“It’s like Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. We can’t live with each other and we can’t live without each other”: the tangled history of Rick Wakeman and Yes

Yes pose for a group photo around a table in 1972.

From his epic 70s solo concept albums to his work with everyone from David Bowie to Black Sabbath, Rick Wakeman has a vast back catalogue. But the keyboard wizard’s most famous work is with prog pioneers Yes. In 2012, looked back over his tangled, turbulent and often hilarious relationship with his old band.

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