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David Jon Gilmour CBE
Order of the British Empire

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 (born 6 March 1946), is an English
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 musician
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, best known as the guitar
Guitar

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ist, lead singer, and one of the main songwriter
Songwriter

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s in the band Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd

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. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a record producer
Record producer

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 for a variety of artists, and has enjoyed a successful career as a solo artist. Gilmour has been actively involved with many charity organisations over the course of his career. In 2003, he was appointed CBE for services to music and philanthropy and was awarded with Outstanding Contribution title at the 2008 Q Awards.
our was born in Cambridge
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, England
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Jimi Hendrix Isn't As Good As me!.

Live at Pompeii (video), Dark Side of the Moon Sessions, 1972

Who gives a fuck.

Meltdown Festival Where a fan asked when the next Pink Floyd album was coming out.

Obviously, they're all a gang of idiots. But, you know...live and let live.

Live at Pompeii (video), Dark Side of the Moon Sessions, 1972, about the band

Syd's story is a sad story romanticized by people who don't know anything about it. They've made it fashionable but it's just not that way.

Musician, December 1982

Roger doesn't have the right at present to tell me what to do with my life, although he believes that he does. And he'll not ruin my career, although lately he's been trying to.

Penthouse, September 1988; regarding Roger Waters

I've been in The Who, I've been in The Beatles and I've been in Pink Floyd! Top that!.

Record Collector magazine, May 2003





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David Jon Gilmour CBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
 (born 6 March 1946), is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
, best known as the guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
ist, lead singer, and one of the main songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
s in the band Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd are an English Rock music band who initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock and space rock music, and later, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music....
. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 for a variety of artists, and has enjoyed a successful career as a solo artist. Gilmour has been actively involved with many charity organisations over the course of his career. In 2003, he was appointed CBE for services to music and philanthropy and was awarded with Outstanding Contribution title at the 2008 Q Awards.

Early life

Gilmour was born in Cambridge
Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
, England
England

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. His father, Douglas Gilmour, was a senior lecturer in zoology
Zoology

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 at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
 and his mother, Sylvia, was a teacher and film editor. In Live at Pompeii, David describes his family, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, as nouveau riche
Nouveau riche

Nouveau riche , or new money, refers to a person who has acquired considerable wealth within his or her generation. This term is generally to emphasize that the individual was previously part of a lower socioeconomic rank, and that such wealth has provided the means for the acquisition of goods or luxuries that were previously unobt...
.

Gilmour attended The Perse School
The Perse School

The Perse School is a fee-paying secondary day school for boys 11–18 and girls at 16+ situated in Cambridge, England. The school was founded in 1615 by Dr Stephen Perse, a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and has existed on several different sites in the city before its present home on Hills Road....
 on Hills Road, Cambridge, and met future Pink Floyd guitarist and vocalist Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett was an England singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist. He is most remembered as a founding member of psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, providing major musical and stylistic direction in their early work, although he left the group in 1968 amidst speculations of mental illness exacerbated by heavy drug use....
 who attended Cambridgeshire High School for Boys
Cambridgeshire High School for Boys

The Cambridgeshire High School for Boys was founded as the Cambridge and County School for Boys in 1900. It was later the Cambridge and County High School for Boys, and then finally the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys before it was transformed in the 1974 reorganisation of education in Cambridgeshire into Hills Road Sixth Form College....
, also situated on Hills Road. He studied modern languages to A-Level, and along with Syd, spent his lunchtime learning to play the guitar. They were not yet bandmates however, and Gilmour started playing in the band Joker's Wild
Joker's Wild (band)

Joker's Wild were a mid-1960s Blues-rock band from Cambridge, England.The lineup included guitarist David Gilmour, who went on to join Pink Floyd....
 in 1963. Gilmour left Joker's Wild in 1966 and busked around Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 and France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 with some friends. However, they were not very successful, living virtually a hand-to-mouth existence. In July 1992, Gilmour stated in an interview with Nicky Horne on BBC radio that he ended up being treated for malnutrition in a hospital. In 1967, they returned to England, driving a van with fuel stolen from a building site in France.

Pink Floyd

Gilmour was approached in December 1967 by drummer Nick Mason
Nick Mason

Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason is the drummer for Pink Floyd. He has been the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1964. He also competes in auto racing events, such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans....
, who asked if he would be interested in joining Pink Floyd, which he did in January 1968, making Pink Floyd briefly a five-piece band. He was used to fill in for Syd Barrett's guitar parts when the front man was unable to take a consistent part in Floyd's live performances. When Syd Barrett "left" the group (the band chose not to pick him up one night for a gig due to his erratic behaviour), Gilmour by default assumed the role of the band's lead guitarist and shared lead vocal duties with bassist Roger Waters
Roger Waters

George Roger Waters is an England rock music musician. He is best known as the bass guitar player and one of the main songwriters in the English rock band Pink Floyd from 1964 to 1985....
 and keyboard player Richard Wright
Richard Wright (musician)

Richard William "Rick" Wright was an English piano, keyboardist, vocalist and songwriter, best known for his career with Pink Floyd. Wright's richly textured keyboard layers were a vital ingredient and a distinctive characteristic of Pink Floyd's sound....
 in Barrett's stead. However, after the back-to-back successes of The Dark Side of the Moon
The Dark Side of the Moon

The Dark Side of the Moon is a concept album by the England progressive rock Musical ensemble Pink Floyd. It was released on 17 March 1973 in the United States and 24 March 1973 in the United Kingdom....
 and then Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here (album)

Wish You Were Here is a concept album by Pink Floyd. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios between January and July 1975 and released on 15 September 1975 , the album would later be regarded as one of Pink Floyd's greatest albums and was ranked 209 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list....
, Waters took more control over the band, writing most of Animals
Animals (album)

Animals is a concept album by England progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 23 January 1977 in the United Kingdom and on 2 February 1977 in the United States....
 and The Wall
The Wall

The Wall is a rock opera presented as a double album by the England progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in late 1979. It was subsequently performed live, with elaborate theatrical effects, and made into Pink Floyd The Wall ....
 by himself. Wright was fired during The Wall sessions and the relationship between Gilmour and Waters would further deteriorate during the making of The Wall film and the 1983 Pink Floyd album The Final Cut
The Final Cut (album)

The Final Cut is a rock album by Pink Floyd recorded at various studios in the United Kingdom from July to December 1982. It is the last Pink Floyd studio album to feature the band's bass guitar and primary songwriter Roger Waters....
.

After recording "Animals", Gilmour thought that his musical influence had been underutilized, and channeled his ideas into his self-titled first solo album
David Gilmour (album)

David Gilmour is the first solo album from Pink Floyd guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour, released in May 1978 in the United Kingdom and on June 17, 1978 in the United States....
 (1978), which showcases his signature guitar style, as well as underscoring his songwriting skills. A tune written during the finishing stages of this album, but too late to be used, became "Comfortably Numb
Comfortably Numb

"Comfortably Numb" is a song by the England progressive rock band Pink Floyd, which was released on the 1979 in music double album The Wall....
" on The Wall.

The negative atmosphere surrounding the creation of The Wall album and film, compounded by The Final Cuts virtually being a Roger Waters solo album, led Gilmour to produce a second solo album, About Face
About Face (album)

About Face is the second solo album by the Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, released in March 1984. The album was co-produced by Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour....
 (1984). The "About Face" tour suffered from weak ticket sales; a similar situation confronted Waters' tour for The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking.

In 1985, Waters declared that Pink Floyd was "a spent force creatively". However, in 1986, Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason issued a press release stating that Waters had quit the band and they intended to continue without him. Gilmour assumed full control of the group and produced A Momentary Lapse of Reason
A Momentary Lapse of Reason

A Momentary Lapse of Reason is Pink Floyd's 1987 album, the band's first release after the departure of Roger Waters from the band in 1985. The album reached #3 on both the United States and United Kingdom charts....
 in 1987 with some contributions from Mason and Richard Wright. Wright officially rejoined the band for a lengthy world tour and helped create 1994's The Division Bell
The Division Bell

The Division Bell is the final recording studio album by Pink Floyd, released in 1994 , and their second album without Roger Waters. It was recorded at a number of studios, including guitarist/Singing David Gilmour's houseboat studio called Astoria ....
 as well. Gilmour explained:

In 1986, Gilmour purchased the houseboat
Houseboat

A houseboat is a temporary or permanent dwelling, able to float upon water. Generally, houseboats are tethered to land to provide utilities, but are often capable of operation under their own power....
 Astoria
Astoria (recording studio)

The Astoria is a house boat turned recording studio, which is owned by David Gilmour, guitarist of Pink Floyd. It is moored on the River Thames near Hampton Court....
 which is moored on the River Thames
River Thames

The Thames is a major river flowing through southern England. While best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows through several other towns and cities, including Oxford, Reading, Berkshire and Windsor, Berkshire....
 near Hampton Court, and transformed it into a recording studio. The majority of the two most recent Pink Floyd albums, as well as Gilmour's 2006 solo release On An Island
On an Island

On an Island is the third solo album by David Gilmour, best known as a lead vocalist and guitarist for Pink Floyd. It was released in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2006, Gilmour's 60th birthday, and in the U.S....
, were recorded there.

