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I LOVE ALL KIND OF MUSIC, but I’d like to talk about a British band called YES, specially about their leader RICK WAKEMAN, who plays keyboard and was considered one of the best groups in progressive rock in the 70’s. Rick is a very good musician and his songs have a lot of stories and he has classical music skill. Rick Wakeman left the group and start a solo carrier creating epical and wonderful lyrics like Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, songs about the five wives of England’s King Henry V, lyrics about the Arthur’s legend and many others. He also plays harpsichord, an instrument similar to a piano but with strings that are plucked in a mechanical way. Nowadays he remains creating songs, making arrangements and sometimes taking presentations.
In the 70´s the technology wasn’t good enough and despite that Rick make great instrumental arrangements. Can you imagine what he can do now? YES band was very good and had a vocal called Jon Anderson who has a great voice and about five years ago he performed in Rio de Janeiro. I was there but I couldn’t see him. If you love music and don’t know about Rick Wakeman and YES group, you have to search for a CD or DVD recently produced, because of new technology.
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