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No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my musical partner and my friend.

In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten.

He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound.

I have never played with anyone quite like him. The blend of his and my voices and our musical telepathy reached their first major flowering in 1971 on 'Echoes'. In my view all the greatest PF moments are the ones where he is in full flow. After all, without 'Us and Them' and 'The Great Gig In The Sky', both of which he wrote, what would 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' have been? Without his quiet touch the Album 'Wish You Were Here' would not quite have worked.

In our middle years, for many reasons he lost his way for a while, but in the early Nineties, with 'The Division Bell', his vitality, spark and humour returned to him and then the audience reaction to his appearances on my tour in 2006 was hugely uplifting and it's a mark of his modesty that those standing ovations came as a huge surprise to him, (though not to the rest of us).

Like Rick, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss him enormously.

David Gilmour
Monday 15th September 2008

Sorry to hear that...."Us and Them" was a tune I turned many a time while in college.

Might be one of my favorite tunes ever.

God speed...

"And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I
don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying?
There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime."
"If you can hear this whispering you are dying."
"I never said I was frightened of dying."

Great Gig in the Sky - Richard Wright

Sad to hear.

Guy was one of the real innovators in the keyboard's role in rock groups.

He thought like a symphonist, and gave such wonderful texture to their sound.

An absolutely complete musician.



This makes me really sad.

R.I.P. Richard Wright. I heard this sad news on the radio last night comming home from work, first Floyd album I though of was Meddel, but for some reason popped in Dark Side of the Moon when I got home, and listened to On The Run a few times.

Sad to hear this,

Many of the best times I dont remember where spent listening to Pink Floyd....Thanks for growing up with me guys