“We used to travel in Clark Gable’s Cadillac, refurbished by Rolls Royce. We had a TV in there, and two bars, just for the band”: Secrets of Rick Wakeman’s excess

“We used to travel in Clark Gable’s Cadillac, refurbished by Rolls Royce. We had a TV in there, and two bars, just for the band”: Secrets of Rick Wakeman’s excess

While the music of Yes has always been large-scale material, former keyboardist Rick Wakeman’s ambitions went even larger. In the 70s he began delivering massive, complex live shows based on his epic concept albums, even though doing so meant he risked his home, his health and his reputation. In 2012 he and his colleagues looked back on a decade of excess, and Wakeman insisted he had no regrets, explaining: “I never believed in short-changing pe…