Rick Wakeman shows off his church pipe organ skills at Lincoln Cathedral.

Ever since I was a young boy and went to St. Basil’s church to attend mass there, I loved hearing the pipe organ that they had. The longest pipe is over 70 feet long and when you stood beside it and the organist pulled out all the stops, the sound that emulated from it was overpowering to say the least! This is where the origins of the phrase “Pulling out all the stops” comes from!

I don’t write too many posts on classical music, but I do want to show you another section of my love for this mostly forgotten form of music.

Check out the guy in the background who has the envious task of working the multiple stops on the organ. I don’t know about you, but I’d be very nervous about trying to help the God Father of Progressive Rock adjust his sound, while he is playing just inches away from you!

Keep on Jammin’