Stevie Ray Vaughan - So Excited

I had tickets to see the great man twice. The first time he collapsed on stage a few days prior to the gig (caused by his drug and alcohol excesses) and was admitted to hospital - he subsequently went into rehab and cleaned himself up. The second time he was killed in a helicopter crash, a couple of months prior, after playing at a blues festival somewhere in America. If my memory serves me correctly the helicopter he boarded was actually meant for Eric Clapton.

The song he's playing here is from a studio album called The Sky is Crying (comprised of songs that never made it onto his previous studio albums), although the studio version is almost unrecognisable from the live version shown. SRV was known for varying, often radically, the way he played any particular song.

RIP Richard Wright

Pink Floyd are probably my favourite rock band - their music was way ahead of its time and has indeed stood the test of time. Sadly their keyboard player, Richard Wright, has succumbed to cancer.

PINK Floyd keyboard player Richard Wright died yesterday after battling cancer.

Wright, 65, was a founding member of the legendary British rock act.

His spokesman said: "The family of Richard Wright announce with great sadness, that Richard died today after a short struggle with cancer."

A self-taught keyboard player and pianist, Wright met fellow band members Roger Waters and Nick Mason while at architecture school.

He was a founder member of The Pink Floyd Sound in 1965 and their previous incarnations, such as Sigma 6.

Wright is the second original member of the band to die recently, following the death of Syd Barrett last year.

In the early days of Pink Floyd, Wright, along with Barrett, was the group's dominant musical force.

Two of his best known works were The Great Gig In The Sky and Us And Them, both from 1973's classic Dark Side Of The Moon album.