Rick Wakeman played piano on an early take of Harry Nilsson's version of "Without You."
I tried it in one key and nearly got hemorrhoids singing it. So we changed that and decided that the keyboard part was too busy, too complex.
So we replaced Rick Wakeman with Gary Wright and he began, just like you hear on the record, very simple. It was just right![1]
- [1] Dan Matovina. Frances Glover Books (2000) "Without You: The Tragic Story of Badfinger"