DREEM BAND RICK WAKEMAN
December 1, 1974
"I’d pick Colonel Senders because of his drum sticks ”
These here Dreem Bands can be pretty curious creatures; why, just the other day we got Rick Wakeman on the phone and asked him to name his, and, boy, did he come up with some doozies.. .
Bill Bruford (drums): “He’s from King Crimson; he has absolute precision, and the sense of someone taking a real care over the tonal quality you can get out of a drum set. Or maybe I’d pick Colonel Sanders because of his drum sticks, you know...”
John Entwistle (bass): “He plays only what is necessary, and what is right. He’s happy to play what is necessary to enhance the music without deliberately trying to be clever. Evel Kneivel would be good, too, because he always seems to hit rock bottom...”