On 2 July 2005, Gilmour played with Pink Floyd — including Roger Waters — at Live 8
Live 8

Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 Conference and 31st G8 summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6-8 July 2005; they also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid....
. The performance caused a temporary 1343% sales increase of Pink Floyd's album Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd

Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is a compilation album by Pink Floyd. It was released on November 5, 2001 in the UK and November 6 2001 in the U.S....
. As a result, Gilmour vowed to donate all of his resulting profits to charities that reflect the goals of Live 8 saying:

Shortly after, he called upon all artists experiencing a surge in sales from Live 8 performances to donate the extra revenue to Live 8 fund-raising. After the Live 8 concert, Pink Floyd were offered £150 million to tour the United States, but the band turned down the offer.

On 3 February 2006, he announced in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica
La Repubblica

la Repubblica is, as of 2006, the largest circulation Italy daily newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso led by Eugenio Scalfari and Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore....
 that Pink Floyd would most likely never tour or write material together again. He said:

He said that by agreeing to Live 8, he had ensured the story of Floyd would not end on a sour note.

On 20 February 2006, Gilmour commented again on Pink Floyd's future when he was interviewed by Billboard.com, stating, "Who knows? I have no plans at all to do that. My plans are to do my concerts and put my solo
Solo album

In popular music, a solo album is an album made by a current or former member of a rock group. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but may also feature the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the musician is usually associated, though just how different t...
 record out."

In December 2006, Gilmour released a tribute to Syd Barrett, who had died in July that year, in the form of his own version of Pink Floyd's first single "Arnold Layne". Recorded live at London's Royal Albert Hall, the CD single featured versions of the song performed by Pink Floyd's keyboard player (and Gilmour's band member) Richard Wright and special guest artist David Bowie
David Bowie

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. The single entered the UK Top 75 charts at number nineteen and remained steady for three weeks.

Since their Live 8 appearance in 2005, Gilmour has repeatedly said that there will be no Pink Floyd reunion. However, in a 2007 interview with Phil Manzanera, he stated that he's "not done with yet" and that he plans on doing "something" in the future. With the death of Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright in September 2008, another reunion of the core group members became impossible. Gilmour painfully mourned the death: "In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten. He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound. Like Rick, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss him enormously. I have never played with anyone quite like him."

Pink Floyd songs composed solely by David Gilmour


  • "A Spanish Piece
    A Spanish Piece

    "A Spanish Piece" is a short track from Pink Floyd's Soundtrack from the Film More album, running for just 1:04 minutes. It is an instrumental using the typical Spanish guitar riff accompanied by comically accented vocalisations in the background by David Gilmour, in which he can be heard drunkenly lusting after a woman, threatening some...
    " from Soundtrack from the Film More (1969)
  • "The Narrow Way
    The Narrow Way

    "The Narrow Way" is a section on the Studio album of Pink Floyd's fourth album Ummagumma. It was written by David Gilmour and is divided into three parts....
     part 1-3" from Ummagumma
    Ummagumma

    Ummagumma is a progressive rock double album by Pink Floyd, released in 1969. The first disc is a live album of their normal setlist of the time, while the second one contains individual compositions by each member of the band....
     (1969)
  • "Fat Old Sun
    Fat Old Sun

    "Fat Old Sun" is a Pink Floyd song written and sung by David Gilmour. It appeared on the album Atom Heart Mother, and was performed live in a greatly expanded form , both before and after the album was released....
    " from Atom Heart Mother
    Atom Heart Mother

    Atom Heart Mother is a 1970 progressive rock album by Pink Floyd, engineered by Alan Parsons and Peter Bown. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England, and reached number 1 in the United Kingdom, and number 55 in the United States charts, and went RIAA certification in the U.S....
     (1970)
  • "Childhood’s End
    Childhood's End (Pink Floyd song)

    "Childhood's End" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1972 in music album Obscured by Clouds. It was the last Pink Floyd song to feature lyrics by David Gilmour or to be composed entirely solo by him, until the album A Momentary Lapse of Reason....
    " from Obscured by Clouds
    Obscured by Clouds

    Obscured by Clouds is a rock album by Pink Floyd based on their soundtrack for the French film La Vall?e , by Barbet Schroeder. Some copies of the album refer to the film by its alternate English title, The Valley....
     (1972)
  • "Round and Around
    Round and Around

    "Round and Around" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1987 in music album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason. It shares the sixth track with "Yet Another Movie" and is a repetitive instrumental in Time signature#Complex time signatures It was released as a separate track on the live album Delicate Sound of Thunder....
    ", "A New Machine
    A New Machine

    "A New Machine", parts 1 and 2 are songs from Pink Floyd's 1987 album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason. They serve as bookends to the instrumental track Terminal Frost, and feature David Gilmour's voice, electrically distorted, through a Vocoder and a rising synth note....
     part 1-2", "Terminal Frost
    Terminal Frost

    "Terminal Frost" is an instrumental from Pink Floyd's 1987 in music album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason. As with both parts of "A New Machine", a live version was never officially released by the band....
    " and "Sorrow
    Sorrow (Pink Floyd song)

    "Sorrow" is the final track from Pink Floyd's 1987 album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason although it was the seventh song from the album performed in the Momentary Lapse set of the 1987/88/89/90 tours....
    " from A Momentary Lapse of Reason
    A Momentary Lapse of Reason

    A Momentary Lapse of Reason is Pink Floyd's 1987 album, the band's first release after the departure of Roger Waters from the band in 1985. The album reached #3 on both the United States and United Kingdom charts....
     (1987)
  • "Country Theme", "Small Theme", "Big Theme" and "Mexico '78" from La Carrera Panamericana
    La Carrera Panamericana

    La Carrera Panamericana is a 1992 video of the Carrera Panamericana automobile race in Mexico. The film included a soundtrack entirely of music by the band Pink Floyd, as the band's guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason and manager Steve O'Rourke competed in the race in 1991....
     (1992)
  • "Coming Back to Life
    Coming Back to Life

    "Coming Back to Life" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1994 in music album The Division Bell, and is credited solely to David Gilmour....
    " from The Division Bell
    The Division Bell

    The Division Bell is the final recording studio album by Pink Floyd, released in 1994 , and their second album without Roger Waters. It was recorded at a number of studios, including guitarist/Singing David Gilmour's houseboat studio called Astoria ....
     (1994)


Other projects

Taking time off from Pink Floyd's schedule, Gilmour also took up various roles as a producer, sideman and even concert sound engineer for a wide variety of acts which included former bandmate Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett was an England singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist. He is most remembered as a founding member of psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, providing major musical and stylistic direction in their early work, although he left the group in 1968 amidst speculations of mental illness exacerbated by heavy drug use....
, Kate Bush
Kate Bush

Kate Bush is an England singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and Idiosyncrasy lyrics have made her one of England's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years having sold over 20,000,000 records worldwide....
, Grace Jones
Grace Jones

Grace Jones is a Jamaican?United States singer, Model , and actor....
, Tom Jones
Tom Jones (singer)

Sir Thomas John Woodward Officer of the British Empire , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer-songwriter, particularly noted for his powerful voice and wide vocal range....
, Elton John
Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s....
, B. B. King
B. B. King

B. B. King is an United States blues guitarist and singer-songwriter known for his expressive singing and inimitable guitar playing. As Komara has written, "King introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that would influence virtually every electric blues guitarist that followed." Critic...
, Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....
, Seal
Seal (musician)

Seal Henry Olusegun Kwassi Olumide Adelo Samuel is a British Soul music singer and songwriter. His name Olusegun means "God is victorious"....
, Sam Brown, Jools Holland
Jools Holland

Julian Miles "Jools" Holland Order of the British Empire, Deputy Lieutenant is an England pianist, bandleader and television presenter. His work has involved him with many of the biggest names in the contemporary rock and popular music industry, such as Sting, David Gilmour, Tom Jones and Bono....
, Bob Dylan, Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend

Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend , is an English rock and roll guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, and writer, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for The Who, as well as for his own solo career....
, The Who
The Who

The Who are an England Rock music band formed in 1964. The primary lineup was guitarist Pete Townshend, vocalist Roger Daltrey, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon....
, Supertramp
Supertramp

Supertramp were a United Kingdom progressive rock band that released a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and early 1980s.Their early music included ambitious concept albums, but they are best known for their later hits including "Bloody Well Right", "Dreamer ", "Goodbye Stranger", "Give a Little Bit" and "The Logical Song"....
, Levon Helm
Levon Helm

Mark Lavon Helm , better known as Levon Helm, is an United States rock and roll musician and actor most famous as the drummer for the rock group The Band....
, Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson is a singer-songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known for his membership in The Band. He was ranked 78th in Rolling Stone magazine?s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time....
, Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons

Alan Parsons is a United Kingdom audio engineer, musician, and record producer. He was involved in the production of several successful albums, including The Beatles' Abbey Road and The Dark Side of the Moon, for which Pink Floyd credit him as an important contributor....
, and various charity groups among others. In 1985, Gilmour performed with Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry is an English singer, musician, songwriter and occasional actor famed for his suave visual and vocal style. Ferry came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Roxy Music, which enjoyed a highly successful career with three albums and ten single s entering the Top 40 charts in the United Ki...
 at the Wembley Live Aid
Live Aid

Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on . The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia....
 concert.

