Believe it or not I saw him play in a small bar in a small town in Peterborough, Ontario Canada. It was a fluke, and I was lucky enough to be there. Might have been a hundred people in the to be honest pretty seedy bar. I was in seventh heaven. I loved his work both with Yes and his solo albums. To me, he was a keyboard god. He came up after and shook my hand and said "Thanks mate". Who needs a bucket list after Rick Wakeman shook your hand and said "Thanks mate"? Goosebumps to this day.

@swyman10

4 жыл бұрын

wmg111 very cool! I saw him 3 live 3 times on the early 70’s. Once with Yes in ‘73 & twice after that for Arthur & Journey. I love his piano playing concerts just as much too.

@swyman10

4 жыл бұрын

wmg111 chk this video out, it’s pretty cool! kzread.info/dash/bejne/eZ-rmMOrqbzOgcY.html

@katemurphy1915

4 жыл бұрын

wmg111 Wow Currently, I am not very far from Ontario...

@studentjohn35

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what in Rick's busy schedule required him to be in Peterborough?

@deniseduarte8344

3 жыл бұрын

Maravilhoso sempre e sensacional! Incomparável! Talentoso e visionário! Amo

HE ISN'T EVEN LOOKING AT THE BOARDS! What kind of genius have we been blessed with seeing with our lives at this time!? In 500 years people will wish they had seen 'Wake like we wish we had seen Mozart or Bach! Revel in our music blessing!

@VasilyMusic

4 жыл бұрын

I already wish I could see Wakeman like some wish they could see Mozart or Bach.

@TheanswerzYES

4 жыл бұрын

Check out Rachel Flowers, this blind young lady plays keyboards and particularly likes Keith Emersons' work and plays it exactly!

@VasilyMusic

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheanswerzYES I know about Rachel, she plays beautifully. I wonder if blind people have a natural ability for music, or is it just her being so talented

@theresa42213

4 жыл бұрын

@@VasilyMusic ~ ITS _BOTH!_ Many of them .... (not all) have a natural affinity to music, a _great_ EAR, and heightened tactile senses! They use braille ''doo dads'' to copy down ....OR read, notes in music _just like_ peeps that can see read, and write it down!!! But _YEA!_ Rachael is _AMAZING!!_ She DID meet Wakeman'' also! They were both at Keith's memorial/tribute! Rachael was _crying_ while she played his Stuff! Rachael is _also_ a virtuoso GENIUS! She Re Created Zappa's _ZOMBIE WOOF_ in her home studio ...AND played, EVERY instrument, EVERY part, she sang, recorded it _ALL, ........_ and puzzled it all together in TWO HOURS, NINE MINUTES, and FOURTEEN SECONDS! Then she Uploaded it on YT!! lt sounded _AWE SOME!!!_ Here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/i2uF1Zdvj8fcmM4.html xDDD BRAVO RACHAEL!

@herbertwells8757

3 жыл бұрын

Re: "HE ISN'T EVEN LOOKING AT THE BOARDS! What kind of genius have we been blessed with seeing with our lives at this time!?" What kind of hyperbole have we been subjected to enduring with our lives at this KZread time? Guess what? Any pianist who has any technique at all can play without looking at the keyboard. How do you think people read music?

Great musician, composer, and a great guy. Love his sense of humour...

@larryhyde5127

2 жыл бұрын

Great comedian.

From a bygone age when great keyboard players (guitarists also) could pull a crowd, who appreciated a musician who was a master of his craft. Sadly these guys are leaving us one by one and in popular music anyway, audiences dont appreciate these skills anymore. Thank God for youtube.

@loriabrams3048

2 жыл бұрын

I know exactly what you are saying. I miss the 70s.

Giving props to the bassist and drummer for keeping up with Rick

Man, the drummer is great.

