Rick Wakeman

Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboardist,

Rick Wakeman
songwriter, television and radio presenter, and author. He is best known for being in
the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004 and for his
solo albums released in the 1970s. He is a current member of Yes Featuring Jon
Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman.

Born and raised in West London, Wakeman intended to be a concert pianist but quit
his studies at the Royal College of Music in 1969 to become a full-time session
musician. His early sessions included playing on "Space Oddity", among others, for
David Bowie, and songs by Junior's Eyes, T. Rex, Elton John, and Cat Stevens.
Wakeman became a member of Strawbs in 1970 before joining Yes a year later, Wakeman performing at the Teatro
playing on some of their most successful albums across two stints until 1980. Bradesco
Wakeman began his solo career in 1973; his most successful albums are his first in São Paulo, November 2012
three: The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973), Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974), Born Richard
and The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Christopher
(1975), all concept albums. He formed his rock band, The English Rock Ensemble, Wakeman
in 1974, with which he continues to perform, and scored his first film, Lisztomania 18 May 1949
(1975). Perivale, London,
England
Wakeman pursued solo projects in the 1980s that varied in levels of success; his
most successful album was1984, released in 1981, which was followed by his minor Occupation Keyboardist ·
pop hit single, "Glory Boys", from Silent Nights (1985). He hosted the television songwriter ·
show Gastank, and recorded his first of several New-age, ambient, and Christian television and
music albums with Country Airs (1986) and The Gospels (1987), respectively. From radio presenter ·
1988 to 1990 he was a member of Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe which led to author
his third Yes stint until 1992. He returned twice more between 1995 and 2004, Years active 1969–present
during which he completed several more solo projects and tours, including his most Spouse(s) Rachel Kaufman
significant of the decade, Return to the Centre of the Earth (1999). Wakeman (m. 2011)
continues to record albums and perform concerts worldwide in various capacities; Children Six, including
his most recent album isPiano Odyssey (2018). Oliver and Adam
Wakeman
Wakeman's discography includes over 90 solo albums[1] that range from several
musical styles. He has made many television and radio appearances; in recent years Musical career
he became known for his contributions to the BBC comedy series Grumpy Old Men, Genres Progressive rock
Watchdog and his radio show on Planet Rock that aired from 2005 to 2010. · classical ·
Wakeman has written three books; an autobiography and two memoirs. In 2017, ambient · new-
Wakeman was inducted into theRock and Roll Hall of Fameas a member of Yes.[2] age · Christian
Instruments Keyboards
Labels A&M · Charisma ·
Contents President ·
Voiceprint · Griffin
Early life
· EMI · Music
Career
Fusion · Hot
1969–1971: Session work, Strawbs and joining Y es
1971–1973: First Yes run and The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Productions ·
Studio T ·
 1973–1974: Journey to the Centre of the Earthand departure from Universal Music
Yes Group
1975–1980: King Arthur, No Earthly Connectionand second Yes
run Associated acts David Bowie ·
1980–1988: Solo projects Strawbs · Yes ·
1988–1999: ABWH and third and fourth Y es runs Black Sabbath ·
2000–present: Fifth Yes run and solo projects English Rock
Instruments Ensemble ·
Personal life Anderson Bruford
Family Wakeman Howe ·
Health Ozzy Osbourne ·
Other
Lou Reed · Yes
Discography Featuring Jon
Bibliography Anderson, Trevor
References Rabin, Rick
Sources Wakeman
External links Website www.rwcc.com

Early life
Wakeman was born on 18 May 1949 in the west London suburb of Perivale.[3] The only child of Cyril Frank Wakeman and Mildred
Helen Wakeman,[3] the three lived in Wood End Gardens in nearby Northolt.[4] Cyril played the piano in a dance band while he was
in the army[3] and worked at a building suppliers, joining as an office boy at fourteen to become one of its directors. Mildred worked
at a removals firm.[5] Wakeman attended Drayton Manor Grammar School in Hanwell, in 1959. The family spent their summer
holidays in Exmouth.[6] When Wakeman turned seven, his father paid for weekly piano lessons with Dorothy Symes which lasted for
eleven years. She recalled that Wakeman "passed everything with a distinction" and was an "enjoyable pupil to teach, full of fun and
with a good sense of humour", but noted his lack of self-discipline when it came to practising.[7] In 1960, Symes entered Wakeman in
his first music competition[6][8] and he went on to win many awards, certificates, and cups in contests held around London.[9]
Wakeman then took up the clarinet at age twelve[6] and in his teenage years, attended church and learned the church organ, became a
Sunday school teacher, and chose to be baptised at eighteen.[10][11]

Wakeman described himself at school as "a horror ... I worked hard in the first year, then eased up".[12] In 1961, during his time at
Drayton Manor school, Wakeman played in his first band, the trad jazz outfit Brother Wakeman and the Clergymen,[13] with a
uniform of the school shirt put on the wrong way round.[6] In 1963, at fourteen, Wakeman joined the Atlantic Blues, a local blues
group that secured a year's residency at a mental health rehabilitation club in Neasden.[6][14] Two years later, Wakeman passed his O
Levels in English, maths, art and music, and went on to study music, art, and British constitution at A-level.[6] In 1966, he joined the
Concordes, later known as the Concorde Quartet, playing dance and pop songs at local events with his cousin Alan on saxophone and
clarinet.[9] Wakeman used the money earned from their gigs to buy a Pianet, his first electronic instrument.[9] That year he also
formed a dance band called the Green Dolphin Trio, spending a year's residency at a social club in Alperton, and Curdled Milk, a
joke on "Strange Brew" by Cream, to play at the annual school dance.[6] The band were unpaid after Wakeman lost control of his car
and drove across the headmaster's rose garden at the front of the school, thereby forfeiting their performance fee to pay for the
damage.[14] In 1967, Wakeman began a tenure with the Ronnie Smith Band, a dance group based at the Top Rank ballroom in
Watford. He was sacked in the following year after not taking the dance music seriously enough, but was reinstated and performed in
akeman's future albums and tours.[6]
Reading. It was there where he met their singer Ashley Holt, who later sang on many of W

