By the cringe, Rick Wakeman blew my socks off at the Paramount in Huntington tonight.

His Elenor Rigby by McCartney/Prokofiev was an absolute belter.

How are his fingers still able to play these pieces he wrote in the 1970s, when prog rockers got paid by the note? My hands ached just watching, and I can’t play.

If you haven’t caught his one man show yet, do yourself a favour and do so.

Merlin the Magician, Catherine Howard, Jane Seymour, Morning Has Broken, all delivered at original recording speed, flawlessly, c/w twiddly bits.

The skill, the talent, the work involved to achieve this is gobsmacking.

My hat was off figuratively, and literally.