@neilangus4401

3 жыл бұрын

What about the keyboard artist

@conandoyle6628

3 жыл бұрын

Tony Fernández

@rockdoctor7466

2 жыл бұрын

I saw Tony Fernandez is at Strawbs's tour. Great guy. He took a photo with me, signed on my albums of Rick Wakeman which he played drums.

Rick’s solo work is so impressive and makes it look effortless. There aren’t and weren’t many keyboardists that can play like this with such finesse

@amonster8mymother

Жыл бұрын

He has mastered the double fingering big deal.

In my estimation he’s one of the best ever. Skill and technical understanding are unmatched. Great to have been alive to have heard this virtuosic genius. And this group is superb. David Paton too wow another music legend.

@tose917

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget about Tony Fernandes on drums, he has been with Wakeman since the ‘70s. Brilliant drummer!!!

@mcmerc3259

2 жыл бұрын

I love David Paton for sure. What a bonus to hear him play with our beloved Wakey

@RGP_Maths

Жыл бұрын

They'd be nothing without the peerless technical mastery of the tambourine guy!

@thomasromano9321

Жыл бұрын

Except Keith Emerson. As far as rock keyboard players, he's the equal of Wakeman.

La musique de Rick Wakeman est exquise, dynamique, fraîche et élégante. C'est le point de confluence où un lyrisme profond, des influences anciennes et une riche harmonie vous font vous sentir caressé par la paix de la nature et de ses sonorités !

I think of all the automation we have today and you have to love seeing Rick cup his hands over patch numbers on a synth to make sure the right patch was called up because the bright stage was obscuring the view. Those are the days of seat of your pants. I recall doing it many times.

An absolute genius keyboard player. Loved to watch him preform.

A key point that should be always appreciated on Rick`s videos in each of his periods is to note and value the evolution of Keyboard sound & equipment along the years

@alanhaynes418

4 ай бұрын

The early analogue stuff blows the later digital keyboards into the weeds!

The King of keyboards

@steffanhoffmann

Жыл бұрын

Debatable with Emerson.

We live in a world where Rick Wakeman, Tony Fernandez, and David Paton can all share the same stage....sheeessh!

@steffanhoffmann

Жыл бұрын

Past tense....Lived.

I adore Rick Wakeman's music! Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table!!! From Russia with love. Michael.

@steffanhoffmann

Жыл бұрын

👍 👉🇬🇧👈

Rick Wakeman is the best!!!!

Just insanely good Such talent

I love the late 80´s Rick sound and band ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ great (and rare) video . Tks for sharing ¡¡¡¡

Tony Fernandez on drums,,he is just right on the money.

What Rick makes look so easy is, assuredly not. He is a true musical genius who will be more and mor appeciated as time goes by.

What a great musician.

genius of my life time

David Paton is such a great Bass player.

Rick Makeman is a God !!!

Never much of a Keith Emerson fan alway on team Rick Wakeman. Saw an interview after Keith passed and was amazed to hear that both Keith and Rick wanted to perform together but the powers that be at the time were against it with that Rick went on to perform some of Keith's finer pieces, and boy did Rick hit it out of the ball park! And yes they were friends.

@lizschneider3195

17 күн бұрын

I love them both. Their fingers move like lightning ❤

The bass player is David Paton.... The lead singer in the 70's of Pilot..... January, Magic etc.

@CR-sj7xd

4 жыл бұрын

He sang and played bass in some tunes for Alan Parsons Project too, great musician!

I LOVE YOU RICK. YOUR MUSIC TOO. ANNA FROM BRAZIL

Pretty damn impressive. Amazing keyboardist.👍👍

The magician & its best composition.

Was much better in '73 (and with Yes), but then again I was a always a big fan of Wakeman so I'll not complain has he still had it here.

Rick didn't go to The Royal College of Music for nothing did he. A very, very rare talent in today's shameful music scene.

@chrisshenton8329

Жыл бұрын

He got expelled from there for spending time in the recording studio. Instead of studying.

@DavidA-ps1qr

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisshenton8329 He still got in, an achievement in itself. Where did Beyonce go? The MacDonald's school of music?

