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Im Alter von 65 Jahren ist gestern Rick Wright verstorben - an Krebs, wie es heißt, und überraschend für die Öffentlichkeit. Wright war Gründungsmitglied von Pink Floyd und gehörte der Band bis 1981 sowie dann wieder ab 1987 an. Neben der Arbeit mit Pink Floyd hat er zwei Soloalben veröffentlicht - "Wet Dream" (1978) und "Broken China" (1996); vor allem das ältere Album ist empfehlenswert.
Im offiziellen Statement seiner Angehörigen heißt es:
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.
David Gilmour schreibt auf seiner Homepage:
No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my musical partner and my friend.
In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten.
He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound.
I have never played with anyone quite like him. The blend of his and my voices and our musical telepathy reached their first major flowering in 1971 on 'Echoes'. In my view all the greatest PF moments are the ones where he is in full flow. After all, without 'Us and Them' and 'The Great Gig In The Sky', both of which he wrote, what would 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' have been? Without his quiet touch the Album 'Wish You Were Here' would not quite have worked.
In our middle years, for many reasons he lost his way for a while, but in the early Nineties, with 'The Division Bell', his vitality, spark and humour returned to him and then the audience reaction to his appearances on my tour in 2006 was hugely uplifting and it's a mark of his modesty that those standing ovations came as a huge surprise to him, (though not to the rest of us).
Like Rick, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss him enormously.
Im offiziellen Statement seiner Angehörigen heißt es:
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.
David Gilmour schreibt auf seiner Homepage:
No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my musical partner and my friend.
In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten.
He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound.
I have never played with anyone quite like him. The blend of his and my voices and our musical telepathy reached their first major flowering in 1971 on 'Echoes'. In my view all the greatest PF moments are the ones where he is in full flow. After all, without 'Us and Them' and 'The Great Gig In The Sky', both of which he wrote, what would 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' have been? Without his quiet touch the Album 'Wish You Were Here' would not quite have worked.
In our middle years, for many reasons he lost his way for a while, but in the early Nineties, with 'The Division Bell', his vitality, spark and humour returned to him and then the audience reaction to his appearances on my tour in 2006 was hugely uplifting and it's a mark of his modesty that those standing ovations came as a huge surprise to him, (though not to the rest of us).
Like Rick, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss him enormously.
Wie sagte schon Helmut Schmidt: "Das Schlimme am Altwerden ist, dass einem die Bekannten wegsterben."
Jetzt kannte ich Wright natürlich nicht persönlich, aber es vergeht kaum eine Woche, in der nicht irgendwo "Atom Heart Mother", "Animals" oder "Wish you Where Here" läuft ("Dark Side of the Moon" sowieso). Also irgendwie kannte ich ihn doch schon.
Wirklich schade. Nur die Stones scheinen für die Ewigkeit zu sein ...