Adam Wakeman

Adam Wakeman
Adam Wakeman on Ozzy Osbourne's Black Rain world tour 2008
Background information
Born	(1974-03-11) 11 March 1974 (age 43) Windsor, Berkshire, England
Genres	Rock, pop, Heavy metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Keyboard, guitar
Associated acts	Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Headspace, Strawbs, Snakecharmer

Adam Wakeman (born 11 March 1974) is an English musician and the current keyboardist and rhythm guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne's band; he also plays keyboards and guitar off-stage for Black Sabbath. Other musicians Wakeman has been involved with include Annie Lennox, Travis, Company of Snakes, Will Young, Victoria Beckham, Strawbs and Atomic Kitten.

The second son of long term Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman (who also played keyboards for Black Sabbath on their 1973 release Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) and the younger brother of Oliver Wakeman, another former Yes member. Adam often collaborated with his father, releasing albums with him. In 2006 he created his own band, Headspace.

Adam Wakeman, the son of long term Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman, was born into a musical family and started playing classical piano at the age of 8. By the age of seventeen he had obtained grade 8 from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and had recorded the first album with father Rick Wakeman. Father and son toured extensively, the two of them sitting at grand pianos to full scale rock performances with orchestra and choir. At the age of 24 Adam won the Keyboard Magazine Best New Talent award and promptly started a session career of his own in London.

In the mid-1990s, Wakeman formed Jeronimo Road with Fraser Thorneycroft-Smith. An album, Live at the Orange, was released after the band broke up on the Explore Multimedia label.