wakeman |
Parents | Cyril Frank Wakeman, Mildred Helen Wakeman |
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Rick Wakeman Announces Farewell Tour
"I have thoroughly enjoyed performing the various one-man shows," the former Yes keyboardist wrote to fans, "but it’s time to call it a day"
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“To play music, you have to understand it. I didn’t understand Topographic Oceans. That’s why I hardly played on it": Rick Wakeman and Yes - firings, hirings, curry, catastrophe and chaos
Best of 2023: When Vangelis nearly joined Yes and other tales from topographic oceans…
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“When I was about 14 a friend recommended Yes and ELP to me. To be completely honest I didn’t really like the music… I don’t think I’ve ever actually bought a prog album!” Derek Sherinian, keyboard wa
He’s worked with Dream Theater, Sons of Apollo, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Lukather and many others – but Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson remain among his heroes
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Rick Wakeman, Trevor Horn, Focus and Big Big Train announced for 45th annual Cropredy Festival
Corpredy 2024 takes place in Cropredy, near Banbury, from August 8 -10
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Rick Wakeman announces Live At The London Palladium release
Rick Wakeman announces Live At The London Palladium four-disc set for February
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“As hard as it was, and it was hard, nobody wanted to bottle out. We just knew we had a big landscape we could explore”: How Tales From Topographic Oceans became the most arduous project in Yes’ histo
Used as a byword for musical over-indulgence, 1973 album fought its creators every step of the way – right down to its master tapes nearly being crushed by a bus
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I was pretty much ordered to go and play with Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes and John Wetton. I was told that if I didn’t, I’d be dropped”: Trevor Rabin’s challenging road to Yes
From a dalliance with NWOBHM and Asia to sudden career jumps across the ocean, he’s always been far more interesting and varied than many realise
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“We didn’t want to be extras, we didn’t want to be bit men… If you haven’t got an ego, you shouldn’t be doing this”: Rick Wakeman on the Keith Emerson collaboration that never happened
The “brothers in keyboards” had plans for a show together, a tour with Jon Lord and perhaps even an album before tragedy made it all impossible
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Bruford's One Of A Kind to get vinyl reissue
Bill Bruford's 1979 album with Bruford, One Of A Kind, to be released on vinyl in November
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“The world of music was going through some serious changes and we were not embracing them”: how Yes’s Going For The One and Tormato almost ended things for good
Punk rock, flying fruit and rollerskating accidents – how Yes went from triumph to disaster at the end of the 1970s
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