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Why did Yes want…Rick Wakeman? Part 2 – 543

Produced by Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius

After a period of ill health I’m finally back this week with the second part of our Why did Yes want Rick Wakeman feature. Many thanks to everyone who has sent wishes for a speedy recovery.

We also have the final word from Simon Barrow on the CTTE 50th Anniversary UK and Irish tour and we start with some news from around the interwebs.

  • What were the two previous albums from Strawbs like?
  • Why was Rick fed up with that band?
  • What were press and fan reactions like to CTTE50?

Take a listen to the episode and then let us know what you think below!



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Producers:

  • Jeffrey Crecelius and
  • Wayne Hall

Patrons:

Aaron Steelman

Dave Owen

Mark James Lang

Paul Tomei

Joost Maglev

David Heyden

Martin Kjellberg

Paul Wilson

Bob Martilotta

Lind

Michael O’Connor

William Hayes
Brian Sullivan

David Pannell

Miguel Falcão

Lobate Scarp

Chris Bandini

David Watkinson

Neal Kaforey

Rachel Hadaway

Craig Estenes

Dem

Paul Hailes

Mark ‘Zarkol’ Baggs

Doug Curran

Robert Nasir

Fergus Cubbage

Scott Colombo

Fred Barringer

Gary Betts
Geoff Bailie

Simon Barrow
Geoffrey Mason

Stephen Lambe

Guy R DeRome

Steve Dill

Henrik Antonsson

Steve Perry

Hogne Bø Pettersen

Steve Rode

IanNB

Steve Scott

Jamie McQuinn

Steven Roehr

Ken Fuller

Terence Sadler

Michael Handerhan

Tim Stannard

Jim

Todd Dudley

John Cowan

Tony Handley

John Holden

Joseph Cottrell

John Parry

Keith Hoisington

John Thomson

Barry Gorsky

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Robert and David

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Theme music

The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert – I put it together from: archive.org

3 replies on “Why did Yes want…Rick Wakeman? Part 2 – 543”

I’m glad you are finally listening to some Strawbs music. I’ve been a fan of theirs since the 70s, not counting their pre-Rick releases, but from there up to their latest with Dave Bainbridge.
One point that many don’t know: Rick appears on the ‘Dragonfly’ album, playing piano on the longest track, “The Vision of the Lady of the Lake,” as Kevin mentioned. Most only know of his work on ‘Just a Collection…’ and “From the Witchwood.’ It’s worth searching for ‘Dragonfly’ or “The Vision…” track just to hear Rick’s wonderful piano playing.
I’ve included my Rick signed copies of 2 Strawbs albums, never posted online. Rick was happy to look them over & sign them for me. He said he doesn’t have them on vinyl & hasn’t listened to them in many many years.

Really interesting episode. There are many more recent connections between Wakeman and Strawbs, of course. It was a reunion of the band on Rick’s television show ‘Gas Tank’ in 1983 that resulted in an invitation to reform to headline that year’s Cambridge Folk Festival. Current (and recent past) members Chas Cronk and Tony Fernandez have also played with Rick on numerous projects.

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