In 1968, Wakeman secured a place at the Royal College of Music in London, studying the piano, clarinet, orchestration, and modern
music, with the intention of becoming a concert pianist.[15] To enter he needed to pass eight music exams to earn his A-level in the
subject, which required him, as his mother remembered, "to do two years' work in ten months".[12] Wakeman put in the effort
following a ten shilling bet with his music teacher who believed he would not succeed,[12] and refusing his father's offer to work with
him.[16] Wakeman joined the Royal College on a performers course before a change to the teachers course, but quickly found out that
"everyone else there was at least as good as me; and a lot of them much better."[15] He adopted a more relaxed attitude to his studies,
spending much of his time drinking in pubs and with the staff at the Musical Bargain Centre, a music shop in Ealing.[17] Wakeman's
first booking as a session musician, and his first time in a recording studio, occurred when guitarist Chas Cronk entered the shop one
morning in need of an organist and brass arranger for members of the Ike & Tina Turner band.[18] During the session Wakeman met
producers Tony Visconti, Gus Dudgeon, and Denny Cordell[19][20] Cordell was impressed with his performance and offered him
more session work for artists at Regal Zonophone Records, which Wakeman accepted[21] and he began skipping college in favour of
sessions.[15]

Career

1969–1971: Session work, Strawbs and joining Yes

In 1969, Wakeman left the Royal College of Music to become a full-time session musician, playing keyboards and arranging music
for various artists between fifteen and eighteen times a week.[11][6] His ability to produce what was needed in a short amount of time
led to his nickname, One Take Wakeman.[22] Among his first sessions were playing onBattersea Power Stationby Junior's Eyes and,
in June 1969, the Mellotron on "Space Oddity" by David Bowie for a £9 fee after Dudgeon needed a player, as neither knew much
about the instrument.[23][24] Wakeman went on to play on several tracks for Bowie's second album, David Bowie, and organ and
piano on American singer Tucker Zimmerman's only single, "Red Wind".[25][26] During this time, Wakeman left from the Ronnie
Smith group and for several months, played in a pub band named the Spinning Wheel.[6] In 1970, Wakeman performed on Seasons
by Magna Carta,[11] and records by Brotherhood of Man, Paper Bubble, Shawn Phillips, and White Plains. He soon became
[11]
disillusioned with session work, "I was getting good bread, but I wasn't getting a chance to be part of the music".

Wakeman's prominence rose during his tenure with the folk rock group Strawbs from 1969 to 1971. He first played the piano for
them as a session on Dragonfly, the first album released with Wakeman's name on its credits.[27] In March 1970, he joined the band
as a full-time member and married his first wife, Rosaline Woolford, at the age of twenty.[4] The group then performed a series of
dates in Paris for a rock and roll circus with various bands backing the circus acts. During one performance, Wakeman pushed
Salvador Dali off the stage as he made a special guest appearance during his piano solo. He wrote, "I didn't know who he was. I
thought, 'Silly old sod, coming on the stage waving his stick'."[28][29] Wakeman's first major show with the Strawbs followed on 11
July 1970 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London which was recorded for their live album, Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios.
The set included an extended organ solo and Wakeman's piano piece titled "Temperament of Mind", which received a standing
ovation.[30] The piece originated from improvisations when the band would lose power during a show, leaving Wakeman to fill time
by playing the piano. Following the Queen Elizabeth Hall concert, Wakeman appeared on the front page of Melody Maker for the
."[31]
first time; the paper named him "tomorrow's superstar

During the writing sessions for the next Strawbs album, Wakeman resumed session work to help pay for his new home in West
Harrow.[32] He bought a Minimoog synthesizer at half price from actor Jack Wild, who thought that it was defective because it only
played one note at a time.[33] Wakeman played the piano on "Morning Has Broken" by Cat Stevens for his 1971 album, Teaser and
the Firecat. Wakeman was omitted from the credits and for many years, was never paid for it; Stevens later apologised and paid
Wakeman for the error. Wakeman played further sessions in 1971, including "Get It On" by T. Rex, three tracks on Madman Across
the Water by Elton John, and "Changes", "Oh! You Pretty Things", and "Life on Mars?" for Bowie's album Hunky Dory. Bowie
invited Wakeman to his home and played the outline of the tracks for him to learn; Wakeman later called them "the finest selection of
songs I have ever heard in one sitting in my entire life".[34] He also developed music for the 1972 film, Zee and Co.[35] In late 1971,
an album compiled of pop tunes played by Wakeman on the piano was released as Piano Vibrations by Polydor Records. Wakeman
[36]
did not receive any royalties from it; he was paid £36 for the four sessions it took to make.

