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George Varga

Rock Hall of Famer Rick Wakeman, a 'Yes' man who said 'No' to David Bowie: 'It was very difficult'

David Bowie? Or Yes?

Young keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman was just 21 years old in the summer of 1971 when he received simultaneous invitations — literally on the same July day — to join two very promising but very different bands in his native England.

One was the fast-rising Yes. It would soon become one of the world's most acclaimed and successful progressive-rock acts, thanks to the classic albums "Fragile" and "Close to the Edge," and such widely embraced songs as "Roundabout" and "And You and I."

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