Thanks for the info Wally. i would love to see the pics. Glad you got a
chance to meet him. I met his several times along the way at different Yes
shows and got a chance to have a beer with him once in Houston. He is one of
the most amazing players of all time for me. I am absolutely queer for Yes
and have seen them 20-something times. One year 4 times on the same tour
(talk about queer!!!) I have yet to hear of any of Adam's recordings but
have heard that he IS amazing. Hope they come to NO soon. Thanks again
Paz
NP-Grey Street-Dave Matthews Band(from the Lillywhite Sessions)
on 4/25/01 5:21 PM, Wally Kairuz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ok here's the scoop.
> i asked wakeman if he still considered symphonic rock a relevant genre in
> today's music world. he said that SR was the only medium that allowed a
> musician nowadays to play WELL. he said that pop music didn't give any
> opportunity to musicians to do what they'd been trained for. i thought this
> answer was pretty cool because number one, it was coming from one of the
> last virtuosi in the history of rock and number two because it showed
> wakeman's commitment to his classical training even after so many years. i
> asked him if he felt that his son adam [also a f_king amazing keyboardist
> and currently playing with rick] was true to his classical training. he said
> that adam was even more of a purist than himself and that playing with his
> son was a treat in that he [rick] was challenged in every aspect of his
> technique [i confess that i was astonished at adam wakeman's technique!!!!!!
> he is arguably the only heir to the wakeman/emerson throne]. i also asked
> wakeman how far into the composition of relayer he had gone before he
> withdrew from the project. he didn't seem to like the question very much and
> he gave some bullshit about how everything was a team effort, blah blah
> blah. i wanted to know whether the keyboard parts had really been written by
> moraz [the cd credits say so but i have the impression that the original
> album notes were not clear about it] but wakeman changed the subject and
> began talking about buenos aires and why he had chosen this city to record
> his new album [he told me tat it will include music from return to the
> center of the earth and something i didn't catch!!!! he has a british
> accent...]. well, the rest of the talk was about argentina and buenos aires,
> so you probably won't be interested. in any case, when i [ever the crass
> interviewer] tried to steer the conversation back to yes, he ''politely''
> said that his current band was the best band he had ever played with. i
> guess that he was trying to make a point there so i didn't bother him
> anymore.
> i have a couple of cool pictures of wakeman that i took at a local record
> store before his concerts. if you want i can e-mail them.
> if i remember anything else, i'll post about it!
> wallyK, the nancy drew of symphonic rock
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de Michael
> Paz
> Enviado el: Martes, 24 de Abril de 2001 09:44 p.m.
> Para: Wally Kairuz; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Asunto: Re: rick wakeman/bruce labruce njc
>
>
> YES!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Oh My Gawd! More details you big tease. I just talked to
> Yes's current road manager who invited me out to see them in Atlanta on Aug
> 18 (I think if thats the Sat.) and I think i am gonna do it. Rick of course
> WILL NOT be there as he was replaced by Igor a couple years back. They ARE
> playing with an orchestra so it should be incredible. I would love to hook
> uo with any JMDL'ers in the area Victor, Bob, et al. But anyways I DIGRESS!!
> More info on what Rick said Wally come on???????