Wakeman's final album with Strawbs, From the Witchwood, was released in July 1971. It marked the growing differences between
himself and the group; he made the better paid sessions a priority and made no substantial contributions to the writing of the
music.[37] With his income from Strawbs failing to cover his mortgage and bills, Wakeman opted to leave. In July 1971, he was faced
with "one of the most difficult decisions" of his career after Bowie chose him for his new backing band, The Spiders from Mars, with
guitarist Mick Ronson. Later the same day, he received a call at two in the morning from bassist Chris Squire of the progressive rock
group Yes, who explained that Yes needed a keyboardist as Tony Kaye had been asked to leave, following his resistance to learn
instruments other than the piano and organ.[38][39] Wakeman agreed to meet the band as they rehearsed for their fourth album,
Fragile, in August 1971. During his first session, the basis of "Heart of the Sunrise" and "Roundabout" were put together.[40]
Thinking that Yes presented more favourable opportunities for his career, Wakeman declined Bowie's offer and played his final gig
with Strawbs for a BBC recording for John Peel's radio show. Wakeman then reappeared on the front cover of Melody Maker, his
second in a year, regarding his move to Yes.[41] His earnings increased from £18 to £50 per week.[5] Towards the end of 1971,
Wakeman signed a five album solo recording contract withA&M Records.[6][42]

1971–1973: First Yes run and The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Yes made Fragile in five weeks to help finance a new set of keyboards for Wakeman. Wakeman recorded "Cans and Brahms", an
adaptation of the third movement of Symphony No. 4 in E minor by Johannes Brahms.[43] Wakeman later called it "dreadful" as
contractual disputes betweenAtlantic Records, who had signed Yes, and A&M prevented him from writing his own composition.[44]
Wakeman claimed his contributions to the group written tracks were not credited, that management had agreed to "sort something out
on the publishing side" but never took care of it. Wakeman "enjoyed the music too much" to cause a rift about the issue, but said it
amounts to "a fair bit of money."[45] Fragile reached the top ten in the UK and the US; the Fragile Tour marked Wakeman's first visit
to North America.[46] Its commercial success allowed Wakeman to buy a new home in Gerrards Cross and start a collection of
cars,[47] which he rented out through his new business, the Fragile Carriage Company.[48][49] In late 1971, Wakeman played two
notable piano sessions, on "It Ain't Easy" on Bowie's album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and on
Orange by Al Stewart.

In the 1972 Melody Maker readers' poll, Wakeman ranked second in the Top Keyboardist category behind Keith Emerson.[50] That
year, Yes followed Fragile with Close to the Edge. It became their best selling album since their formation and received critical
acclaim. The title track features Wakeman playing the church organ at St Giles-without-Cripplegatein London and a Hammond organ
solo. Wakeman receives a writing credit on the third track, "Siberian Khatru". Wakeman later picked the album as "without doubt one
of the finest moments of Yes's career."[51] The Close to the Edge Tour marked the first time Wakeman wore a cape on stage. His first,
made with sequins by Denise Gandrup in two weeks, cost US$300.[52] Wakeman is featured in the band's concert film, Yessongs,
filmed in December 1972 at the Rainbow Theatre and not released until 1975. Also that month at the venue, Wakeman was a guest
musician at The Who's orchestral performances ofTommy.

Wakeman began his solo career during his first run with Yes. His first album, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, was recorded across 1972
with an advance of £4,000 from A&M. The album is instrumental with its concept based on Wakeman's interpretations of the musical
characteristics of the six wives of Henry VIII. Several musicians from Strawbs and Yes play on the record, which cost around
£25,000 to make. On 16 January 1973, the album was previewed with Wakeman performing excerpts on the BBC television show,
The Old Grey Whistle Test.[53] Much of the television audience that night planned to watch Blue Movie, a controversial film by Andy
Warhol, but it was temporarily banned from being broadcast. Wakeman explained: "It seems most of them, rather than watch repeats,
switched over to Whistle Test and saw my preview of Henry ... and suddenly it seemed as if the whole country had discovered my
music ... it was a tremendous break."[54] Following its release in January 1973,[53] the album reached No. 7 in the UK and No. 30 in
.[55]
the US. Time named the record one of the best albums of the year

1973–1974: Journey to the Centre of the Earthand departure from Yes

Wakeman's success with Yes continued to grow in 1973. Their first live album, Yessongs, was released in May and includes his solo,
"Excerpts from The Six Wives of Henry VIII". At the Melody Maker readers poll awards in September 1973, Wakeman came out first
in the top keyboardist category.[50] Two months later, Yes released Tales from Topographic Oceans; Wakeman disagreed with the
musical direction the band took, feeling much of the album was too experimental that required further rehearsal, and spent most of
his time in the bar at Morgan Studios and playing keyboards on "Sabbra Caddabra" on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath by Black Sabbath in
the adjacent studio.[56] Yes toured the album for six months, playing Close to the Edge and Tales from Topographic Oceans in their
entirety. Wakeman's frustrations and boredom from playing Tales culminated in him eating a curry on stage during a show in
Manchester.[57] Wakeman later explained his total dislike of the album is "not entirely true"; he recognises some "very, very nice
musical moments" but "we had too much for a single album but not enough for a double, so we padded it out and the padding is
awful".[58]

