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Rick Wakeman’s wild tales of Lennon, Bowie and Ozzy


Even earlier than he achieved worldwide fame and notoriety with prog rock legends Sure, Rick Wakeman was already rubbing shoulders with the soon-to-be wealthy and well-known due to his job as in-house keyboard participant at Trident Studios in central London. Earlier than lengthy he handed via people proggers the Strawbs and was taking part in huge arenas with Sure. He additionally hit the headlines for his extreme solo exhibits within the 70s, not least his grand try and current his 1975 solo album The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Spherical Desk on ice at Wembley Enviornment! Alongside the best way there was his well-documented battle with booze which ended within the mid-80s, since when he’s carried out with Sure and as a solo artist, in addition to changing into one thing of a media movie star in his personal proper. And, as Basic Rock found after we sat down with him in 2010 to speak about his encounters with the nice and the nice of music and beon, not solely is he nice mates with Sooty, however he’s additionally been given the, er, brush-off by foul-mouthed fox Basil Brush.

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