Ajalon (band) Ajalon (band) Ajalon is a Christian progressive rock trio from Seattle. Their name is taken from the Bible (), loosely meaning "Grace in the midst of the fire". Ajalon was started in 1994 by Wil Henderson, Randy George and Dan Lile. In 1996 they sent a demo tape to Rick Wakeman, keyboardist of the progressive rock group Yes, and after listening he signed them to his label "Hope Records". The same year the band released their first album "Light at the End of the Tunnel". Among their musical influences one can hear Yes, Genesis and Marillion. It was not before
Rick Wakeman Wakeman left from the Ronnie Smith group and for several months, played in a pub band named the Spinning Wheel. In 1970, Wakeman performed on "Seasons" by Magna Carta, and records by Brotherhood of Man, Paper Bubble, Shawn Phillips, and White Plains. He soon became disillusioned with session work, "I was getting good bread, but I wasn't getting a chance to be part of the music". Wakeman's prominence rose during his tenure with the folk rock group Strawbs from 1969 to 1971. He first played the piano for them as a session on "Dragonfly", the first album released with Wakeman's