A Tribute to Richard Wright! (Part I)

Pink Floyd, an English progressive rock band, were one of the very few bands that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music.

The English rock band achieved remarkable accomplishments, and are still among one of the most commercially successful and influential bands of all time.

The Band originally consisted of students Roger Waters (lead vocals, bass guitar), Nick Mason (drums, percussions), Richard Wright (keyboards, organ, piano) and Syd Barrett (lead guitars, lead vocals), when they started playing together in London’s underground music in 1965.

David Gilmour (lead guitars, lead vocals) joined the band in December 1967, when the band had already launched a successful album ‘The Piper at the Gates of Dawn’.

Barrett departed from the band due to mental health in January 1968 and Waters became the Band’s lyricist and conceptual leader while Gilmour commanded on music compositions. With the new line-up, Pink Floyd attained worldwide critical and commercial success and released 13 full-length studio albums.

Many believe that Gilmour’s soothing guitar sound with delicate string bends and slides that made his playing style unique to many others, always remained the embossing element in the Band’s music. However, in my opinion, Wright’s mesmerising and richly textured keyboard layers were one of the vital ingredients in distinguishing Pink Floyd’s sound from its peers.

Wright was a prominent musical source in the early days of Pink Floyd, not as much as Barrett. He wrote and sang several songs, but became less interested in song writing as the band evolved, shifting his focus on contributing his distinctive style to extended musical compositions.

Continued in Part II

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