David Gilmour also took part in a comedy skit titled "The Easy Guitar Book Sketch" with comedian Rowland Rivron
Rowland Rivron

Rowland Rivron is a British comedian, musician, writer and a television presenter. He was brought up in Hillingdon, West London.Rivron first came to fame through his appearances as the comedy character of "Dr Scrote" on the Jonathan Stephen Ross chat show The Last Resort, before appearing on Night Network's Bunker Show....
 and fellow British musicians Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler Order of the British Empire is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter and film score composer.Knopfler is best-known as the lead guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977 with his brother David Knopfler....
, Lemmy from Motorhead, Mark King
Mark King (musician)

Mark King is an England musician. He is most famous for being the lead singer and bassist of the band , Level 42. In the early 1980s King popularized the 1970s-era slap and pop style for playing the bass guitar by incorporating it into pop music....
 from Level 42, and Gary Moore
Gary Moore

Gary Moore is a Northern Irish guitarist. In a career dating back to the 1960s, he has played with artists including Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Greg Lake and the Blues-rock band Skid Row , as well as having a successful solo career....
. Guitar tech Phil Taylor explained in an interview that Knopfler used Gilmour's guitar rig and managed to sound like himself when performing in the skit.

He has also recorded four solo albums, all four of which charted somewhere in the U.S. Top 40 (2006's On an Island peaked at #6 in 2006, 2008's Live in Gdansk peaked at #26, his 1978 self-titled solo debut peaked at #29 in 1978 and 1984's About Face peaked at #32 in 1984) thus making him the only member of Pink Floyd to have a commercially successful solo career.

In 1994 Gilmour played guitar for the video game Tuneland
Tuneland

Tuneland is a musical children's computer game, produced in 1993 by a division of 7th Level, Kids' World Entertainment. The cartoon video game follows the character Little Howie, who is voiced by the television personality Howie Mandel on an adventure around Old McDonald's Farm....
, along with the additional saxophonist for Pink Floyd, Scott Page
Scott Page

Scott Page is a session musician, and is frequently hired to perform with bands on Concert tour. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, saxophone, flute and other instruments....
.

In 2001 and 2002, he held a small number of acoustic solo concerts in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 and Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, along with a small band and choir, which was documented on the In Concert
David Gilmour in Concert

David Gilmour in Concert is a DVD of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's solo concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London in June 2001, as part of the Robert Wyatt-curated Meltdown festival....
 release. In 2003, Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 included Gilmour in the list of hundred greatest guitarists of all time.

On 6 March 2006, his 60th birthday, he released his third solo album, On An Island
On an Island

On an Island is the third solo album by David Gilmour, best known as a lead vocalist and guitarist for Pink Floyd. It was released in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2006, Gilmour's 60th birthday, and in the U.S....
, and a day later it was released in the US; it debuted at #1 in the UK charts. The album reached the top five in Germany and Sweden, and the top six in Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
. Produced by Gilmour along with Phil Manzanera
Phil Manzanera

Phil Manzanera is a musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist with Roxy Music. In 2006 Manzanera co-produced David Gilmour's album On An Island and played in Gilmour's band for tours in Europe and North America....
 and Chris Thomas
Chris Thomas (record producer)

Chris Thomas , is a British record producer who has worked extensively with The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, Badfinger, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Pulp and The Pretenders....
, the album features orchestrations by renowned Polish composer Zbigniew Preisner
Zbigniew Preisner

Zbigniew Preisner is one of Poland's leading film score composers, best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieslowski.Life...
. The album features David Crosby
David Crosby

David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an United States guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young which is sometimes augmented with Neil Young, and CPR ....
 and Graham Nash
Graham Nash

Graham William Nash is a British singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions with the British pop group The Hollies, and with the folk-rock band Crosby, Stills & Nash ....
 on harmonies on the title track, Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt

Robert Wyatt is an England musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine. He is married to English painter and songwriter Alfreda Benge....
 on cornet and percussion and Richard Wright on Hammond organ
Hammond organ

The Hammond organ is an electronic organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to Church as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s, it became a standard keyboard instrument for jazz, blues, Rock and r...
 and vocals. Other contributors include Jools Holland
Jools Holland

Julian Miles "Jools" Holland Order of the British Empire, Deputy Lieutenant is an England pianist, bandleader and television presenter. His work has involved him with many of the biggest names in the contemporary rock and popular music industry, such as Sting, David Gilmour, Tom Jones and Bono....
, Phil Manzanera, Georgie Fame
Georgie Fame

Georgie Fame is a United Kingdom rhythm and blues and jazz singer and Keyboard instrument player. He was born in Leigh, Greater Manchester....
, Andy Newmark
Andy Newmark

Andrew "Andy" Newmark is an United States musician, best known as the drummer for the influential funk band Sly & the Family Stone from 1972 to 1973....
, B. J. Cole
B. J. Cole

Brian John Cole is an English people pedal steel guitarist. Coming to prominence in the early 1970s with the band Cochise , Cole has played in many styles of music, ranging from mainstream pop and rock, to jazz and eclectic experimental music....
, Chris Stainton
Chris Stainton

Christopher 'Chris' Stainton is a keyboard instrument player and songwriter, who first gained fame with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s....
, Willie Wilson, Rado ‘Bob’ Klose
Bob Klose

Rado 'Bob' Klose is an England architect, musician and photographer. He was one of the earliest members of the rock band Pink Floyd, playing lead guitar; however, he left the band before they recorded their first released single, "Arnold Layne"....
 on guitar and Leszek Mozdzer
Leszek Mozdzer

Leszek Mozdzer is a Poland jazz pianist. He has worked with such artists as Zbigniew Namyslowski, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Zbigniew Preisner, Kazik Staszewski, Pat Metheny, David Gilmour, Behemoth and Lester Bowie....
 on piano. The album also features Gilmour's debut with the saxophone.

Gilmour toured Europe, US and Canada from 10 March to 31 May to promote On An Island. There were 10 shows in the US and Canadian leg of the tour. Pink Floyd alumnus Richard Wright, and frequent Floyd collaborators Dick Parry
Dick Parry

Dick Parry is an English people saxophonist. He has appeared as a session musician on various albums by modern bands and artists, and is probably best known for his solo parts on the Pink Floyd songs "Money ", "Us and Them", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Wearing the Inside Out"....
, Guy Pratt
Guy Pratt

Guy Pratt is a well-known session bassist and also a songwriter, actor and comedian. He is the son of actor Mike Pratt . In Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, in 1996, Pratt married Gala Wright, the daughter of late Pink Floyd keyboardist, Richard Wright ....
 and Jon Carin
Jon Carin

Jon Carin is a Record producer, artist and musician best known for his association with Pink Floyd, and more specifically its guitarist David Gilmour and former member Roger Waters over the last twenty three years....
 also accompanied him on the tour. More shows were held in Europe during from July through August in 2006.

In a press release to promote the tour, David Gilmour stated:

On An Island peaked the UK charts by reaching number one. On 10 April 2006, the album was certified platinum
Music recording sales certification

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 in Canada, with sales of over 100,000 copies. The album also gave Gilmour his first US Top 10 album as a solo artist.

A video recording of a show from Gilmour's solo tour, entitled Remember That Night - Live At The Royal Albert Hall was released on 17 September 2007. The double DVD, directed by David Mallet
David Mallet (director)

David Mallet is a director particularly noted for his work on music videos, including David Bowie's innovative "Ashes to Ashes " and Queen 's "Radio Ga Ga" and "I Want to Break Free" videos....
, contains over five hours of footage, including an on-the-road documentary and guest appearances by David Bowie and Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt

Robert Wyatt is an England musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine. He is married to English painter and songwriter Alfreda Benge....
. The two and a half hour concert features band members Richard Wright of Pink Floyd, Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music
Roxy Music

Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry . The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson ....
, Steve DiStanislao on drums, and various Pink Floyd regulars such as Dick Parry, Guy Pratt and Jon Carin. The 20-page booklet accompanying the DVD, features over 80 photos selected from studio recording and touring. The album is now available on Hi-Definition Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc

Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc data storage device medium. Its main uses are high-definition video and data storage. The disc has the same physical dimensions as standard DVDs and CDs....
 with TrueHD surround sound. As TrueHD is not a mandatory format for Blu-ray players, and the disc carries no other surround channel, some players will only play it in stereo.