In January 1974, during a break in the Topographic Oceans tour, Wakeman recorded his new work, Journey to the Centre of the
Earth, based on Jules Verne's same-titled science fiction novel. He came up with the idea in November 1971, but shelved the project
until The Six Wives of Henry VIII was complete.[59] He told his idea to arranger Lou Reizner and conductor David Measham who
agreed to take part, with Wil Malone and Danny Beckerman assisting in the orchestral arrangements.[60][61][62] As the cost of
recording the album in a studio was too high, A&M Records agreed to recording it live in concert with an orchestra, choir, and a
hand-picked rock band.[62] To help finance the project, Wakeman sold some of his cars and "mortgage[d himself] up to the hilt", all
of which cost around £40,000.[63] Two concerts were held at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 18 January with the London
Symphony Orchestra, the English Chamber Choir, actor David Hemmings as narrator, and a five-piece band formed of musicians that
Wakeman played with in a west London pub: vocalists Ashley Holt and Gary Pickford-Hopkins, drummer Barney James, bassist
Roger Newell, and guitarist Mike Egan.[60] Management at A&M wished for well known musicians, but Wakeman wanted the album
to be known for its music, rather than the performers.[64] The label took a disliking to the album upon completion and refused to sell
it,[65] though as Wakeman was under contract with its US division, a cassette was sent to co-founder Jerry Moss who subsequently
ordered to release it.[66]

After touring with Yes, Wakeman retired to his country home in Devonshire. On 18 May, his twenty-fifth birthday, he confirmed his
departure from Yes to his and their manager, Brian Lane. He declined to attend rehearsals for the next album, Relayer, stressing he
could no longer contribute to the material the band were developing for it. Later that day, A&M called him with the news that
Journey had entered the UK charts at No. 1, the label's first to do so. Wakeman called it "a day I will never forget for as long as I
live".[66][67] Journey also reached No. 3 in the US, and earned Wakeman an Ivor Novello Award[68] The album went on to sell 14
million copies worldwide.[69]

On 27 July 1974, Wakeman headlined the Crystal Palace Park Garden Party concert, performing selections from Six Wives and
Journey in its entirety with an orchestra, choir, and his band.[70] By this time, Wakeman's health deteriorated; his excessive alcohol
consumption, lack of sleep in the five days prior to the show, and a wrist injury following a fall led to a doctor treating him with
morphine to help him through the gig. Soon after the show, he suffered a minor heart attack.[71] During his recovery at Wexham Park
Hospital, he wrote "The Last Battle", the first song for his new concept album, The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the
Knights of the Round Table. Despite being advised to reduce his workload and improve his health, Wakeman chose to continue with
his career and to smoke and drink.[72] He began a 20-date North American tour in September 1974 with the National Philharmonic
Orchestra, the Choir of America, and his rock band. As per doctors orders, Wakeman was required to pass a heart monitor test before
each performance.[73] Wakeman later revealed that the tour cost him £125,000.

1975–1980: King Arthur, No Earthly Connection and second Yes run

In January 1975, Wakeman finished recording King Arthur at Morgan Studios with the New World Orchestra, English Chamber
Choir, and the Nottingham Festival Vocal Group.[74] Based on the stories about King Arthur and related figures, its release in April
1975 was a commercial success, reaching No. 2 in the UK and No. 21 in the US. It also earned Gold certifications in Brazil, Japan,
and Australia.[75] The album was promoted with three sold out shows at Wembley Arena in May 1975 with Wakeman performing the
album with an orchestra, choir, and his rock band to a total of 27,000 people. As the arena floor was already set up as an ice rink for a
different attraction, Wakeman chose to present the show as an ice pageant with fourteen ice skaters and the musicians' stage placed in
the round and decorated as a castle. The shows, though well received and contributed to the album's commercial success, were
expensive to produce.[33][76] In 2009, the concerts came in at No. 79 on the 100 Greatest Shocking Moments in Rock and Roll
program broadcast onVH1.[77] The album has sold an estimated 12 million copies worldwide.
[78]

Wakeman toured King Arthur with an augmented formation of the English Rock Ensemble for three months from October 1975,
across North and South America.[15] The tour marked his first association with new drummerTony Fernandez who would perform on
many of Wakeman's future albums and tours. During its stop in Rio de Janeiro, Wakeman met Ronnie Biggs, one of those involved in
the 1963 Great Train Robbery. The two went drinking, played football, and exchanged a gift of shirts, including one that Biggs
allegedly wore during the robbery.[15] In late 1975, Wakeman composed the soundtrack for Lisztomania, a biography film about
composer Franz Liszt written and directed by Ken Russell. Wakeman appears in the film as Thor, the god of thunder.[6] A few years
later, he recalled the album in a more negative light as "there was hardly anything of mine on it in the end", and criticised its mixing
and production.[79]

In 1976, Wakeman began a period of living outside the UK as a tax exile. He recorded his fourth solo album, No Earthly Connection,
with the English Rock Ensemble at Chateau Studios in Herouville, France from January to March 1976. Initially it was to be about
mythological gods, but was changed when he became fascinated with the origins of man and mysterious phenomena such as the
Bermuda Triangle, Stonehenge, pyramids,[80] and his witnessing of a flying object at 3 am in Miami, Florida with his bassist, Roger
Newell.[81] Wakeman describes the music on its sleeve: "a futuristic, autobiographical look at music, the part it plays in our pre-earth,
human and after life".[82] He wrote the album without playing any of its music.[83] Upon its release in April 1976, the album went to
No. 9 in the UK and No. 67 in the US. Wakeman toured worldwide for seven weeks to support the album which featured a scaled
down stage production.[84] The last date was at a festival inBilzen, Belgium on 13 August.[85]

