One impressive aspect of this album is Wakeman’s ability to avoid this becoming a Wakeman keyboard show. He has seemingly given himself a secondary role compared to the guitarists. It must be a double-edged sword being the musical son or daughter of a famous musician. On one hand, your name is instantly recognisable, and that..
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OLIVER WAKEMAN INTERVIEW – ‘Soul Friends’ and Old Friends…
'I think if there is something definitely common about the Wakeman DNA, it is the desire to be 'progressive', not in the prog rock sense necessarily, but certainly in the sense of moving the music forward. It's interesting that the way you started the interview about the album was 'it wasn't what I expected', because..