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September 15, 2008

Richard Wright R.I.P.

Pink Floyd founding member, keyboardist, song writer and sometimes vocalist Richard Wright died today of cancer.

Wright may be best known for writing Great Gig in the Sky on Pink Floyd's seminal "Dark Side of the Moon" album. But I will best remember him for writing another song on that album which is one of my favorite Floyd songs ever - "Us and Them".

Over the last 15 years or so I've grown to be a big fan of Pink Floyd. They are the one band which I've never seen live and whom I most wish I could go back in time and see in person.

Richard Wright came down on the side of David Gilmour in the great Gilmour/Waters divide. Which is interesting because Wright and Roger Waters grew up together and knew each other longer than either knew Gilmour. But as much as I admire the enormous talent of Roger Waters, Gilmour and Wright have always been my two favorite band members. Their songs just consistently speak to something deep inside me in a way that very, very few songs ever have.

Posted by Kevin at September 15, 2008 12:08 PM