Following the No Earthly Connection tour, Wakeman fell into financial trouble. Though it was not "an all tax issue", Wakeman's
expenses far exceeded the profits made from the tour which only met its minimal expectations,[84] leaving him to come up with
£350,000 "in a matter of weeks".[86] He sold his Rolls-Royces, ended his Fragile car service, and disbanded the English Rock
Ensemble.[84][87] Wakeman's situation improved after A&M agreed to pay Wakeman's royalties ahead of time. Soon after, Lane
suggested that Wakeman talk with Bill Bruford and John Wetton who were thinking of forming a new band. After a private meeting,
the three rehearsed for six weeks before the story was reported in Melody Maker in October 1976, which effectively caused the group
to end.[88] Wakeman took up work recording the soundtrack to White Rock, a documentary film about the 1976 Winter Olympics
directed by Tony Maylam. The film premiered in February 1977 as a double bill with the Genesis concert film, Genesis: In Concert.
The album was released in the same year. The track "After the Ball" was one that Wakeman forgot to write; he proceeded to play it as
a completely improvised song in one take, rather than confessing to the producers.

Wakeman's fortunes changed in November 1976 when Lane invited him to meet Yes in Switzerland as they were writing Going for
the One in Mountain Studios, Montreux. Wakeman's replacement, Swiss musician Patrick Moraz, left during the early stages in part
due to the "enormous psychological pressures within the group."[89] Upon hearing the band's new material of more accessible and
concise songs, Wakeman agreed to play on the album as a session musician. Lane and Squire convinced him to rejoin as a full-time
member; Wakeman noticed the new edition of Melody Maker with the headline "Wakeman rejoins Yes" appeared hours after he
agreed. He asked Lane what would have happened if he declined, and said: "It's just one of those decisions a manager has to
make."[90] Wakeman described the record as "the album Yes should have made instead of Topographic Oceans."[91] Released in July
1977, the album spent two weeks at No. 1 in the UK and spawned the No. 7 single, "Wonderous Stories". Wakeman considered its
fifteen-minute track "Awaken" as one of the band's best.

During the Going for the One tour, Wakeman released Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record, a solo album loosely based on criminality
with Squire on bass, Alan White on drums, Frank Ricotti on percussion, and Bill Oddie on lead vocals on "The Breathalyser". The
album went to No. 25 in the UK.

Wakeman recorded the next Yes album, Tormato, in early 1978. He is reputed to have given the album its name by throwing a tomato
at a showing of the art used for the album's cover.[92][93] In 1978 Wakeman, along with Mick Jagger, Peter Frampton, and Paul
Simon, invested in the formation of the Philadelphia Fury, an American soccer team that disbanded in 1980. Wakeman also funded
the development of theBirotron, a tape replay keyboard that used 8-track tape cartridges, developed by Dave Biro.

Rhapsodies, released as a double album in 1979, was Wakeman's final studio album for A&M Records. It features Bruce Lynch on
bass, Frank Gibson, Jr. on drums, and Tony Visconti on acoustic guitar.

In March 1980, after several writing sessions for a new Y

es album in Paris failed, Wakeman and Jon Anderson left the group.

1980–1988: Solo projects

In 1980, Wakeman reformed the English Rock Ensemble and completed a European tour.[94] He came close to forming a band with
drummer Carl Palmer, bassist John Wetton, and guitarist Trevor Rabin, but opted out "on a matter of principle" as the record
company was prepared to sign them without hearing any of the group's music. He recalled, "I basically sealed my financial fate, and
things went downhill fast."[94] His father's death in November 1980 prompted his return to the UK and sign a record deal with
Charisma Records to avoid bankruptcy.[94][95]

In June 1981, Wakeman released 1984, a concept rock album based on George Orwell's eponymous dystopian novel with a band
including Steve Barnacle on bass, Gary Barnacle on saxophone, and Frank Ricotti on drums. The album features tracks with Chaka
Khan, Jon Anderson, Kenny Lynch, and Tim Rice on lead vocals with Rice the album's lyricist. 1984 reached number 24 in the UK.
Plans to have the album adapted into a musical were cancelled after lawyers from Orwell's estate blocked its development.[96] During
Wakeman's 1981 tour of Europe and South America, he first met Nina Carter. In the same year, Wakeman recorded the soundtrack to
the slasher horror filmThe Burning in New York City.[6]

After the 1981 tour, Wakeman attended the annual Midem music festival where he secured the release rights to a previously
unreleased album that he recorded in Switzerland in 1979. Initially titled Maybe '80 and renamed Rock and Roll Prophet, it is a
humorous spoof on the pop group The Buggles and released in 1982 on Wakeman's own label, Moon Records.[97][6][98] A single
from the album, "I'm So Straight I'm a Weirdo", was released in 1980.[99] In 1982, Wakeman hosted the Channel 4 music show
Gastank with Tony Ashton that aired in January and February 1983.[98] He then released a second album for Charisma, Cost of
Living, a mixture of instrumental and rock tracks with Rice on vocals, which "did nothing" to improve his finances.[100] Wakeman
wrote about his situation by 1983, to the point where he was "managerless, penniless and homeless."[101] In February 1983, he and
Carter moved to Camberley, Surrey after the birth of their daughter Jemma.[98] Wakeman took up work by recording the soundtrack
to the official 1982 FIFA World Cup documentary film G'olé!, which was released around the same time as Cost of Living which
hampered potential album sales,[98] and wrote the soundtrack for the film She with assistance from Justin Hayward and Maggie
Bell,[98] and his second Russell feature, Crimes of Passion, with Bell on vocals, Fernandez on drums, and past Strawbs bandmate
Chas Cronk on bass. Wakeman based the music around the themes of Symphony No. 9 by Antonín Dvořák.[98] During this time,
Wakeman became chairman of the Camberley Town F.C.[98] Wakeman also spent early 1983 writing the score to the ballet Killing
Games, but problems during its development led to the project being shelved, along with a potential double album of its music.[98] In
early 1984, Wakeman completed a tour of Australia with Sky as a guest musician. He also contributed three songs to the soundtrack
of B.C. Rock.[98]

