Pink Floyd was unbelievably influential on me as a musician, even though I have never been quite able to define why. Perhaps that’s not important.
I always thought something had happened that set Wright back on his heels, because the work he did within the band kept growing thinner and thinner. Compared with the gutsy soloes of Gilmour or with other keyboardists in weaker bands, after Dark Side of the Moon he simply failed to stand out to my ear, but the ability was clearly there.
In its own way, this is as significant as the dying of the Beatles.