The final show of David Gilmour's On an Island tour was held at the Gdansk Shipyard
Gdansk Shipyard

Gdansk Shipyard is a large Polish shipyard, located in the city of Gdansk. The yard gained international fame when Solidarity was founded there in September 1980....
 on 26 August 2006. The concert was held before a huge crowd of 50,000, and marked the twenty-sixth anniversary of Poland's 1980 revolution. The concert was notable for the inclusion of "A Great Day For Freedom" as part of the encore.

The live album marking the Gdansk show was released 22 September 2008 and is called Live in Gdansk
Live in Gdansk

Live In Gdansk is a live album by David Gilmour. It is a part of his On an Island project which includes an album, tour, Remember That Night, and live album....
. The album was recorded during the last concert of Gilmour's 2006 summer tour, which was held in front of 50,000 people at the shipyards in Gdansk, Poland. The concert was the only occasion on which Gilmour performed the tour material with an orchestra, using the 40-strong string section of the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zbigniew Preisner
Zbigniew Preisner

Zbigniew Preisner is one of Poland's leading film score composers, best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieslowski.Life...
, who was responsible for On An Islands orchestral arrangements.

Musical style

Gilmour is best known for his lead guitar
Lead guitar

Lead guitar refers to the use of a guitar to perform melody lines, fill , and guitar solos within a song structure.In rock music, heavy metal music, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop music contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays rhythm guitar, which consists of accompan...
 work. Gilmour's solo style is often characterised by blues-influenced phrasing, expressive note bends and sustain.

Although mainly known for his guitar work, Gilmour is also a proficient multi-instrumentalist. He also plays bass guitar
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 (which he did on some Pink Floyd tracks), keyboards
Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
, banjo
Banjo

The banjo is a stringed instrument developed by Slavery in the United States Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments....
, harmonica
Harmonica

The harmonica is a free reed aerophone wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes....
, drums
Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
 (as heard on the Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett was an England singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist. He is most remembered as a founding member of psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, providing major musical and stylistic direction in their early work, although he left the group in 1968 amidst speculations of mental illness exacerbated by heavy drug use....
 solo track "Dominoes", and other songs where he opted to play all the instruments) and lately, the saxophone
Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-Bore transposing instrument musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a Single-reed instrument mouthpiece similar to the clarinet....
.

In his early career with Pink Floyd, Gilmour played a multitude of Fender Stratocaster
Fender Stratocaster

The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously to the present....
s. One of his popular guitar solos ("Another Brick in the Wall Part 2
Another Brick in the Wall

"Another Brick in the Wall" is the title of three songs set to variations of the same basic theme, on Pink Floyd's 1979 concept album, The Wall, subtitled Part I, Part II, and Part III, respectively, all of which were written by Pink Floyd's bassist and then lead songwriter, Roger Waters....
") was played on a Gibson Les Paul
Gibson Les Paul

The Gibson Les Paul is a solid body electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s. The Les Paul was originally designed by Ted McCarty and endorsed, named and used by then popular jazz/Pop music guitarist Les Paul....
 guitar. In 1996, Gilmour was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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 as a member of Pink Floyd. Gilmour's solo on "Comfortably Numb
Comfortably Numb

"Comfortably Numb" is a song by the England progressive rock band Pink Floyd, which was released on the 1979 in music double album The Wall....
" was voted the greatest guitar solo of all time in several polls by listeners and critics.

In 2005, Gilmour was rated the 82nd greatest guitarist by Rolling Stone. In January 2007, Guitar World
Guitar World

Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists. It contains original interviews, album and gear reviews and guitar and bass tablature of approximately five songs each month....
 readers voted Gilmours solos, Comfortably Numb
Comfortably Numb

"Comfortably Numb" is a song by the England progressive rock band Pink Floyd, which was released on the 1979 in music double album The Wall....
, Time
Time

Time is a component of the measurement used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify the motions of objects....
 and Money
Money

Money is anything that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts. The main uses of money are as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value....
 into the top 100 Greatest Guitar Solos (Comfortably Numb was voted the 4th greatest solo of all time, Time was voted the 21st greatest solo of all time and Money was voted the 62nd greatest solo of all time).

Personal life


Gilmour's first marriage was to American-born Virginia "Ginger" Hasenbein and he had four children from this union, Alice (born 1976), Clare (born 1979), Sara (born 1983), and Matthew (born 1986). They originally attended a Waldorf School, but Gilmour called their education there "horrific". He has four children from his second marriage to Polly Samson
Polly Samson

Polly Samson, journalist and writer, was born in London in 1962 to a diplomatic correspondent father and a writer mother of Chinese race descent ....
 - Charlie (Samson's son with Heathcote Williams
Heathcote Williams

John Henley Jasper Heathcote-Williams is an England poet, actor and playwright. He is also an intermittent painter, sculptor and long-time conjuror....
) whom Gilmour adopted and Joe, Gabriel and Romany. Charlie's voice can be heard on the telephone to Steve O'Rourke, at the end of "High Hopes" (
The Division Bell).
David Gilmour Cbe
Gilmour has been associated with various charity organisations. In May 2003, Gilmour sold his house in Little Venice
Maida Vale

Maida Vale is a residential district in West London between St John's Wood and Kilburn, London. It is part of City of Westminster. The area is mostly residential, and mainly affluent, consisting of many large Edwardian blocks of mansion flats....
 to the ninth Earl Spencer
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer

Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, Deputy Lieutenant is the second and only surviving son of John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer and Frances Shand Kydd , daughter of the Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy....
 and donated the proceeds worth £3.6 million to Crisis to help fund a housing project for the homeless. Apart from Crisis, other Charities to which Gilmour has lent support include Oxfam, the European Union Mental Health and Illness Association, Greenpeace
Greenpeace

Greenpeace is an international non-governmental organization for the protection and conservation of the environment. Greenpeace utilizes direct action, lobbying and research to achieve its goals....
, Amnesty International
Amnesty International

Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated." Founded in London, England in 1961, AI draws its attention to human rights abuses and...
, The Lung Foundation, and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.

Apart from music, Gilmour is also an experienced pilot and aviation
Aviation

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 enthusiast. Under the aegis of his company, Intrepid Aviation
Intrepid Aviation

Intrepid Aviation is a flying museum based at North Weald Airfield in North Weald, Essex, England and was founded by David Gilmour of the rock band Pink Floyd to own and operate his collection of historic aircraft....
, he had amassed an impressive collection of historical aircraft. He later decided to sell the company, as his venture, which had started as a hobby was becoming too commercial for him to handle. In an interview to BBC, he stated:

On 22 May 2008, Gilmour won the 2008 Ivor Novello Lifetime Contribution Award

Later, he was awarded for outstanding contribution for music by Q Awards. He dedicated his award to his late bandmate Richard Wright.

Main musical equipment

The following is a list of equipment Gilmour either has used on his solo or Pink Floyd recordings, as well as on current or previous tours.

Guitars

  • Fender
    • Stratocaster
      • His main guitar, much modified over the years, is a (1970) black Stratocaster with black pickguard and cream-coloured pickup covers and knobs, currently with a 1957 vintage re-issue " soft V shape" maple neck. It also includes a small toggle switch that combines the neck and bridge pickups (Note this guitar was for brief time fitted with a Kahler locking tremolo system, the system was subsequently un-installed and the removed wood filled with a replacement piece of timber and repainted to match as can be noted by close examination of the guitar behind its reinstalled Fender tremolo). This guitar has a Seymour Duncan
        Seymour Duncan

        Seymour Duncan is a company that is best known for manufacturing of guitar pickups, and currently has a line of effects pedals. The company was founded in late 1978 by guitarist and luthier Seymour W....
         bridge pickup and currently has a strap which once belonged to Jimi Hendrix
        Jimi Hendrix

        James Marshall Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing continues to be a considerable influence on rock music....
        .
      • His main guitar for the post-Roger Waters era Pink Floyd tours in support of A Momentary Lapse of Reason, Delicate Sound of Thunder
        Delicate Sound of Thunder

        Delicate Sound of Thunder is a Pink Floyd live album double album from the David Gilmour-led era of the band which was recorded over five nights at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, New York State in August 1988 and mixed at Abbey Road Studios in September 1988....
        (dubbed "Another Lapse") and The Division Bell was a Candy Apple Red '57 reissue (made in 1984) fitted with a set of EMG
        EMG, Inc.