I've just had my mind blown with the prowess and incredibly marvelous sounds this man makes with multiple keyboards, mouth agape during the 7 minutes and 49 seconds of this masterpiece of keyboard playing, and yet I'm supposed to believe THIS isn't the best from Rick Wakeman? HOLY SH*T!

@davidaston92

8 жыл бұрын

+Rudy Rivera That's because he studied at the Royal College of Music. He is a musician. Not many ventured from there into this sort of stuff. It saddens me to see so many untalented people make so much money out of music. Some of whom can't even read it! Rick is a true musician and it shows.

@swyman10

4 жыл бұрын

David Aston I’ve been following him for years & he is not just a talented musician, he is a virtuoso, among the greatest living in the last century.

Saw Yes live at the Southampton Mayflower in the ‘70s...with Earth, Wind and Fire as support act. Unbelievable!

@thomasromano9321

Жыл бұрын

Can't imagine Earth, Wind, and Fire as a support act. They don't need to open for anyone. Surprised, though, the styles of both bands are so different.

UNO DE LOS GRANDES MUSICOS DE NUESTRO ROCK

Rick Wakeman,a great magician.Sorry musician. No, wait I was right the first time! Greetings from Alyth, Scotland.

His technique is love！ Greatest！

Maravilhoso! Estava com saudades de ouvir essa criatura!

If Wakevan had 10 arms, he would play 10 keyboards at same time.

@amgere2195

5 жыл бұрын

His pseudonym would be "Wakehand"

@paulomauriciorpinto2334

3 жыл бұрын

No...1009

@dhalsim-1

Жыл бұрын

With 10 arms he could be YES on his own

Rick is the best!

Yay for Tony Fernandez! Let's hear it for left-handed drummers!

Hey folks we can't do anything about the quality of the recording paraphernalia; enjoy the signal knowing there are millions of fans of other artists wishing for *any* live recordings.

Seem him in 82 at Colston Hall. . Just amazing show.. Mind blown. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Fantástico!

Absolutely, fabulous performance music. Master Rick Wakeman. Favourite artist. Thank you for posting them. Good time for you

Amazing technics!

Genius

Breath taking glory!

Oh God..... This video is amazing... Thak so much for share it!!!!!

O maior tecladista de todos os tempos. The greatest keyboardist of all time

beautiful

bass player: casual Friday at the office :)

@andresgk0835

3 жыл бұрын

its David Patton, from Pilot and Alan Parsons Project!

@alekjwrgnwekfgn

3 жыл бұрын

Business in the front, party at the back.

Tive a honra de estar em Porto Alegre em 1978 e conferir no (gigantinho) esse show e também do Genesis grandes lembranças...

El tecladista por exelencia..el mejor un dios en las teclas..

maestro gracias

Agosto 2022 abbraccio da Roma e buon caffè Tutti squisiti dalla musica......❤️

Genius!

@thevillaaston7811

4 жыл бұрын

...until Punk came along and that emperor's new clothes moment .

I prefer the organ of the album version but Wakeman is always great.

Simply Mr. Richard Christopher Wakeman 💪🎹🎼😎👊

Thank you “Music World” for this post(!!!) and YES, it is FANTASTIC!!! Rick and his band members are excellent musicians and fantastic artists and not "Loop-Gluers" who “play the music” on a 2-octave keyboard or 8 buttons…

wish I could watch this epic performance live on stage !

Thanks for Sharing...

Straordinario. The Best! :-)

Нещастен евангелист !

Genio de genios.

Fenomeno indiscusso 💗

Grande Alessandro👍

Grazie mille magnifico...

Wakeman is as usual... Monstruous But I want to mention Tony Fernandez who I think is a top addition, he has a great groove which combines greatly with Wakeman romantic speedy chops

the great Rick and the great David Paton

Straordinario ❤💇‍♀️

always nice!

