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My Take
Adam Wakeman is a musician I admire for being indispensable without chasing the spotlight. As keyboardist and rhythm guitarist in Ozzy Osbourne's band, and the off-stage keys and guitar behind Black Sabbath, he's the kind of player who makes huge productions hold together. What really gets me is the breadth of his collaborators, from Annie Lennox and Deep Purple to Will Young and Victoria Beckham. Carrying the Wakeman name in rock means living with expectations, yet he built a working career as a versatile sideman across wildly different styles. That adaptability, more than any one credit, is what earns my respect.
Overview
Adam Wakeman (born 11 March 1974) is an English musician, known as the keyboardist and rhythm guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne's band; he also played keyboards and guitar off-stage for Black Sabbath. Wakeman has also worked with Annie Lennox, Travis, the Company of Snakes, Strawbs, Will Young, Victoria Beckham, Atomic Kitten, Martin Barre, Uriah Heep and Deep Purple.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Adam Wakeman
- Name (Japanese)
- アダム・ウェイクマン
- Reading
- あだむ・うぇいくまん
- Born
- March 11, 1974 (age 52)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Tiger
- Origin
- Windsor, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- musician / keyboardist / guitarist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.