'David Bowie was the most influential person I have ever worked with,' says the famed keyboardist, whose many other collaborators include Elton John, Lou Reed, Black Sabbath and Cat Stevens
The shape-shifting music legend was wry and contemplative in this in-depth conversation, in which he discussed his recent marriage to Iman, his then-new album, his early days, his love of jazz, and more“It was not an easy decision,” said Wakeman, now 72, who brings his “The Even Grumpier Old Rock Star” solo tour to El Cajon’s The Magnolia Saturday night.
“Because David Bowie was the most influential person I have ever worked with. I just adored his music and working with him. He was miles bigger than Yes in England at that time. But Yes was a band experimenting with progressive music and was not frightened to take chances. Yes is shown at the band’s 2017 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. From left, guitarist Steve Howe, drummers Alan White and Bill Bruford, keyboardist Rick Wakeman, singer Jon Anderson and guitarist Trevor Rabin.Wakeman had been especially frustrated by Yes’s often lumbering and disjointed 1973 double-album, “Tales from Topographic Oceans.” He has since dismissively referred to it as “Tales from Toby’s Graphic Go-Cart.
It remains to be seen if Wakeman invokes his onstage Indian meal during his Saturday concert here at The Magnolia. “I really don’t know how many I’ve made — and I don’t have copies of all of them!” he said with a chuckle. “I think that what happened in the last three years has made most people realize that so many things in their lives are precious and deserve more respect than we give them,” he said.
What, then, was it like for him to make his 2020 album, “Red Planet,” during the COVID-19 quarantine, especially since he and his fellow musicians each had to record their parts separately from their respective home recording studios? Less known is the fact that he was — and still is — a big fan of traditional jazz in general, and of clarinetist Mezz Mezzrow and saxophonist/clarinetist Sidney Bechet in particular. Or that, at the age of 12, he and his older cousin began performing in a Dixieland-styled jazz band called Brother Wakeman and The Clergymen.
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