This track is a personal tribute to the legendary Rick Wakeman and his seminal 1973 album, The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Just as Wakeman used progressive rock to tell the stories of historical figures through intricate, virtuosic keyboard movements, The Apotheosis of Catharine attempts to capture that same grand, biographical energy. It’s a marriage of the technical complexity of '70s prog-rock and the raw, rhythmic pulse of folk tradition, imagining a 'seventh wife' or a divine transformation of history's "Catharine" into a singular, musical force.
Lyrics and concept by Ward C Locke. Music produced using Suno AI.
