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Geoff Downes as replacement for, 206, 207
and Larry Fast, 180
Steve Hackett’s interview with, 217
in Lisztomania, 139–40
on Marillion, 230
memoirs of, 283
on The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, 137–38
as replacement for Tony Kaye, 89–92
on Six Wives of Henry VIII, 110–11
on Tales from Topographic Oceans, 112–16
and John Wetton/Bill Bruford, 208–9
Walker, Alan, 2
Walsh, Steve, 214, 215
Walton, Joanna, 194–96
“Waltz No. 6 in C” (Brahms), 186
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy), 137
War Child (Jethro Tull), 140–41
Ward, Andy, 243
“Warm Wet Circles,” 244–45
Waters, Roger, xvi, 19, 117, 118
Weber, Carl Maria von, 1
Webern, Anton, 133
We Can’t Dance (Genesis), 262, 274
“We Did It Again,” 26, 119
“We Have Heaven,” 92
Welch, Chris
Roger Dean’s interview with, 94
on Keith Emerson, 68
on Fragile tour, 101
Steve Howe’s interview with, 104
Eddy Offord’s interview with, 112
on A Passion Play, 111
Chris Squire’s interview with, 89, 203
on Thick as a Brick, 100
Rick Wakeman’s interview with, 116
Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends—Ladies and Gentlemen (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), 185
Wellington House artists community, 7–8
Wells, John, 187
Wembley Arena (London, England), 137–38
West, Kanye, xvi, 281, 286
West Side Story (musical), 31, 35
Wetton, John
in Asia, 211–14
Bill Bruford on, 250
on Cruise to the Edge, xii
departure from Asia, 233–35
in King Crimson, 124–25, 268
solo album of, 211
in U.K., 197, 208–11
in Uriah Heep, 170
When Dream and Day Unite (Dream Theater), 261
Whisky a Go Go (Los Angeles, California), 53
White, Alan, xiii, 110, 113, 202, 235
“White Car,” 204–5
White Hart (Bletchley, England), 229
Whitehead, Paul, 82, 106
“Whiter Shade of Pale, A,” 21–24, 32, 224
Who, The, 30, 32, 93, 136, 202
“Who Dunnit?,” 225
Whole World, The, 119–20, 130
Who Sell Out, The (The Who), 173
Wilde Flowers, 15–16, 19, 24, 107, 132
Wilkinson, Mark, 251–52, 280
Wilkinson, Tony, 13
Willcox, Toyah, 266
Williams, Richard, 84
Wilson, Steven, 255–59, 262, 273–74, 276–78
“Wind on Wind,” 170
Winwood, Steve, 144
Wire, 284
Wizard, a True Star, A (Todd Rundgren), 158
WOMAD (World of Music, Arts, and Dance) festival, 225–26
Works (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), 190, 288
World Became the World, The (Premiata Forneria Marconi), 154
World of Music, Arts, and Dance (WOMAD) festival, 225–26
World Record (Van der Graaf Generator), 178
Worthing Youth Swing Orchestra, 14
Wright, Chris, 44
W`urdah Ïtah (Magma), 157
“Wurm,” 72
Wyatt, Robert, 7–10, 15–17, 84, 130–33, 134
XTC, 219
Yardbirds, The, 160
Yes
1990s for, 274
after Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman, 197, 202–3
after Peter Banks, 69–73
after Geoff Downes, 211
after Tony Kaye, 89–95
Jon Anderson’s work after, 222–23
Asia vs., 214
Peter Banks’s work after, 95–96
Richard Branson on, 127
Close to the Edge album and tour, 104–6, 109–10
and Cruise to the Edge, x, xiii–xv, xvii–xviii, xix, xx
Roger Dean’s artwork for, 280
declining popularity of, 200
formation of, 30–32
Fragile tour, 101–3
Robert Fripp on, 169
and Gentle Giant, 108
with Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes, 203–9
Steve Howe in, 212
and Jethro Tull, 100
King Crimson vs., 247
and Majesty/Dream Theater, 260–63, 269, 272
and Marillion, 230, 241, 243
members of, on Rick Wakeman, 138–39
90125 album, 235–37
and Porcupine Tree, 254, 276–77
progressive music by, xvii
psychedelic bands and, 26
Relayer album, 137
remixing of classic albums by, 278
rise of, 54–55
and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, xi
Todd Rundgren on, 159
and Rush, 149, 162, 164, 166, 167
Tales from Topographic Oceans album, 112–16
and Vangelis, 222
Yes Album, The (Yes), 71–73, 89, 91, 204
Yes Wave movement, 223, 224
Yogananda, Paramahansa, 113
“You Burn Me Up I’m a Cigarette,” 184
Young, Charles M., 192
Young, Paul, 232
Young, Stewart, 134, 188
“You Really Got Me,” 15
“Yours Is No Disgrace,” 71, 206
Zappa, Frank, 20, 40, 109, 209, 220
“Zero of the Signified, The,” 219
ZigZag (magazine), 79
Zoellner Arts Center (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), 279–81
Zoom Club (Frankfurt, Germany), 123–24
ZZ Top, 134, 154, 239
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