[HAM] One for the prog geeks Wakeman didn't like Leslies, and more

[John Freund]

> Yessongs was released in 1973.  At the time, Wakeman often  
> played a C-3, and always without a Leslie - he didn't like 
> them.  

Interesting...I'll have to go back an listen to the Close to the Edge disc -
but there's definitely (to my ears, anyway) Leslie on Fragile...I'm thinking
specifically of Roundabout (their Stairway to Heaven, except that
keyboardists don't noodle that in music stores).  But that fits with what I
was hearing on the live stuff.

> . . . Instead of seeing how much we can put on stage, 
> we're seeing how little we can put onstage. <snippy> 
> Then I took only the Hammond  C-3, the 
> Polymoog, the Sequential Circuits Prophet, two Birotrons 
> [WHAT?], two  Minimoogs, a Yamaha CP-30 electronic piano [his 
> words], an RMI Keyboard  Computer, and a grand piano.  That 
> was it, besides the obvious gadgets like  some Sequential 
> Circuits sequencers and things.  

Thanks Mark, that was the funniest thing I've read since I heard that Green
Day was doing a concept album.  I can just imagine the negotiation during
the pre-production meeting for the tour:

Production Manager:  
Uh, we're trying to bring less gear on tour this time.  Steve?

Steve Howe:
Well, I'll only bring 23 different guitars this time.  I realised on the
last tour that 47 was a little extreme.  Of course I can't promise that I
won't purchase a few dozen while we're out.

PM:
Uh, right...fair enough.  Bill?

Bill Bruford:
I quit.

PM:
Ohhhh-kaaayyyy.  Er, Chris?

Chris Squire:
(stoney silence) - Whatever, just don't touch my pickups.

PM:
Uh, Rick?

Rick Wakeman:
What? Leave gear behind?!!  Well, ok...I'll leave
> the  Mander Pipe Organ this time. . 

PM:
Uh-huh.  My, that's grand of you.  Jon?

...Jon?

...uh, Jon?

Jon Anderson:
All towards creation we go as shining seas of light dance swifty with our
greater callings as one with the fullness of all that never was...
(spoken in 5/8 while drumming his fingers in 11/32).

----
For the record, I am a fan.
/John

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