Richard Wright makes it to "The Great Gig in the Sky"
28 July 1943 - 15 September 2008
"The Great Gig in the Sky"
written by Richard Wright
performed by Pink Floyd
video from The Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988):
Song originally appeared on Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon (1973).
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Wow, this made my day a little darker. It is unfortunate for us fans of Pink Floyd to lose this man. It is a sad day for me.
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Here's one of my favorite Richard Wright solo songs: "Summer Elegy" from his album Wet Dream (which I believe is currently out of print):
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My heart is broken. I have always held out hope that Pink Floyd might reunite some day but now it won't happen. It's never the same when a group gets back together without an original member (think Led Zeppelin without John Bonham or The Who without Keith Moon and John Entwistle.) A sad sad day... Thanks for the videos.
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You're welcome, Pinky. Here's a Wright song called "Breakthrough," performed by Richard Wright and David Gilmour during the Meltdown Festival at The Royal Festival Hall in 2002:
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Nothing like lying quietly in the dark listening to Pink Floyd after a bad day.
It always mellows me out. R.I.P. Richard.
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Here's another of my favorites, written by Richard Wright and Roger Waters, from The Dark Side of the Moon.
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