        EMG, Inc. is the current legal name of a company based in Santa Rosa, California, California which manufactures guitar pickups. Founded in 1976, the company was originally called "Dirtywork Studios"....
         SA active pickups with the two standard tone controls replaced with an EMG SPC mid boost control, and an EXG treble/bass expander (which cuts the mids while boosting bass and treble). On the "On An Island" tour it was used every night of the tour on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond
        Shine On You Crazy Diamond

        "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a nine-part Pink Floyd composition with lyrics written by Roger Waters in tribute to former band member Syd Barrett and music written by Waters, Richard Wright , and David Gilmour....
        ".
      • Gilmour is the owner of Strat #0001
        List of Stratocaster players

        This is an alphabetized list of musicians who have made notable use of the Fender Stratocaster in live performances or studio recordings. The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Stratocaster was designed by Leo Fender and Freddie Tavares with involvement from musicians Rex Gallion and Bill Carson in the early 1950s, and since its com...
        . However, this is not the first Stratocaster ever made, but the first to be given a serial number. It was last seen at the Strat Pack Concert in Wembley Arena in 2004.
      • Cream coloured '57 reissue. Used at 1984 solo tour and at the early parts of the 1987-1990 tour. In the 1994 tour it was used as spare guitar. Tim Renwick
        Tim Renwick

        Timothy John Pearson 'Tim' Renwick is anEngland guitarist....
         played it with David and the rest of Pink Floyd at their Live 8 set. This Strat was fitted with the same EMG set of pickups and tone circuits as the aforementioned Candy Apple Red '57 reissue and after it's use at Live 8, the cream finished guitar's neck was transferred to David's main Black Strat.
      • '57 Lake Placid Blue. (Serial number #0040). Used at The Wall sessions.
      • Double-neck Stratocaster. Used live (1970-72).
      • Sunburst Stratocaster. '63 rosewood neck with '59 body. This guitar was given to David by Steve Marriott
        Steve Marriott

        Stephen Peter Marriott , popularly known as Steve Marriott, was a successful and versatile English singer-songwriter, guitarist and musician....
         of Humble Pie and the Small Faces, and though David didn't like the guitar enough to use it very long, he preferred the neck to the original one on his black Strat and switched the two. The sunburst Strat was used as his spare and slide guitar in subsequent years (sporting the maple cap neck with a large heastock from the black Strat), and the rosewood neck remained on the black Strat until 1978.
      • White with white pickguard. Used in the late 1960s. Received as a gift from the rest of the band. Stolen in equipment heist in 1970.
    • Telecaster
      Fender Telecaster

      The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele , is typically a dual-Pick up , solid-body electric guitar made by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation....
      • Blonde body with white pickguard. Used on the On an Island tour.
      • '52 Butterscotch Reissues with black pickguard. Used between 1987 and 1995. The first guitar was tuned in Drop D than a standard tuning and used for Run Like Hell
        Run Like Hell

        "Run Like Hell" is a song on the Pink Floyd album The Wall. It is preceded by "In the Flesh" and is followed by "Waiting for the Worms". The song is from the point of view of anti-hero Pink during a hallucination, in which he becomes a Nazi-like figure and turns a concert audience into a hate mob....
        . The second served as a backup instrument and had a regular guitar tuning. Gilmour used this guitar for Astronomy Domine
        Astronomy Domine

        "Astronomy Domine" is a song by United Kingdom Psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd. The song, written and composed by original vocalist/guitarist Syd Barrett, was the first track featured on their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn ....
        .
      • '59 Sunburst body with sunburst ash body and white pickguard. Used on Animals' recording sessions. Last seen on rehearsals during the On an Island tour.
      • '61 Telecaster used during The Wall recording sessions. Also used live in post-Waters era for "Run Like Hell". Last seen on the Syd Barrett memory concert in 2007.
      • 1960s brown-faded body. Used in the late 1960s.
      • 1960s blonde ash body with white pickguard. His main guitar during his first year with Pink Floyd, which was lost by an airline company in 1968, and prompted Gilmour to buy the brown-faded Telecaster.
    • Esquire
      Fender Esquire

      The Fender Esquire is a solid body electric guitar manufactured by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, and was the first guitar sold by Fender in 1950....
      • '55 Sunburst body aka "The workmate Tele". Neck pickup added. Used at the recording sessions for his first solo album, The Wall recording session and the following tour. Also seen when performing with Paul McCartney in the late 1990s.
    • Lap Steel guitars
      • 1950's Stringmaster twin neck pedal steel. Used in the early 1970s.
      • Fender Deluxe lap steel. First time seen during The Division Bell tour in 1994.
    • Fender Bass VI
      Fender Bass VI

      The Fender Bass VI, originally known as the Fender VI, is a six-string bass guitar by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.The Fender VI was released in 1961, and followed the concept of the Danelectro 6-string bass released in 1956, having six strings tuned E-E, an octave below the Spanish guitar....
      . Used during The Wall recording sessions.
    • Fender Precision bass guitar
    • Fender Jazz Bass. Used during The Wall recording sessions.


  • Gibson
    Gibson Guitar Corporation

    The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is a manufacturer of Steel-string guitar and electric guitars. Gibson also owns and makes guitars under such brands as Epiphone, Kramer Guitars, Valley Arts Guitar, Tobias , Steinberger, and Gibson Kalamazoo Electric Guitar....
    • A Gibson Les Paul
      Gibson Les Paul

      The Gibson Les Paul is a solid body electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s. The Les Paul was originally designed by Ted McCarty and endorsed, named and used by then popular jazz/Pop music guitarist Les Paul....
       Goldtop (P-90 pick-ups, Bigsby vibrato bridge)
    • Gibson EH150 Lap Steel guitar
    • Gibson "Chet Atkins" classical guitar
    • Gibson J-200 Celebrity acoustic guitars.
  • Gretsch
    Gretsch

    Gretsch is a United States musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and drum craft company Kaman Music....
     Duo-Jet
  • Bill Lewis 24-fret Guitar. Used at Meddle and Dark Side of the Moon recording sessions.
  • Ovation
    Ovation Guitar

    The Ovation Guitar Company, a holding of Kaman Music Corporation, is a guitar manufacturing company based in New Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Ovation primarily manufactures Steel-string guitar....
    .
    • Ovation Legend 1619-4 steel string guitar. Used during The Wall recording sessions .
    • Ovation Legend 1619-4 high strung steel string guitar. Used during The Wall recording sessions.
    • Ovation Legend 1613-4 nylon string guitar. Used during The Wall recording sessions.
    • Ovation Magnum bass guitar. Used during The Wall recording sessions.
  • Takamine
    Takamine Guitars

    is a Japanese guitar manufacturer based in Nakatsugawa, Gifu, Japan. Takamine is known for its steel-string guitars.The company was founded in May 1962; in 1978 they were one of the first companies to introduce acoustic-electric models, where they pioneered the design of the preamp-equalizer component....
     acoustic guitar.
  • Martin acoustic guitars.
    • Martin D-35.
    • Martin D12-28 12-string acoustic guitar.
    • Martin D-18 acoustic.
  • Taylor
    Taylor Guitars

    Taylor Guitars is an El Cajon, CA, California-based luthier, specializing in hollow-body acoustic guitars, as well as semi-hollow and solidbody electric guitars....
     acoustics
  • Jose Vilaplana nylon string guitar
  • Steinberger
    Steinberger

    Steinberger refers to a series of distinctive electric guitars and bass guitars, designed and originally manufactured by Ned Steinberger. The word Steinberger can be used to refer to either the instruments themselves or the company that produced them....
     GL. His main guitar during A Momentary Lapse of Reason recording sessions.
  • Charvel Fretless Fender Precision style bass guitar. Used during The Wall recording sessions.
  • Music Man
    Music Man (company)

    Music Man is an American guitar, and bass guitar manufacturer. It is a division of the Ernie Ball corporation....
     Fretless Stingray bass guitar. Used by Gilmour while running the house band at the 1991 Amnesty International
    Amnesty International

    Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated." Founded in London, England in 1961, AI draws its attention to human rights abuses and...
     concert, during Spinal Tap
    Spinal tap

    Spinal tap can refer to:*Spinal tap, colloquial term for a lumbar puncture*Spinal Tap, a fictional hard rock band*This Is Spinal Tap, a mockumentary portraying the same band...
    's performance on "Big Bottom." (All guitarists played bass on this song, and Gilmour played a solo.)
  • Jedson lap steel guitars. One red (1977-tuned D-G-D-G-B-E for Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 6-9, 1987-2006: Tuned E-B-E-G-B-E) and one blonde.
  • ZB pedal steel guitar.


