L'importante è che la morte ci colga vivi (Marcello Marchesi)

"L'importante è che la morte ci colga vivi" (Marcello Marchesi)

martedì 16 settembre 2008

ADDIO RICHARD WRIGHT

Come lo ha comunicato l'Ansa


http://www.ansa.it/opencms/export/site/visualizza_fdg.html_762401722.html


LONDRA, 15 SET - Richard Wright, tastierista dei Pink Floyd già al momento della creazione del leggendario gruppo rock a metà degli Anni Sessanta a Cambridge, è morto oggi a 65 anni d'età "dopo una breve lotta con il cancro". Il decesso è stato annunciato dalla famiglia del musicista, che ha avuto un ruolo importante - sotto il profilo creativo ed esecutivo - in una serie di grandi album della band, come 'The Dark Side on the Moon' e 'Wish you were here''. La famiglia ha annunciato "con grande tristezza" il decesso e ha chiesto che la sua privacy "sia rispettata in questo momento difficile".


 Come lo ha comunicato la BBC/News


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7617363.stm














Floyd founder Wright dies at 65











Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett and Richard Wright
Wright (right) wrote songs on albums including Dark Side Of The Moon




Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member Richard Wright has died, aged 65, from cancer.


Wright appeared on the group's first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967 alongside lead guitarist Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason.


Dave Gilmour joined the band at the start of 1968 while Barrett left the group shortly afterwards.


Gilmour said: "No-one can replace Richard Wright - he was my musical partner and my friend."


Writing on his website, he added: "In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten."


Wright's spokesman said in a statement: "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."


He did not say what form of cancer the self-taught keyboard player and pianist had.


Live 8


Wright, a founder member of The Pink Floyd Sound - and other previous incarnations including Sigma 6 - met Waters and Mason at architecture school.










Richard Wright
Wright rejoined Pink Floyd for the London Live 8 concert in 2005




Pink Floyd achieved legendary status with albums including 1973's The Dark Side Of The Moon, which stayed in the US album chart for more than a decade.


Wright, known as Rick earlier in his career, wrote The Great Gig In The Sky and Us And Them from the album.


 


 


 


 


ADDIO RICHARD WRIGHT, ho imparato ad amare la musica con UMMAGAMMA e SET THE CONTROLS FROM THE HEART OF THE SUN, con CAREFUL WHAT THAT AXE, EUGENE e THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY. Vi amavano anche quelli di sinistra, negli anni settanta, ma non mi facevano TWO BALLS con i pugni alzati e le bandiere rosse! 


Avete avuto stile anche nel successo, non avete mai smesso di creare musica, mentre altri si sono solo dedicati a convertirsi in canzonettari. ADDIO costruttore del mitico SOUND PINK FLOYD!



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