Q&A FRANK WYATT

est known as the saxist and keyboard player with US prog icons Happy The Man, Frank Wyatt defied both his band’s haphazard history and a long battle with cancer to produce , one of last year’s most sumptuous symphonic rock records. Credited to Frank Wyatt & Friends, it reunited the Virginian with a dazzling cast of friends, including fellow Happy The Man alumni Stanley Whitaker, Kit Watkins, Rick Kennell and even the band’s original vocalist, Cliff Fortney. The latest in a series of low-key projects recorded at Wyatt’s own Crafty Hands Studio, seems to represent the start of a new era