In 1984, Wakeman signed a recording deal with President Records and produced Silent Nights, his first solo album for over two
years, in two-and-a-half months at Herne Place Studios in Sunningdale with Fernandez, Cronk, and Rick Fenn on guitar.[98] The
[102] In March 1985, Wakeman finished work
album was released in 1985 and its single, "Glory Boys", became a minor hit in the UK.
on his part of the soundtrack to the comedy film Playing for Keeps, and returned to England to begin rehearsals for his tour to
promote Silent Nights,[98] which visited the UK, North America, and Australia.
[103] A live album recorded during the tour in London

was released as Live at Hammersmith. The tour cost him money, leaving him "seriously in debt" and forced to remortgage his
Camberley home.[103] In September 1985, during the tour's Australian leg, Wakeman fell ill from his alcoholism and has been
teetotal since.[104] Also in 1985, President released a single of Wakeman's theme tunes for the television shows Lytton's Diary and
Database,[98] and Wakeman returned to work for Bowie, playing the piano on Absolute
" Beginners".[105]

In a change in musical direction, Wakeman produced his first of a series of new-age albums titled Country Airs, a piano album
released in mid-1986 that went to number one on the UK new age chart.[106] Wakeman followed this with a tour of the Far East, and
soundtrack work for Hero, the film to the 1986 World Cup, and the BBC film The Day After the Fair.[105] His next album was The
Family Album in 1987, featuring tracks dedicated to each of his family members and pets. Also in 1987, Wakeman recorded and
released The Gospels, a Christian album based on the four Gospels for Stylus Records that had begun in early 1986 and took six
months to complete, with tenor vocalist Ramon Remedios, actor Robert Powell as narrator, and the Eton College Chapel Choir.[105]
The music was originally written for a concert as part of a fund raising event for a church.[107] Wakeman played the album with
Remedios and his band in Caesarea, Israel in the following year[108] as well as the Royal Albert Hall in London.[105] Wakeman
recorded Time Machine, a concept album based on the science fiction novel The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, featuring Roy Wood
and Tracey Ackerman as guest vocalists. The album was released in 1988; Wakeman intended to record it with an orchestra and choir
and put on an ice show, but the idea was cancelled due to lack of funds.[109]
1988–1999: ABWH and third and fourth Yes runs
In March 1988, Wakeman and Carter sold their Camberley home and moved to the Isle of Man in a move to help improve their
finances. To save money, a recording facility was built in a converted coach house next to his home that he named Bajonor
Studios.[110] He then released two studio albums throughout the year, both recorded at Studio House in Wraysbury: A Suite of Gods,
based on Greek and Roman mythology with Fernandez and Remedios, and Zodiaque with Fernandez featuring tracks dedicated to
each of the twelve signs of the zodiac.

In late 1988, Wakeman received a call from Brian Lane who invited him to form Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe with former Yes
band members Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford and Steve Howe. Anderson wished to make an album that reflected Yes's 1970s sound and
wanted to record on the island of Montserrat. The album was released in June 1989 and sold 750,000 copies. The band's world tour
ran from July 1989 to March 1990. During the tour, Wakeman released two more solo albums: Black Knights at the Court of
Ferdinand IV with Italian musician Mario Fasciano andSea Airs, a sequel to Country Airs.

In 1990, Wakeman released In the Beginning, his second Christian album that was produced in aid of ASSIST, a Christian charity
founded by music journalist and Wakeman's biographer, Dan Wooding.[111][112] The album contains a series of Biblical readings by
Carter with Wakeman supplying the background music.[113] Also in 1990, work on a second Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
began in France, but its development was interrupted when the group merged their tracks with an in-progress Yes album to create
Union. Wakeman, along with the combined members of both bands then joined to form a Yes supergroup (made up of past and
present members of Yes) for the subsequent tour in 1991. When the tour ended a year later, Wakeman left again.

In October 1992, Wakeman embarked on a world tour with Fernandez, guitarist and bassist Alan Thomson, and his son Adam
Wakeman on additional keyboards. The tour lasted through 1993, and was organised as Wakeman wished to tour with a second
[114]
keyboardist to "free [him] up to do more things" on stage.

In 1993, Wakeman released Heritage Suite, a solo piano album about the Isle of Man, and an album with Adam, Wakeman with
Wakeman. Later in 1993, Wakeman's financial situation worsened when he was ordered with a payment from the Inland Revenue
close to £70,000 for interest charges and unpaid penalties for tax he had paid for the past six years. He paid it by, as he wrote, "with
help from Brian Lane's office and Yes's accountants, in my signing away all publishing income from everything I had ever written ...
[115]
Twenty-two years' work had vanished in the three seconds it had taken to sign my name."

