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This is of course very sad news, and it gets no better since I first
heard last night.

Dave Gilmour has a very fitting eulogy on www.davidgilmour.com

I play keys in Pure Floyd (www.purefloyd.co.uk) and whilst I don't
have a Putney, my Nord G2 Engine (very good at VCS3 and Moog
emulations) and PLG150-AN (Solina Strings and the "On The Run"
sequence - the AN1x stays in the studio) will be fired up in honor of
Rick at the gigs we do on the weekend. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (for
its melancholy feel) and Great Gig (for subject matter and the fact
that Rick wrote it) will be very poignant on the weekend's gigs.

I think a lot of people agree that, as the quiet man, Rick's input
into Pink Floyd is often forgotten about in comparison to the two more
assertive characters that the band had. But Pink Floyd would not have
been Pink Floyd without Rick and the way his textures melded and
underpinned all the other musical strands. Playing his parts are a
privilege and a pleasure, and I have learnt a few unusual chord tricks
along the way.

Rest In Peace, Rick, you will be sorely missed.

Cheers
Derek

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "spaceanimals" <rainbowjimmy@...> wrote:
>
> Mr Wright, keyboard player for Pink Floyd, wrote two of the best songs 
> on the planet, has died.
> 
> Can't think of many people who have done more to popularize synthesizer 
> music.
> 
> If anyone has an old Putney, fire it up in his honor.
> 
> Jimmy
>