Rock band Yes finds fill-in lead singer Benoit David on YouTube Oct 31, 2008
Out of respect for Anderson, who shares in the Yes trademark, the band which also features Oliver Wakeman, son of former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman isn't touring under the Yes name, opting instead for In the Present. It will, however, perform Yes songs, including rarely heard material from 1980's Drama. (USA Today -- Life)
Wright's death another brick out of wall Sep 17, 2008
Unlike other prog-rock keyboardists of the 70s era such as Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman, Wright added synthesiser and organ textures to many of Pink Floyd's songs rather than adorning them with flashy solos. Acrimony beset the band in the late 70s as they became superstars and Wright was at the centre of it. (The Australian)
Yes Finds Replacement For Jon Anderson On Youtube Sep 13, 2008
Squire will be joined by guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White and keyboardist Oliver Wakeman who's the son of legendary Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman. Aries: Keeping your feeling. (KBS Radio)
No Carol, no show Jul 29, 2008
Dictionary Corner's Rick Wakeman, Esther Rantzen, Sian Lloyd, Ingrid Tarrant and Ann Widdecombe, all came to Carol's support ... " It's an insult. It is hard to imagine what appeal the show will have without her SIAN LLOYD Carol's been great. I have probably made my last appearance in Dictionary Corner. RICK WAKEMAN I am astonished. Carol has been treated with an extraordinary lack of good manners ESTHER RANTZEN Support Carol Vorderman by emailing your views to savecountdown@mirror.co.uk... (Mirror.co.uk)
Celebs say no Carol Vorderman, no Countdown Jul 29, 2008
Dictionary Corner's Rick Wakeman, Esther Rantzen, Sian Lloyd, Ingrid Tarrant and Ann Widdecombe, all came to Carol's support. Musician Rick, 59, said: "She has been really badly treated. Saying this means I have probably made my last appearance in Dictionary Corner but I don't care. I think it is a huge mistake. "People can make themselves irreplaceable like Bruce Forsyth on the Generation Game and I think lots of people do tune in for Carol. (Mirror.co.uk)
Anderson illness prompts Yes to cancel tour Jun 6, 2008
Yes was going to tour with Steve Howe, Alan White, Rick Wakeman's son ... Wakeman's father is former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Yes says no to tour after singer falls ill Jun 5, 2008
Wakemans father is former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman. The band, whose hits include Ive Seen All Good People and Owner of a Lonely Heart, previously released the album Magnification in 2001. (MSNBC -- Music)
Yes singer Jon Anderson takes a trip back with School of Rock All-Stars Mar 8, 2008
They debuted in 1969 and broke through with "The Yes Album" in 1971 and the hit "Your Move," followed a year later by "Fragile," with Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman both in the fold for the enduring hit "Roundabout.". Anderson left in 1980 and then returned in '83 for the more New Wave version of Yes, which hit big with "Owner of a Lonely Heart." In the late '80s, it got ugly, with Yes splitting into two warring camps and, long story short, it has been the typical on-and-off affair since then. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Concert Review: Genesis dazzles Sep 10, 2007
We got some of that funk-era Genesis in the beginning of the set with the oh-so-timely "Land of Confusion." Then Collins asked, "Any old people here tonight...except us?" Obviously, the answer was Yes (and not the Rick Wakeman Yes). With that, Genesis launched into the highlight of the show, a frenzied "In the Cage," powered by keyboard wiz Tony Banks pumping out the tension. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'You don't mess with a nesting duck' Aug 11, 2007
Sandwiched between a feature on the death of glitter rock and a poster of Rick Wakeman is a column called So You Want to Be a Label Manager. "You have to decide whether a group that appeals to you will also appeal to today's record buyers," exclaims David English, a thrusting young executive for RSO Records. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Radio review Jun 15, 2007
Like Rick Wakeman (Planet Rock's other resident duffer), Cooper has turned morose self-deprecation into an art form. Someone should get them together. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Father Hemann: The Singing Priest Jun 15, 2007
"Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson, they're all coming to Christianity. I'm still praying for Madonna," he said. Hemann recalls attending a Dan Fogelberg concert in Sioux City years ago, and Fogelberg sang about darkness and his light shining in the darkness, "and then it's like, let it shine," he said. (Sioux City Journal)
My Chemical Romance Jun 10, 2007
Concept albums can be fun (see Meatloaf s completely tongue-in-cheek Bat Out of Hell or the Hawkwind crew s Captain Lockhead and the Starfighters ) or they can be genuinely hellish (think about almost anything involving Yes or Rick Wakeman). MCR have avoided the worst excesses of 70's pomp rock and produced something that s generally listenable. (Suite101.com)
Kings of the cosmos Apr 22, 2007
Keith Emerson of ELP and Yes-man Rick Wakeman played their synths like glorified organs, all bombast and folderol. Apart from Tonto's Expanding Head Band, the first group to go all the way into a radically all-electronic and un-rock sound was Tangerine Dream. (Guardian Unlimited)
Yesterday once more Mar 2, 2007
Most self-respecting rock jocks will insist that the holy trinity of rock organ (courtesy of the Hammond organ) players would naturally include Keith Emerson (of Emerson, Lake r), Rick Wakeman (of Yes fame) and Jon Lord of Deep Purple. Fusion stalwarts Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul and Jan Hammer have all subjected their jazz chops to audience scrutiny on numerous classic recordings from the 1970s as well. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Ken Russell: The film-maker laid bare Jan 6, 2007
Rick Wakeman soupily adapts Lizst's music; and Ringo Starr gives the world his cameo Pope. At the film's climax, Lizst comes back from heaven in a kind of starship to despatch his arch-rival, Richard Wagner. (Independent)
- Jonathan Freedland: Reasons to be cheerful Jan 3, 2007
I don't just mean that sweaters are scratchier than they used to be, or whatever troubles Rick Wakeman and Jeremy Clarkson. I'm thinking of the big stuff. (Guardian Unlimited)
