Richard Wright (Pink Floyd)

See also: Richard Wright (homonymy)

Richard William Wright , often called Rick Wright , British musician , is the Claviériste group of progressive Rock Pink Floyd. It was born the July 28th 1943 with London.

It enters the group, called at the time Sigma 6 , in 1965. Even if it is not a author - Compositeur as prolific as Roger Waters or David Gilmour, he were an essential type-setter in the writing of pieces among longest of the repertory of the group as has Saucerful off Secret , Echoes or Shine one You Crazy Diamond . Its contributions which were the most business success are The Great Gig in the Sky and Us and Them , of the album Dark Side off the Moon . One can hear it in duet with David Gilmour in Let There Be More Light of the album has off Saucerful Secret and in Echoes of the album Meddle .

Fighting between personal problems and increasingly chaotic relations with Roger Toilets, it is évincé group during the last recording of The Wall . It is only engaged as temporary musician the time in the concerts of promotion of the album, in 1980 and 1981. Ironically, he is the only member of the group with which these concerts saved money: the deficit Net had to be paid pocket of the other members of the group.

Thereafter, Wright works on some songs of the album has off Momentary Lapse Reason , even if it yet officially did not join the group. It becomes again full member of the group for the album Delicate Sound off Thunder and the round which results from this. It Co-writing five songs, and one interprets some ( Wearing the Inside Out ), in the last album studio of the group Beautiful The Division . Thus, the only album in which Wright does not take part is The Final Cut ; however, this one not having given place to a round, Richard Wright shares with Nick Mason quality to have been present at all the concerts of the group since its beginnings.

In 2005, Wright joined David Gilmour, Nick Mason and, for the first time in twenty-four years, Roger Toilets, the time of four songs at the time of the Live 8 in London. In November, it is absent for the establishment of Pink Floyd in the U.K. Music Hall Off Famed following an operation of the cataract.

It will take part all the same in the recording of One year Island of David Gilmour and in round in 2006 will follow it. Roger Waters would have invited it to come to off play at the time of a service from The Dark Side the Moon with Nick Mason in July 2006 but it would have declined, for lack of time with the round of Gilmour and the preparation of a new album solo.

Discography

1978 : Wet Dream
1984 : Identity (with Dave Harris, forming the group Zee)
1996: Broken Clouded

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