Remembering the Ivories with Richard Wright

Birthday Tribute to Pink Floyd's legendary keyboardist

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the late, great keyboardist Richard Wright, whose atmospheric keyboard layering was an integral part of Pink Floyd’s sound.

While Wright could jazz up a flashy improvisation with the best of them, he preferred a measured style, letting his organ, piano, and synthesizer wrap around the musical movements of his band mates (note his languid piano solo on “Us & Them”). A couple years ago I added Wright’s composition “Remember a Day” to my solo acoustic set.

The original studio take features one of the rare times Wright took a lead vocal. The track has a wistful bitter-sweetness, like a gauzy psychedelic children’s song.

...Meanwhile, HB to RW in that great gig in the sky..

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