Comments on: Richard Wright 1943-2008

By: DLee

DLee — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:46:04 +0000

I read about this tragic news in my newspaper early last week but was unable to say anything about it for several days because of an electric power outage in my area that lasted almost a full week. Anyway, I’ve long felt that Richard Wright’s significant contributions to Floyd have unfortunately tended to go much under-appreciated, especially in comparison to those of R. Waters & D. Gilmour, and he will indeed be missed a lot. He had a great musical career. RIP.

By: gsparaco

gsparaco — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:29:58 +0000

It is telling that, when he played with Gilmour in 2006, Wright received the biggest applause out of anyone. It is entirely true that Wright is the one who defined the “Pink Floyd sound.” The band owes much to him musically as it does to Roger Waters thematically and it isn’t at all surprising that, after Syd Barrett left, management tried to talk him into going into a solo career. Thank God he stayed with the band and helped produce some of the greatest music.