Brian Godding
Encyclopedia
Brian Godding is a pop
, rock
and jazz
guitarist
. He was brought up, and has mostly lived, in London
.
He has been a member of many rock, jazz and progressive rock bands
, such as The Gravediggers, The Ingoes, Blossom Toes
, B. B. Blunder, Solid Gold Cadillac
, Magma
, Centipede
, Mike Westbrook
Orchestra and Full Monte.
As session
or guest musician
, he appeared on Julie Driscoll
's 1969 album
, Reg King
's solo album, three albums by Kevin Coyne
and Andrew Leigh's Magician album, as well as A Wish for a Season by Kind Hearts & English.
Godding is the brother-in-law of Julie Driscoll
(now Julie Tippetts).
"Intense jazz-rock fusion of the highest quality. Godding's guitar playing should please fans of McLaughlin
and Holdsworth
to no end. Heartily recommended to all fusion fans" (Dave Wayne, New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock)
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
and jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
. He was brought up, and has mostly lived, in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
He has been a member of many rock, jazz and progressive rock bands
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
, such as The Gravediggers, The Ingoes, Blossom Toes
Blossom Toes
Blossom Toes were an English psychedelic pop band active between 1967 and 1969. Initially known as The Ingoes, they were renamed and signed to manager Giorgio Gomelsky's Marmalade label...
, B. B. Blunder, Solid Gold Cadillac
Solid Gold Cadillac
Solid Gold Cadillac was a British jazz-rock group set up in the early 1970s.The band featured, variously, Roy Babbington , Mike Westbrook , Fi Trench , Chris Spedding , Brian Godding , Rick Morcombe , Malcolm Griffiths , Phil Minton , George Khan , Butch Potter and Alan Jackson...
, Magma
Köhntarkösz
Köhntarkösz is an album released by French progressive rock band Magma in 1974 ."Coltrane Sündia" is an elegy for John Coltrane.-Track listing:Side one...
, Centipede
Centipede (band)
Centipede were an English jazz/progressive rock/Canterbury sound big band with more than 50 members, organized and led by the British free jazz pianist Keith Tippett...
, Mike Westbrook
Mike Westbrook
Michael John David 'Mike' Westbrook is an English jazz pianist, composer, and writer of orchestrated jazz pieces.-Early work:Mike Westbrook grew up in Torquay...
Orchestra and Full Monte.
As session
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
or guest musician
Musician
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, he appeared on Julie Driscoll
Julie Driscoll
Julie Tippetts is an English singer and actress, known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan's "This Wheel's on Fire", and Donovan's "Season of the Witch", both with Brian Auger & The Trinity...
's 1969 album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Reg King
Reg King
Reg King was an English singer and songwriter, most famous for being the solo and lead singer with The Boys and The Action. He died of cancer, aged 65, in October 2010.-Albums:...
's solo album, three albums by Kevin Coyne
Kevin Coyne
Kevin Coyne was a musician, singer, composer, film-maker, and a writer of lyrics, stories and poems. The former "anti-star" was born on 27 January 1944 in Derby, UK, and died in his adopted home of Nuremberg, Germany, on 2 December 2004....
and Andrew Leigh's Magician album, as well as A Wish for a Season by Kind Hearts & English.
Godding is the brother-in-law of Julie Driscoll
Julie Driscoll
Julie Tippetts is an English singer and actress, known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan's "This Wheel's on Fire", and Donovan's "Season of the Witch", both with Brian Auger & The Trinity...
(now Julie Tippetts).
Reviews
Regarding his 1988 solo album Slaughter on Shaftesbury Avenue:"Intense jazz-rock fusion of the highest quality. Godding's guitar playing should please fans of McLaughlin
John McLaughlin (musician)
John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...
and Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth is an English guitarist and composer. He has released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played many different styles of music over a period of four decades, but first drew attention for his work in jazz fusion...
to no end. Heartily recommended to all fusion fans" (Dave Wayne, New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock)