Richard Wright RIP

He died Monday of cancer. It’s really a greater loss than most people will realise. The pretentious people will always argue about Gilmour vs Barrett or Waters vs Gilmour. No matter which period you prefer Wright was there. His keyboard defined the Pink Floyd sound from Barrett’s psychedelic pop songs to Gilmour’s crying guitar to Waters’ angst and superstardom and back to Gilmour again. He was there before Gilmour and after Waters. You could fire him from the band but you couldn’t keep him away.