Another legend passed on - RIP Richard Wright...
16-09-2008, 10:15 PM
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Another legend passed on - RIP Richard Wright...
Meant to post it up yesterday, forgot about it 
Richard Wright, one of Pink Floyd’s founding members has died. According to the Associated Press, Wright, who played the keyboard, passed away at his home in Britain on Monday. He was 65 years old, and had battled with cancer.
Wright’s spokesperson released a statement saying, “The family of Richard Wright, founder member of Pink Floyd, announce with great sadness, that Richard died today after a short struggle with cancer. The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this difficult time." The spokesperson made clear that the family did not wish to release any further details.
He will be missed
Richard Wright, one of Pink Floyd’s founding members has died. According to the Associated Press, Wright, who played the keyboard, passed away at his home in Britain on Monday. He was 65 years old, and had battled with cancer.
Wright’s spokesperson released a statement saying, “The family of Richard Wright, founder member of Pink Floyd, announce with great sadness, that Richard died today after a short struggle with cancer. The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this difficult time." The spokesperson made clear that the family did not wish to release any further details.
He will be missed
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16-09-2008, 10:41 PM
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Feelings beautifully summed up by Dave Gilmour
No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my musical partner and my friend.
In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten.
He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound.
I have never played with anyone quite like him. The blend of his and my voices and our musical telepathy reached their first major flowering in 1971 on Echoes. In my view all the greatest PF moments are the ones where he is in full flow. After all, without "Us and Them" and "The Great Gig in the Sky," both of which he wrote, what would The Dark Side of the Moon have been? Without his quiet touch the album Wish You Were Here would not quite have worked.
In our middle years, for many reasons he lost his way for a while, but in the early Nineties, with The Division Bell, his vitality, spark and humour returned to him and then the audience reaction to his appearances on my tour in 2006 was hugely uplifting and it's a mark of his modesty that those standing ovations came as a huge surprise to him, (though not to the rest of us).
Like Rick, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss him enormously.
In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten.
He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound.
I have never played with anyone quite like him. The blend of his and my voices and our musical telepathy reached their first major flowering in 1971 on Echoes. In my view all the greatest PF moments are the ones where he is in full flow. After all, without "Us and Them" and "The Great Gig in the Sky," both of which he wrote, what would The Dark Side of the Moon have been? Without his quiet touch the album Wish You Were Here would not quite have worked.
In our middle years, for many reasons he lost his way for a while, but in the early Nineties, with The Division Bell, his vitality, spark and humour returned to him and then the audience reaction to his appearances on my tour in 2006 was hugely uplifting and it's a mark of his modesty that those standing ovations came as a huge surprise to him, (though not to the rest of us).
Like Rick, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss him enormously.
16-09-2008, 10:42 PM
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RIP Richard
Just heard this off my Dad....
Really sad, as he played with Floyd for the first time in many many years at live8. I saw Pink Floyd in 1994 at earls court, albeit without Wright.... Greatest gig ever
Just heard this off my Dad....
Really sad, as he played with Floyd for the first time in many many years at live8. I saw Pink Floyd in 1994 at earls court, albeit without Wright.... Greatest gig ever
16-09-2008, 10:47 PM
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I'm gutted, more so than when Syd Barrett died, as I never really knew the Barrett era floyd, but I am heavily into the later Floyd (Momentary Lapse Of Reason, The Division Bell) aswell as the "classic era" Floyd (Wish You Were Here, Dark Side Of The Moon - one fo my favourite records of all time) and Wrights input and influence and creativity on those records is astonishing....
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16-09-2008, 11:02 PM
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