In 1994, Wakeman performed a series of solo piano concerts in aid for ASSIST.[112] Two shows recorded inVirginia and the Calvary
Chapel in Costa Mesa, California, attended by almost 8,000 people, was released asThe Piano Album in 1995.[116]

In 1995, Wakeman wrote music for the Cirque Surreal. The same year he scored the soundtrack to Bullet to Beijing, a made-for-
television film starring Michael Caine and Jason Connery, and also scored the sequel, Midnight in Saint Petersburg, the following
year.[117] It was also during this year that he played the keyboards on theOzzy Osbourne solo record Ozzmosis.

In late 1995, Wakeman returned to Yes for a fourth time. Yes then played three nights at the Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo,
California from 3–6 March 1996. He then recorded the Keys to Ascension albums with Yes, but left in 1997 before the band could
tour with him.

In 1997, Wakeman received a Golden Badge Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA),
given for outstanding contributions to the British music and entertainment industry.[118] In March 1997, he staged the North
American premiere of The New Gospels for five dates after it was reworked and extended into a two-hour oratorio with a 30-piece
.[119]
choir, in 1994. The concerts were free with donations to ASSIST

In 1998, Wakeman started work on Return to the Centre of the Earth, a sequel album to commemorate the 25th anniversary of
Journey to the Centre of the Earth. The idea first came to Wakeman in 1991 during a tour of Italy, which led to discussions about the
project with Atlantic Records that year about a re-recording of the original album with new equipment and arrangements, but the idea
was rejected. It was revived in 1996 when Wakeman received offers from three record companies willing to fund and release a new
"epic" album.[120] After a deal with EMI Classics was made, a story based on three unnamed travellers and their attempt to follow
the original route was finalised, and recording began in 1998 with a band, the London Symphony Orchestra, the English Chamber
Choir, Patrick Stewart as the narrator, and guest performances from Trevor Rabin, Ozzy Osbourne, and Bonnie Tyler.[121] Recording
was temporarily disrupted because of Wakeman's health.[122][123][124] In December 1998, Wakeman was featured on an episode of
This Is Your Life.[125]

2000–present: Fifth Yes run and solo projects

In February 2000, Wakeman began his An Evening with Rick Wakeman tour of the UK, playing keyboards and piano on tracks
spanning his entire career. In September that year, he accepted an invitation to perform a series of concerts in South America with the
English Rock Ensemble following a renewed interest in progressive rock there.[124] He recruited Fernandez, Damian Wilson on
vocals, Adam Wakeman on keyboards, Ant Glynne on guitar, and Lee Pomeroy on bass. Wakeman was particularly pleased with his
playing, calling it his "best in a long time."[126] At its conclusion, Wakeman entered early discussions with Keith Emerson regarding
[124]
a potential music project, but the idea was shelved in early 2002.

Following months of speculation, Yes management announced Wakeman's return to the band for a fifth time, on 16 April 2002.[124]
Wakeman remembered it took "eight months to get the paper work together" to make his return happen.[126] He declined to play with
the group as a guest musician the previous year during their Symphonic Tour in Amsterdam in support of their album Magnification,
but his commitments to his solo tours prohibited him from doing so.[126] Upon Wakeman's return, the group entered rehearsals for
their Full Circle Tour that ran from July 2002 to October 2003. This was followed by their 35th Anniversary Tour, running from
April to September 2004. Wakeman described the band's playing during his return: "It was far and away the best the band had ever
been ... there was no staleness, there was a lot of freshness."[127] During the band's subsequent hiatus, Wakeman was advised by his
doctors that touring with a busy schedule was affecting his health. In 2008, when Squire, Howe, and White decided to continue,
Oliver Wakeman replaced his father on keyboards.

In 2005, Fidel Castro invited Wakeman to perform in Cuba with his band. During
Wakeman's visit, Castro gave Wakeman some earth by Che Guevara's grave.[91] In
October 2006, Wakeman and Anderson began a UK tour.[128] In 2008, Wakeman
toured with Rick Wakeman's Grumpy Old Picture Show, featuring an evening of
music and stories from his career. In May 2009, Wakeman performed The Six Wives
of Henry VIII in its entirety for the first time at Hampton Court Palace for two
nights. In 2010, Wakeman was awarded the Spirit of Prog Award at the annual
Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards.[129] In 2013, Wakeman played on The Theory
of Everything by Ayreon.[130] The following year, he completed a 14-date UK tour
Wakeman performing in Brazil in
to commemorate the fortieth anniversary ofJourney to the Centre of the Earth.
2014
In January 2016, Trevor Rabin announced he planned to perform with Wakeman and
Jon Anderson as Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman (ARW), later in the year. Anderson
revealed the three wrote "some unique songs together".[131] That month, following requests from fans, Wakeman recorded piano
versions of "Life on Mars?" and "Space Oddity", with an original track "Always Together", as a tribute to David Bowie following his
death with proceeds from the songs donated to Macmillan Cancer Support.[132] The reception from the single and a performance of
"Life on Mars?" on BBC Radio 2 inspired Wakeman to release a solo piano album of tracks that he had played on in his career along
with his own compositions and adaptations of classical music pieces. Upon release in January 2017, Piano Portraits entered the UK
chart at No. 7 and became Wakeman's highest charting album there since 1975.[133][134] A follow-up album, Piano Odyssey, was
released in September 2018.

