S-a stins din viaţă Richard Wright, fondator al Pink Floyd. Învins de cancer – Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies age 65

Shine On Your Crazy Diamond

Adevăratele valori dispar din viaţa noastă una câte una, fără ca noi să conştientizăm cu adevărat importanţa pierderii. Astfel s-a întâmplat şi cu pianistul Richard Wright, care a dat naştere legendarei trupe Pink Floyd, alături de chitaristul Roger Waters şi bateristul Nick Mason. Muzicianul a plecat dintre noi luni, la 65 de ani, învins de cancer.

Formaţia a cunoscut succesul odată cu venirea lui Dave Gilmour, care cânta la chitară, şi a culminat cu albumul „The Dark Side Of The Moon”. Discul a fost vândut în 34 de milioane de exemplare şi a intrat în „Cartea Recordurilor” după ce a fost prezent în Topul 200 Billboard timp de 591 de săptămâni.

Wright şi-a adus contribuţia la această reuşită, deoarece a compus două piese importante, „The Great Gig in the Sky” şi „Without Us and Them”. „Richard era liniştit, modest şi ţinea la intimitatea sa. Vocea lui şi interpretarea erau două componente magice ce au creat sound-ul trupei, recunoscut de toată lumea. Ţineam la el şi nu voi mai cânta cu nimeni la fel. Cele mai bune momente ale Pink Floyd au fost cele când Wright era în formă maximă. A învăţat să stăpânească excelent trombonul, saxofonul, chitara şi pianul încă de adolescent şi spera să se alăture unor clasici ai jazz-ului, precum Miles Davis şi John Coltrane ”, a declarat Gilmour.

Starul a fost căsătorit de trei ori, a avut o carieră solo timp de câţiva ani, după ce s-a certat cu Waters, dar s-a întors să concerteze cu formaţia după ce Roger a renunţat. „Modestia era demonstrată de uimirea cu care primea aplauzele spectatorilor”, a mărturisit Dave.

Deşi a plecat pe lumea cealaltă, Richard Wright rămâne unul dintre puţinii muzicieni care au scris o pagină de istorie şi care au influenţat nenumăraţi artişti contemporani.

Pink Floyd Us and Them

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Richard Wright, (clape – keyboardist si pian pianist) membru al binecunoscutei trupe de rock progresiv Pink Floyd, a murit, azi, la vârsta de 65 de ani, după o îndelungată luptă cu cancerul, a precizat purtătorul de cuvânt al formaţiei.

David Gilmour : „He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognized Pink Floyd sound,” he said. „I have never played with anyone quite like him.”

Pink Floyd’s spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the band member’s family did not want to give more details about his death.Wright met Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and Nick Mason in college and joined their early band, Sigma 6. Along with the late Syd Barrett, the four formed Pink Floyd in 1965.The group’s jazz-infused rock and drug-laced multimedia „happenings” made them darlings of the London psychedelic scene, and their 1967 album, „The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,” was a hit.In the early days of Pink Floyd, Wright, along with Barrett, was seen as the group’s dominant musical force. The London-born musician and son of a biochemist wrote songs and sang.

The band released a series of commercially and critically successful albums including 1973’s „Dark Side of the Moon,” which has sold more than 40 million copies. Wright wrote „The Great Gig In The Sky” and „Us And Them” for that album, and later worked on the group’s epic compositions such as „Atom Heart Mother,” „Echoes” and „Shine On You Crazy Diamond.”But tensions grew between Waters, Wright and fellow band member David Gilmour. The tensions came to a head during the making of „The Wall” when Waters insisted Wright be fired. As a result, Wright was relegated to the status of session musician on the tour of „The Wall,” and did not perform on Pink Floyd’s 1983 album „The Final Cut.”Wright formed a new band Zee with Dave Harris, from the band Fashion, and released one album, „Identity,” with Atlantic Records.Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and Wright began recording with Mason and Gilmour again, releasing the albums „The Division Bell” and „A Momentary Lapse of Reason” as Pink Floyd. Wright also released the solo albums „Wet Dream” (1978) and „Broken China” (1996).In July 2005, Wright, Waters, Mason and Gilmour reunited to perform at the „Live 8” charity concert in London — the first time in 25 years they had been onstage together.Wright also worked on Gilmour’s solo projects, most recently playing on the 2006 album „On An Island” and the accompanying world tour.