Friday, September 19, 2008

Pink Floyd Member Richard Wright Dies At Age 65


LONDON (AP) -- A Pink Floyd spokesman says founding member Richard Wright has died. He was 65. Wright died Monday after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. His family did not want to give more details about his death.
Richard Wright met Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and Nick Mason at college and joined their early band Sigma 6. Sigma 6 eventually became Pink Floyd and Wright wrote and sang some of the band's key songs. He wrote "The Great Gig In The Sky" and "Us And Them" from Pink Floyd's 1973 "The Dark Side Of The Moon."
He left the group in the early 1980s to form his own band but rejoined Pink Floyd for their 1987 album "A Momentary Lapse of Reason."

-Tribute Suggestions:
-Go shrooming in the forest. Listen to a "Best of Pink Floyd" CD you've put together prior to the trip and laugh at the natural splendor and simplicity of existence.
-Put on The Wizard of Oz, when the lion roars before the movie starts, start Dark Side of the Moon. Supposedly, the songs line up with the action in the movie? Probably best to smoke a bowl before this...
-Listen to the reggae version of Dark Side of The Moon. Seriously, It's called
Dub Side of the Moon and I actually like it better. Smooth, trippy but accessible.

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