In June 2017, Wakeman was the castaway for the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs. His favourite piece was Giuseppe
Verdi's Anvil Chorus and his book choice wasPrinciples of Orchestration by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.[135]

Instruments
Although Wakeman is a noted player of the grand piano, electric piano, pipe organ,
Hammond organ, Minimoog and many later models of synthesiser, he is well known
as a proponent (for a time) of the Mellotron – an analogue electronic musical
instrument that uses a bank of pre-recorded magnetic tape strips, each of which is
activated by a separate key on its keyboard and lasts approximately 8 seconds.
Wakeman featured playing this instrument, to varying degrees, on the David Bowie
track Space Oddity, the Yes albums Fragile, Close to the Edge and Tales From
Topographic Oceans, as well as the solo albums The Six Wives of Henry VIII and
White Rock. An urban legend claims that Wakeman got so frustrated with one
Wakeman performing at theRoyal
Mellotron that he poured petrol on it and set fire to it, but this was debunked in a
Albert Hall in aid of the Performing
2010 interview.[136] Right Society for Music Members'
Benevolent Fund in 2009.
He subsequently worked with David Biro to develop the Birotron, which used the
then popular 8-track cassette format rather than tape strips. Because of the advent of
digital keyboards at that time, and expensive components used in the instruments' manufacture, the Birotron was never a commercial
or technical success. Only 35 Birotrons were produced.[137] These days, he can be found with more modern instruments such as the
Korg Kronos, Yamaha Montage, and theMemotron, a new digital version of the original Mellotron.

Personal life

Family
Wakeman has been married four times and has six children. At the age of 20, he married Rosaline Woolford on 28 March 1970[4] and
had two sons, Oliver (b. 26 February 1972) and Adam (b. 11 March 1974). They divorced in 1977.[138] Wakeman then married
Swiss-born Danielle Corminboeuf, a recording studio secretary, in January 1980 in the West Indies and lived with her in
Montreux.[139][138] They had one son, Benjamin (b. 1978), before they divorced in late 1980.[140][138] In 1981, Wakeman met
former Page 3 model Nina Carter and had a daughter, Jemma Kiera (b. 1983),[141] before they married in November 1984 and had a
son, Oscar (b. 1986).[108][138] The couple separated in 2000[138] and divorced in 2004.[142] In 2004, Wakeman revealed that he had
an extramarital affair with American-born designer Denise Gandrup, who first met Wakeman in 1972 and designed and made several
of his capes.[143] The two were romantically involved but split in 1981; they met in 1985 and had Amanda (b. 9 May 1986), but
Wakeman kept it a secret to protect his marriage with Carter and agreed to financially support his daughter.[138] In December 2011,
Wakeman married journalist Rachel Kaufman.[91][142]

Health
Wakeman has faced a number of health issues. In his twenties, Wakeman suffered three heart attacks due to his unhealthy lifestyle of
smoking and heavy drinking.[92] The first two were minor and he was told they may not have been noticed. The third occurred soon
after a performance of Journey to the Centre of the Earth at Crystal Palace Park in July 1974.[144] Wakeman quit smoking in
1979.[91] In 1985, Wakeman's drinking led to cirrhosis of the liver and alcoholic hepatitis, and he has been teetotal since.[91][122] In
1999, Wakeman suffered from a case of double pneumonia and pleurisy; at one point during his stay in hospital, his doctors gave him
24 hours to live.[122] In 2016, Wakeman announced he has diabetes.[145]

Other
In the 1970s, Wakeman met Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and bought Tropical Saint, a racehorse that belonged to her.[5][146]
After it died he bought Balinloning, a small horse that he had in care for a year and entered in races.[147] In 1979, Wakeman became
a director of Brentford F.C. which lasted for one year. In 1983, he became chairman of Camberley Town F.C.[6] In 2009, Wakeman
became a patron of Tech Music Schools.

akeman bought a house inTenerife.[148]

After his mother's death in the mid-1990s, W
 .[149]
Wakeman had a renewal of his Christian faith which began at around the time of his marriage to Carter

In 2007, Wakeman became a Freemason and joined Chelsea Lodge No. 3098, the membership of which is made up of
entertainers.[150] His father had been a member of the Brent Valley Lodge, and the support that Wakeman and his mother received
from his friends at the Lodge following his death became a catalyst for Wakeman to learn more about it and become one himself. In
2011, Wakeman joined the Knights Templar fraternity.[151] In May 2014, he was installed as the 110th Worshipful Master of the
Chelsea Lodge while he was also the King Rat of the showbusiness fraternity and charity, the Grand Order of Water
Rats.[152][153][91] He was the host of the Grumpy Old Rockstar's Chelsea Lodge Ladies Festival in 2015.[154] Wakeman, wearing his
Masonic apron, appears as a frequent on-screen speaker in the 5-part documentary Inside the Freemasons produced by the BBC in
2017.

In an interview in 2010, Wakeman was critical of Wikipedia, saying it has too many inaccuracies and mistakes, pointing out
inaccuracies relating to stories about himself.[136]

Discography
Selected studio albums

The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973)

Journey to the Centre of the Earth(1974)
The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundable
T (1975)
No Earthly Connection(1976)
Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record(1977)
1984 (1981)
Silent Nights (1985)
Country Airs (1986)
The Gospels (1987)
Phantom Power (1990)
The Piano Album (1995)
Return to the Centre of the Earth(1999)
Out There (2003)
Piano Portraits (2017)
Piano Odyssey (2018)

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External links
Rick Wakeman's Communication Centre
Rick Wakeman's Official Press Photos
Rick Wakeman on IMDb
Rick Wakeman Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2013)

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