Amplifiers

  • Hiwatt
    Hiwatt

    Hiwatt is a Great Britain company that manufactures Instrument amplifier for electric guitars and bass guitars. Starting in the late 1960s, together with Marshall Amplification, and Vox this company forms an image of so-called "British" guitar amplifier sound....
     (main) DR 103 heads into WEM 4x12 cabinets loaded with Fane Crescendo speakers
  • Fender ‘56 Tweed Twin amp (used for smaller concerts)
  • Fender Twin Reverb combos
  • Fender Twin Reverb II 1983 105w heads
  • Mesa Boogie
    Mesa Boogie

    Mesa/Boogie is a company in Petaluma, California that makes amplifiers for guitars and Bass guitar. It has been in operation since 1969.Mesa was started by Randall Smith as a small repair shop which modified Fender Musical Instruments Corporation combos to give them more gain....
     Mark II C+
  • Alembic
    Alembic

    An alembic is an alchemy still consisting of two retorts connected by a tube. Technically, the alembic is only the upper part , while the lower part is the cucurbit, but the word was often used to refer to the entire distillation apparatus....
     F2-B bass preamp
  • Custom-built 'Doppola' rotating speakers (driven by the Hiwatt heads)
  • Gallien/Krueger 250 ML combo amp
  • Selmer Stereomaster 100w
  • Maestro Rover rotating speaker
  • Leslie 147 rotating speaker cabinet
  • Marshall 1960 100w head
  • Yamaha RA-200 revolving speaker cabinet
  • Magnatone 280-A 50w combo
  • Alessandro Bluetick Coonhound High-End, 20w Tube Amp
  • Hiwatt SA212 combo


Effects

  • Electro-Harmonix
    Electro-Harmonix

    Electro-Harmonix is a New York-based company that makes electronic sound processors. The company was founded by Mike Matthews in 1968. They are most famous for a series of popular guitar effects pedals introduced in the 1970s and 1990s....
    /Sovtek Big Muff
    Big Muff

    The Big Muff is a Fuzzbox produced in New York City by the Electro-Harmonix company, along with their Russian sister company Sovtek, primarily for use with the electric guitar....
  • Vintage Electro-Harmonix
    Electro-Harmonix

    Electro-Harmonix is a New York-based company that makes electronic sound processors. The company was founded by Mike Matthews in 1968. They are most famous for a series of popular guitar effects pedals introduced in the 1970s and 1990s....
     Big Muff
    Big Muff

    The Big Muff is a Fuzzbox produced in New York City by the Electro-Harmonix company, along with their Russian sister company Sovtek, primarily for use with the electric guitar....
     (early 70's "Triangle" and "Ram's Head" versions)
  • Electro-Harmonix
    Electro-Harmonix

    Electro-Harmonix is a New York-based company that makes electronic sound processors. The company was founded by Mike Matthews in 1968. They are most famous for a series of popular guitar effects pedals introduced in the 1970s and 1990s....
     Electric Mistress
    Electric Mistress

    The Electric Mistress is a flanging, one of a type of effects used primarily for electric guitar. It is produced by Electro-Harmonix, who also make the Big Muff....
  • Electro-Harmonix
    Electro-Harmonix

    Electro-Harmonix is a New York-based company that makes electronic sound processors. The company was founded by Mike Matthews in 1968. They are most famous for a series of popular guitar effects pedals introduced in the 1970s and 1990s....
     Small Stone phaser
  • MXR
    MXR

    MXR, also known as MXR Innovations, was a manufacturer of guitar effects units, founded in 1972 by Michael Laiacona, Keith Barr, and Terry Sherwood, and based in Rochester, New York....
     Dyna-Comp (pre-Dunlop 'Script' logo)
  • MXR
    MXR

    MXR, also known as MXR Innovations, was a manufacturer of guitar effects units, founded in 1972 by Michael Laiacona, Keith Barr, and Terry Sherwood, and based in Rochester, New York....
     Phase 90 (Used for the famous "four note" Syd riff on Shine On Pts. I-V)
  • MXR
    MXR

    MXR, also known as MXR Innovations, was a manufacturer of guitar effects units, founded in 1972 by Michael Laiacona, Keith Barr, and Terry Sherwood, and based in Rochester, New York....
     Phase 100 (Used live during the 1977 In The Flesh tour but removed early in the tour
  • MXR
    MXR

    MXR, also known as MXR Innovations, was a manufacturer of guitar effects units, founded in 1972 by Michael Laiacona, Keith Barr, and Terry Sherwood, and based in Rochester, New York....
     Noise Gate/Line Driver
  • MXR
    MXR

    MXR, also known as MXR Innovations, was a manufacturer of guitar effects units, founded in 1972 by Michael Laiacona, Keith Barr, and Terry Sherwood, and based in Rochester, New York....
     Digital Delay System II
  • Colorsound Power Boost
  • Demeter Compulator
  • AnalogMan
    Analogman

    Analogman LLC is a company that makes and modifies guitar effects pedals.In 1995, the company, led by "Analog Mike" Piera, started modifying Ibanez Tube Screamer distortion pedals to sound like the vintage ones which were used by the late Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Johnson....
     Sun Face
  • Chandler Tube Driver
  • BK Butler Tube Driver
  • Boss CS-2 Compression Sustainer
  • Boss GE-6 EQ Pedal
  • Boss GE-7 EQ Pedal
  • Boss MZ-2 Digital Metalizer
  • Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal Distortion
  • Boss SD-1 Overdrive
  • Boss DD-2 Digital Delay
  • Boss CE-2 Chorus
  • TC Electronics Booster+ (Line Driver/Distortion)
  • TC Electronic Sustain and Parametric Equalizer
  • TC Electronic Dual Parametric Equalizer
  • TC Electronics TC-2290 Dynamic Digital Delay
  • Pro Co RAT
    Pro Co Rat

    The Pro Co RAT is a guitar Effects pedal produced by Pro Co Sound. The original RAT was developed in the basement of Pro Co's Kalamazoo, Michigan facility in 1978....
     Distortion
  • Pro Co RAT 2
  • Heil Talk box
    Talk box

    A talk box is an effects device that allows a musician to modify the sound of a musical instrument. The musician controls the modification by lip syncing, or by changing the shape of his mouth....
  • Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face
    Fuzz Face

    The Fuzz Face is an effects pedal used mainly by electric guitarists, and by some bass players. It is a stompbox designed to produce an Overdrive sound from an electric guitar....
     (first with NKT-275 transistors and then with BC-108 transistors)
  • Ibanez CP9 Compression Sustainer
  • Ibanez Tube Screamer
    Ibanez Tube Screamer

    The Ibanez Tube Screamer is an overdrive effect pedal produced by Ibanez and is named due to the fact that its light distortion is similar to the sound created by an overdrive Guitar amplifier....
  • Ibanez TS10 Tubescreamer
  • Uni-Vox Univibe
  • Vox Wah-Wah pedal
  • Dunlop Cry Baby
    Dunlop Cry Baby

    The Jim Dunlop Cry Baby is a highly popular wah-wah pedal, manufactured by Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc.. It is the best selling guitar pedal of all time, as is extensively shown on the packaging the pedals come in....
     Wah-wah pedal
    Wah-wah pedal

    A wah-wah pedal is a type of guitar effects pedal that alters the tone of the signal to create a distinctive effect, intended to mimic the human voice....
  • Binson
    Binson

    Binson was an early manufacturer of echo machines. Unlike most other analog echo machines, they used an analog magnetic drum recorder instead of a tape loop....
     Echorec II
  • Binson
    Binson

    Binson was an early manufacturer of echo machines. Unlike most other analog echo machines, they used an analog magnetic drum recorder instead of a tape loop....
     Echorec PE
  • Digitech Whammy
    Digitech Whammy

    The DigiTech Whammy is a Pitch shifter effects pedal manufactured by DigiTech. It gives musicians the ability to shift the pitch of their electric guitar up or down in real time by rocking a treadle pedal up and down with their foot, similar to how a Wah-wah pedal affects the tone of a guitar based on the position of the treadle....
  • Ernie Ball
    Ernie Ball

    Ernie Ball was an American entrepreneur, musician, and innovator, widely acclaimed as a revolutionary in the development of guitar-related products....
     Volume Pedal
  • Pete Cornish
    Pete Cornish

    Pete Cornish is a British designer of electric guitar effects and other electronic musical instruments. He is mainly noted for his elaborate fully custom All Effects Guitar pedalboard Systems....
     all tube Pedal Boards and Custom effects
  • Pete Cornish Soft Sustain
  • Pete Cornish Soft Sustain 2
  • Pete Cornish P-1
  • Pete Cornish P-2
  • Pete Cornish G-2
  • Pete Cornish ST-2
  • Pete Cornish Line Driver
  • Pete Cornish Linear Boost
  • Pete Cornish Tape Echo Simulator (T.E.S)
  • Pete Cornish Custom Tube 6 Band EQ
  • EBow
  • Lexicon PCM70 Digital Effects Processor
  • Yamaha SPX-90 II Digital Effects Processors
  • Zoom multi effect
  • DigiTech ISP-33B Super Harmony pitch shifter
  • Dynacord CLS-222 Leslie simulator
  • Roland
    Roland Corporation

    is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on April 18, 1972, with ?33 million in capital....
     SDE 3000 digital delay


Miscellaneous

  • Heil Talk box
    Talk box

    A talk box is an effects device that allows a musician to modify the sound of a musical instrument. The musician controls the modification by lip syncing, or by changing the shape of his mouth....
     (used in "Keep Talking
    Keep Talking

    "Keep Talking" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1994 in music album, The Division Bell. It features vocals by Stephen Hawking sampled from a BT Group television advertisement and live versions were featured in both the Pulse and Pulse ; these are taken from different shows in each format....
    " and "Pigs (Three Different Ones)
    Pigs (Three Different Ones)

