Comment and Subscribe VA - Eco Rock Festival. Filmed live in St Andrews, Scotland, 1988 Rick Wakeman - Keyboards Tony Fernandez - Drums David Paton - Bass Ashley Holt - Percussion
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.
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.
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.
We can all keep our old memorie’s of these thing’s if we want to?Sure,why not?What we’ve got here,though,is;someone was lucky 🍀 enough to film 🎥 this back in 1988,and give it to us?Right?Yes,because,some of us can’t get to these concert’s,anymore.So….blessing’s to You-tube!😊
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!
@@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
@@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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y7Qs56_dvhk.html xDDD BRAVO RACHAEL!
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 RU-vid 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?
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 !
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
+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.
fixitude ~ l _used_ to think a little bit the same way, AND THEN l saw THIS! ru-vid.com?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!!!
It is unfair to say that, they are two composers who do not have the same sensitivity ... Listen to the original music to the film of Dario Argento "Inferno "and you will understand what I mean ....... ;)
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
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.
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…
Merci beaucoup for this Rick. I saw you in Denver for TOTO with Yes, and then again for Journey where we had front row seats. Not that great for seeing the orchestra, but you were right in front of us playing majestically. Hope you liked the secondary influence. By the Way, this concert might have been improved with a little more cow bell. Just saying.
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.
Sorry but I'm going to be the wanker that says I prefer the sounds of the vintage keyboards (Hammond, Moog, Mellotron, piano etc.) as compared to some synths. Sorry :-(
Agree 100%; keyboards from mid 80's until late 90's tended to sound pretty lame, this video is a good example. Fortunately analog is making a strong comeback, and digital has improved greatly.
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.
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
It’s easy to notice that nine or Rick’s synthesizers are on those outstanding A-frame stands. But fourteen years later m he was using those column stands with the triangular brackets. Why did he jettison these? I think that was a mistake in hindsight, because this arrangement permitted him to keep all 10 keyboards much closer to each other.
I have seen him play in two weird locations. The Blyth walllow theatre in Northumberland and also at a charity function at the great lakes gateway hotel in Cumbria. He was rehersing in the afternoon and there was only him and I in the room. I asked if he would like a beer but he said he had stopped drinking. 😂
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.
Unfortunatly the idea of Punk Rock that you don't need to know how to play to have a band made great performers desapear.Sory Punk lovers,but that's what I Think.
No. Some things can be great because they are sophisticated. Some can be great because they are simple and raw and stem from the gut. You can appreciate progressive rock, glam rock, punk, classical music, etc. at the same time.
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!
What's your point? Rick could have played it better? Doesn't sound like he played it originally in the studio? You can play it better? Are you kidding? Saw YES three times in the 70s as well as ELP, Traffic, Alice Cooper, Allman Bros, etc. Just to go on, Ted Nugent, Robyn Trower, again etc...
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Oh my god, he's not even looking. I decided to look for a video of him performing this because I wanted to see how hard it is (it SOUNDS really hard), and he's not even looking at the keyboard that he plays super fast. This man is amazing!
