Rick Wakeman Birdman of Alcatraz - Performed by Chris Huebner

This is my version of Birdman of Alcatraz. A mix of the version on the album Criminal Record and of Rick's live performance, with a little artistic license by me. I like the studio version the best, but no human could play that - Not even the Caped One himself as there's several tracks he used there.

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[OfficialBTK]

What the hell. I got recommended to this from a Does It Offend You, Yeah! song. How the hell do the two relate?

Good song though.

[bubblabu]

Sorry - Maybe there are some keywords in common.

Have a good one

[rickfreslanta]

Nice job on the Wakeman piece. Sounds great. Do you have any "Six Wives" up your sleeve?

[bubblabu]

Well, no six-wives brewing at the moment, but I'm playing around with White Rock and Searching for Gold (both from White Rock - my favorite Wakeman album). I still have And You And I to finish up as well as an old Medely of Kansas tunes I'm dusting off...

[fystasjoppheng]

Very nice! I would change the fm to Dbmaj7, but its only my humble suggestion.

[bubblabu]

Thank you. I admit, I don't think in terms of chords or keys any more. I just think in terms of harmonies. It probably sounds weird - I can't really explain it well, it just kind of comes out that way for me. That being said, I do remember some of the theory I learned.

Are you suggesting this in the "main theme" of the piece (it's probably Ab then Fminor) So I'd basically add a Db to the existing Fminor? I did that when I first learned it, but decided to change to F. I'll have to relisten

[mattis09]

beautiful playing!

good perfomed

[Vandertop]

Very nice Chris!

[soulvibe2007]

Such a happy song really liked this! I loved the way you split the keyboard and added the chime type sound to it make the song sparkle :0

[halfapack]

Thanks, Chris. I really enjoyed your performance.

[misterbearbe]

@bubblabu some keywords in common? right.. I got linked to this video on a Wiki page..

[adillion2]

i like that music alot ,it is very beautiful.i like it alot

[aPOTg]

haha. yea i got the same thing. dillinger escape plan video to this. but as you said, its beautifully played so i cant complain

[IXIBloodshedIXI]

From some crazy heavy metal to this is insane! Very beautifully played good sir.

[OfficialBTK]

Haha, no need to apologised, it just baffled me.

Beautiful interpretation htough.