“The bass solo in My Generation is one of the classic bass things of all time. And John Entwistle said it was the bane of his life”: Rick Wakeman explains the problem with recording a classic solo, and how he experienced it with Yes’s Close To The Edge

John Entwistle’s bass solo on The Who’s My Generation remains one of the greatest of all time - not to mention one of the first in rock history - but his friend Rick Wakeman has revealed that it became a bit of an albatross for him.

Discussing his own organ solo on Yes’s Close To The Edge with YouTuber Rick Beato, Wakeman cites what he calls the ‘John Entwistle My Generation syndrome’, and goes on to explain what that means.