Grumpy Old Rock Star

This is a collection of never-before-told stories from Rick Wakeman’s amazing life, from ordering a curry on-stage to how he ended up with the earth from around Che Guevara’s body in his shed.

Around August 1948, Mr and Mrs Cyril Wakeman had an early night and some time later, at Perivale in Middlesex, Mrs Wakeman produced a bonny baby son. They named him Richard, but he quickly became known as Rick.

Rick was a likeable little fellow who had a ta…