Junto con Emerson, otro genio en los teclados.

Had a drink with him in 1969 / 1970 not long after Brain Jones was found drowned in swimming pool played a few songs during the break at hotel in Majorca

I listen to Six Wives at least three times a day...

The Jimi Hendrix of the keyboards. Saw him twice with Yes in the late 70's.

@voice_of_reason5604

4 жыл бұрын

Keith Emerson would have given him a run for that title. Both are giants in the pantheon of prog.

@voice_of_reason5604

4 жыл бұрын

@marc smith lol. That's an interesting way of looking at it

Wish I was there!!!!

20 лет прошло ... но память жива !

@steffanhoffmann

Жыл бұрын

It's 30 years have passed. 👍 🤔 🇬🇧

1st Class Act

While i love his solo material, i think his best was with Strawb's and Yes

@voice_of_reason5604

4 жыл бұрын

Six wives of Henry Viii was his best solo work imo.

@theresa42213

4 жыл бұрын

fixitude ~ l _used_ to think a little bit the same way, AND THEN l saw THIS! kzread.info?search_query=rick+wakeman+made+in+cuba+ Grab some time, grab some GREAT speakers, turn them up loud! Pay special attention to 'Journey to the centre...'' the first song, and Catherine Parr ...the 4th!! You will think its the first time you EVER heard them!!! The musicians are all different, and they are OUTSTANDING! The production and sound are perfect as well! Wakey SMACKED it WAY outa the park, and into the ionosphere with THIS Gem!!!

Que maestro ,desde cordoba argentina

what an epic number.. I can just imagine Catherine Parr running around a huge castle in 16 bits, jumping onto platforms and smashing skeletons and zombies with her big spiked metal whip

I saw him do this live in 1975. Changed my life and told some awesome jokes. But that haircut...

Simply put, what a set up Keys!

The tambourine guy

@malawigw

3 жыл бұрын

This song needs a tambourine solo!

love this thanks for sharing

Espetacular 😁😁😁😁😁

¡¡¡MAESTRASO!!!

Este tipo le saca música hasta las piedras.

Ele é fera toca teclado bem de mas. amei lindo

Om 🎉grande 🎉

very much excelent

Esse cara é insano....meu Deus...que coisa boa pra se ouvir...bom de mais!!!!!

@scottlukert5287

10 ай бұрын

I saw Wakeman play in São Paulo in 1976!

Beethoven hired the best musicians at the time in 1805 to perform his 9th symphony. The musicians complained that the 9th was too difficult to play. Ludwig said, I didn't write this for you, I wrote it for a different time.

ASTRONOMIC !!!!!

Просто чудо

Insane

@devmiles

9 жыл бұрын

agree!!!!

@howardjones7370

3 жыл бұрын

Linnéa Skoglund : Linnéa, what a name! And what beauty

Que talento! É uma pena que a câmera não ficou só nele... Ele era a estrela!

Clearly this was from back when Rick was still on Korg's payroll

@MFitz12

5 жыл бұрын

Sure, Korg gave him a couple to use on the ARW tour. In the 80's Rick was a Korg endorsee, appeared in a lot of their adds and his setup was very Korg heavy in those years. That seems to have ended by the time of the Yes Union project where his setup included very little if any Korg gear. The Korg board he's really a fan of apparently is the Trident, which you can see him using here, and which he used to teach his boys how to play and program synths.

@SaxyCalzone

4 жыл бұрын

@@MFitz12 he speaks fondly of his massive 01/W Pro X, and still uses it live whenever he can get the people required to carry the behemoth.

I have had the privilege to watch Rick perform live three times. First with Yes then solo and again with Yes! You gotta be good to be Elton John’s pianist! Rick played with Bowie, Sabbath, Cat Stevens and other giants. What a bloke!

@amonster8mymother

Жыл бұрын

Hes ok.

Assolutamente straordinario, e il timbro a 0:58 è incredibilmente bello. Great performance!