    "Pigs " is a song from Pink Floyd's 1977 in music album Animals . In the album's three parts, "Dogs ," "Pigs," and "Sheep ," pigs represent the people whom Roger Waters considers to be at the top of the society, the ones with wealth and power ; they also manipulate the rest of society and encourage them to be viciously competitive and cut...
    ")
  • EMS Hi-Fli Prototype
  • EMS Synthi-AKS
  • EMS VCS3
  • GHS Boomer strings in a custom set 10-12-16-28-38-48
  • Herco Flex 75 plectrums (picks)
  • Cross-stitched leather guitar strap used by Jimi Hendrix
    Jimi Hendrix

    James Marshall Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing continues to be a considerable influence on rock music....
     and bought for David by Polly Samson
    Polly Samson

    Polly Samson, journalist and writer, was born in London in 1962 to a diplomatic correspondent father and a writer mother of Chinese race descent ....
     as a 60th birthday present
  • Shaffer-Vega wireless system for The Wall concerts 1980-81 and his 1984 About Face
    About Face (album)

    About Face is the second solo album by the Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, released in March 1984. The album was co-produced by Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour....
     tour
  • Pete Cornish wireless system for the 1987-96 live Gilmour appearances
  • Evidence Audio Cables


Tribute guitars

In November 2006, Fender Custom Shop
Fender Custom Shop

The Fender Custom Shop is a division of Fender Musical Instruments, housed within their headquarters complex in Corona, California, Riverside County, California, California....
 announced two reproductions of Gilmour's "Black" Strat for release on 22 September 2008. Gilmour's website states the release date was chosen to coincide with the release of his "Live In Gdansk" album. Both guitars are based on extensive measurements of the original instrument, each featuring varying degrees of wear. The most expensive will be the David Gilmour Relic Stratocaster which features the closest copy of wear on the original guitar. A pristine copy of the guitar will also be made, called the David Gilmour NOS Stratocaster. Both guitars feature:

  • Vintage Style Frets
  • Black Dot Position Inlays (Narrow Spacing)
  • American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo with Custom Beveled Tremolo Block
  • White Tremolo Back Cover
  • Shortened Tremolo Arm
  • Fender/Gotoh Vintage Style Tuning Machines
  • Nickel/Chrome Hardware
  • 1 Ply Beveled Black Acrylic Pickguard (11 Hole)
  • Aged White Plastic Parts
  • Aged White Plastic Knobs
  • One Master Volume Knob
  • Two Tone Knobs (Neck and Middle Pickups)
  • Five Position Pickup Selector Switch


Discography


Pink Floyd

  • A Saucerful of Secrets
    A Saucerful of Secrets

    A Saucerful of Secrets is the second album by Rock music band Pink Floyd, and marks the group's stylistic change from psychedelic music to progressive rock....
    - 29 June 1968.
  • More - 27 July 1969.
  • Ummagumma
    Ummagumma

    Ummagumma is a progressive rock double album by Pink Floyd, released in 1969. The first disc is a live album of their normal setlist of the time, while the second one contains individual compositions by each member of the band....
     - 25 October 1969.
  • Atom Heart Mother
    Atom Heart Mother

    Atom Heart Mother is a 1970 progressive rock album by Pink Floyd, engineered by Alan Parsons and Peter Bown. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England, and reached number 1 in the United Kingdom, and number 55 in the United States charts, and went RIAA certification in the U.S....
     - 10 October 1970.
  • Meddle
    Meddle

    Meddle is an album by England progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was recorded at various studios in between the band's Pink Floyd live performances commitments from January to August 1971....
     - 30 October 1971.
  • Obscured by Clouds
    Obscured by Clouds

    Obscured by Clouds is a rock album by Pink Floyd based on their soundtrack for the French film La Vall?e , by Barbet Schroeder. Some copies of the album refer to the film by its alternate English title, The Valley....
     - 3 June 1972.
  • Dark Side of the Moon - 17 March 1973.
  • Wish You Were Here
    Wish You Were Here (album)

    Wish You Were Here is a concept album by Pink Floyd. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios between January and July 1975 and released on 15 September 1975 , the album would later be regarded as one of Pink Floyd's greatest albums and was ranked 209 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list....
    - 15 September 1975.
  • Animals
    Animals (album)

    Animals is a concept album by England progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 23 January 1977 in the United Kingdom and on 2 February 1977 in the United States....
    - 23 January 1977.
  • The Wall
    The Wall

    The Wall is a rock opera presented as a double album by the England progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in late 1979. It was subsequently performed live, with elaborate theatrical effects, and made into Pink Floyd The Wall ....
    - 30 November 1979.
  • The Final Cut
    The Final Cut (album)

    The Final Cut is a rock album by Pink Floyd recorded at various studios in the United Kingdom from July to December 1982. It is the last Pink Floyd studio album to feature the band's bass guitar and primary songwriter Roger Waters....
    - 21 March 1983.
  • A Momentary Lapse of Reason
    A Momentary Lapse of Reason

    A Momentary Lapse of Reason is Pink Floyd's 1987 album, the band's first release after the departure of Roger Waters from the band in 1985. The album reached #3 on both the United States and United Kingdom charts....
    - 8 September 1987.
  • Delicate Sound of Thunder
    Delicate Sound of Thunder

    Delicate Sound of Thunder is a Pink Floyd live album double album from the David Gilmour-led era of the band which was recorded over five nights at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, New York State in August 1988 and mixed at Abbey Road Studios in September 1988....
    - 22 November 1988.
  • The Division Bell
    The Division Bell

    The Division Bell is the final recording studio album by Pink Floyd, released in 1994 , and their second album without Roger Waters. It was recorded at a number of studios, including guitarist/Singing David Gilmour's houseboat studio called Astoria ....
    - 30 March 1994.
  • P•U•L•S•E - 29 May 1995.
For the full discography, see Pink Floyd discography
Pink Floyd discography

Pink Floyd are an English rock band. Their discography consists of twelve studio albums, four live albums, seven compilation album, five soundtracks, thirty-five Single , eleven music videos, four video albums and three box sets....
.


Solo


Albums
  • David Gilmour
    David Gilmour (album)

    David Gilmour is the first solo album from Pink Floyd guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour, released in May 1978 in the United Kingdom and on June 17, 1978 in the United States....
     - 25 May 1978
  • About Face
    About Face (album)

    About Face is the second solo album by the Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, released in March 1984. The album was co-produced by Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour....
     - 27 March 1984
  • On an Island
    On an Island

    On an Island is the third solo album by David Gilmour, best known as a lead vocalist and guitarist for Pink Floyd. It was released in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2006, Gilmour's 60th birthday, and in the U.S....
     - 6 March 2006
  • Live in Gdansk
    Live in Gdansk

    Live In Gdansk is a live album by David Gilmour. It is a part of his On an Island project which includes an album, tour, Remember That Night, and live album....
     - 22 September 2008


Singles
  • "There's No Way Out Of Here/Deafinitely
    David Gilmour (album)

    David Gilmour is the first solo album from Pink Floyd guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour, released in May 1978 in the United Kingdom and on June 17, 1978 in the United States....
    ", 1978
  • "Blue Light
    About Face (album)

    About Face is the second solo album by the Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, released in March 1984. The album was co-produced by Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour....
    ", March, 1984
  • "Love On The Air
    About Face (album)

    About Face is the second solo album by the Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, released in March 1984. The album was co-produced by Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour....
    ", May, 1984
  • "On An Island
    On an Island (song)

    "On an Island" is the second song and title track from David Gilmour's third solo album, On an Island. It segues from the previous track, Castellorizon, and is very placid in nature....
    ", 6 March 2006
  • "Smile/Island Jam
    Smile/Island Jam

    "Smile" is a single by guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour, released on June 13, 2006.The song Smile was first performed at Gilmour's 2001 and 2002 live shows where Gilmour intoduced it as "This is a new one so if you are bootlegging, start your machines now." It was eventually recorded at his houseboat studio, the Astoria , for the 2...
    ", 13 June 2006
  • "Arnold Layne
    Arnold Layne

    "Arnold Layne" was the first single released by United Kingdom Psychedelic rock group Pink Floyd, shortly after landing a recording contract with EMI....
    /Dark Globe
    Dark Globe

    "Dark Globe" also known as Wouldn't You Miss Me is a song by Syd Barrett for his first solo album The Madcap Laughs, and the last track to be recorded....
    " (Live) 26 December 2006


Filmography
  • David Gilmour Live 1984
    David Gilmour Live 1984

    David Gilmour Live 1984 is a film by David Gilmour from his tour from the album About Face for Europe. The film is mainly a concert performance from The Hammersmith Odeon in London in April, 1984....
     (VHS
    VHS

    The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard developed by JVC and launched in Europe and Asia in September 1976, and the United States in June 1977....
    ) - September 1984
  • David Gilmour in Concert
    David Gilmour in Concert

    David Gilmour in Concert is a DVD of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's solo concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London in June 2001, as part of the Robert Wyatt-curated Meltdown festival....
     (DVD
    DVD

    DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
    ) - October 2002
  • Remember That Night
    Remember That Night

    Remember That Night is a live concert recording of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's solo concerts at the Royal Albert Hall on May 29, 30 & 31, 2006 as part of his On an Island tour....
     (DVD
    DVD

    DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
    /BD) - September 2007
  • Live in Gdansk
    Live in Gdansk

    Live In Gdansk is a live album by David Gilmour. It is a part of his On an Island project which includes an album, tour, Remember That Night, and live album....
      (DVD
    DVD

    DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
    ) - September 2008


Collaborations and work for other artists

Year Artist Album / Work
1970 Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett was an England singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist. He is most remembered as a founding member of psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, providing major musical and stylistic direction in their early work, although he left the group in 1968 amidst speculations of mental illness exacerbated by heavy drug use....
The Madcap Laughs
The Madcap Laughs

The Madcap Laughs is Syd Barrett's first solo album after being replaced in Pink Floyd by his old school friend David Gilmour. The title of the album comes from a line in the song Octopus ....
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett was an England singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist. He is most remembered as a founding member of psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, providing major musical and stylistic direction in their early work, although he left the group in 1968 amidst speculations of mental illness exacerbated by heavy drug use....
Barrett
Barrett (album)

Barrett was the second and final studio album of new material released by former Pink Floyd member Syd Barrett. In February 1970, shortly after releasing his first album, The Madcap Laughs, Barrett appeared on John Peel's Top Gear radio show where he presented only one song from the newly released album....
Ron Geesin
Ron Geesin

Ronald 'Ron' Geesin is a United Kingdom musician and composer, noted for his quirky creations and novel applications of sound. He is probably best known as the orchestrator and organizer of Pink Floyd's "Atom Heart Mother " in 1970, after the band found themselves hopelessly deadlocked over how to complete it....
 and Roger Waters
Roger Waters

George Roger Waters is an England rock music musician. He is best known as the bass guitar player and one of the main songwriters in the English rock band Pink Floyd from 1964 to 1985....
 
"Give Birth to a Smile" on Music from The Body
1974 Unicorn Blue Pine Trees
1975 Roy Harper
Roy Harper

Roy Harper , is an English people Rock music / Folk music singer-songwriter / guitarist who has been a professional musician since the mid 1960s....
 
"The Game" from HQ
HQ (album)

HQ is the eighth studio album by English people Folk music/Rock music singer-songwriter Roy Harper, released in 1975. In the USA, the album was released under the title When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease....
1978 Kate Bush
Kate Bush

Kate Bush is an England singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and Idiosyncrasy lyrics have made her one of England's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years having sold over 20,000,000 records worldwide....
 
Executive producer for two tracks in The Kick Inside
The Kick Inside

The Kick Inside is the debut album by the British singer Kate Bush. It was released on 17 February 1978 and contains her UK number one hit, "Wuthering Heights "....
1979 Wings
Wings (band)

Wings was a rock music group formed in August 1971 by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. The group was the only "permanent" group that any of the former members of the Beatles joined after their break-up....
 
Back to the Egg
Back to the Egg

Back To The Egg is the final studio album by Wings and was released in 1979. It is also notable for being leader Paul McCartney's first album for Columbia Records after leaving long-time US distributor Capitol Records in 1978....
1980 Roy Harper
Roy Harper

Roy Harper , is an English people Rock music / Folk music singer-songwriter / guitarist who has been a professional musician since the mid 1960s....
 
"Playing Games", "You (The Game Part II)", "Old Faces", "Short and Sweet" and "True Story" credited to Harper/Gilmour from the album "The Unknown Soldier
The Unknown Soldier (album)

The Unknown Soldier is a 1980 album by English people Folk music/Rock music singer-songwriter Roy Harper and was his last on EMI Harvest Records label....
". Gilmour is credited as a musician on the album.
1982 Kate Bush
Kate Bush

Kate Bush is an England singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and Idiosyncrasy lyrics have made her one of England's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years having sold over 20,000,000 records worldwide....
 
"Pull Out The Pin" in The Dreaming
The Dreaming

"The Dreaming" is the title song from Kate Bush's fourth studio album The Dreaming and was released a single on 26 July 1982. Bush hadn't released a single since "Sat in Your Lap" thirteen months earlier....
?
1983 Atomic Rooster
Atomic Rooster

Atomic Rooster were an England progressive rock band , formed by ex-Arthur Brown members, Vincent Crane and Carl Palmer in late 1969. Their only chart-topper single came in 1971 with "Tomorrow Night" , and "The Devil's Answer" ....
 
Headline news
1984 Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....
 
No More Lonely Nights
No More Lonely Nights

"No More Lonely Nights" is a song written by Paul McCartney, which was first released in September 1984. It can be heard on the soundtrack, Give My Regards to Broad Street....
 in Give My Regards to Broad Street
Give My Regards to Broad Street

Give My Regards to Broad Street is the name of a film and soundtrack album, masterminded by Paul McCartney. They were both were released in 1984, following the success of McCartney's previous albums Tug of War and Pipes of Peace ....
1985 Supertramp
Supertramp

Supertramp were a United Kingdom progressive rock band that released a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and early 1980s.Their early music included ambitious concept albums, but they are best known for their later hits including "Bloody Well Right", "Dreamer ", "Goodbye Stranger", "Give a Little Bit" and "The Logical Song"....
 
Brother Where You Bound
Brother Where You Bound (song)

Brother Where You Bound is the epic length title track to Supertramp's 1985 Brother Where You Bound. Written and sung by keyboardist Rick Davies, it is the longest song Supertramp ever recorded clocking in at 16 and a half minutes ....
Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry is an English singer, musician, songwriter and occasional actor famed for his suave visual and vocal style. Ferry came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Roxy Music, which enjoyed a highly successful career with three albums and ten single s entering the Top 40 charts in the United Ki...
 
"Is Your Love Strong Enough?" in Legend
Legend (Tangerine Dream soundtrack)

Legend is a soundtrack album released in 1986 by the German band Tangerine Dream for the North American theatrical version of the film Legend , issued a year earlier in Europe....
Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry is an English singer, musician, songwriter and occasional actor famed for his suave visual and vocal style. Ferry came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Roxy Music, which enjoyed a highly successful career with three albums and ten single s entering the Top 40 charts in the United Ki...
Boys and Girls
Nick Mason
Nick Mason

Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason is the drummer for Pink Floyd. He has been the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1964. He also competes in auto racing events, such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans....
 and Rick Fenn
Rick Fenn

Richard 'Rick' Fenn is an English rock music guitarist. He is best known for being a member of the band 10cc since 1976. He has also collaborated with Mike Oldfield, Rick Wakeman Hollies singer Peter Howarth and Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason....
"Lie for a Lie" (vocals) in Profiles
Profiles

Profiles is an album by Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason and 10cc's guitarist Rick Fenn, released in 1985. It is almost entirely instrumental, save for two songs: "Lie for a Lie," featuring Pink Floyd singer and guitarist David Gilmour and Mike Oldfield's early 80s singer Maggie Reilly; and "Israel," sung by UFO keyboardist Danny Peyronel...
Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend

Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend , is an English rock and roll guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, and writer, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for The Who, as well as for his own solo career....
 
"Give Blood" and "White City Fighting" in White City: A Novel
White City: A Novel

White City: A Novel is a solo album by Pete Townshend of The Who. The concept album was released in 1985 on Atco .The title refers to a story that accompanies the album, and which takes place in a low-income housing estate in the West London area of White City, London, near where Townshend grew up....
  "White City Fighting" credited to Townshend/Gilmour.
Arcadia
Arcadia (band)

Arcadia were the pop music band formed in 1985 in music by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Andrew Taylor of Duran Duran, during a break in that band's schedule....
So Red the Rose
So Red the Rose

So Red The Rose is the platinum-selling album by the Duran Duran-spinoff group Arcadia , which was released in 1985 ? the only album the band ever released....
The Dream Academy
The Dream Academy

The Dream Academy was a 1980s pop music musical ensemble from England, comprised of singing/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes; multi-instrumentalist , Kate St John; plus keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel....
Co-produced The Dream Academy
The Dream Academy (album)

The Dream Academy is The Dream Academy's eponymous debut album, released in 1985. It was mainly produced by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Nick Laird-Clowes....
?
Roy Harper
Roy Harper

Roy Harper , is an English people Rock music / Folk music singer-songwriter / guitarist who has been a professional musician since the mid 1960s....
 and Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page

James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
Whatever Happened to Jugula?
Whatever Happened to Jugula?

Whatever Happened to Jugula? is a 1985 album by Roy Harper and Jimmy Page....
,"Hope" credited to Harper/Gilmour.
1986 Berlin
Berlin (band)

Berlin is an United States New Wave music band featuring lead singer Terri Nunn....
 
Count Three and Pray
Count Three & Pray

Count Three and Pray is an album by the New Wave music band, Berlin , produced by Bob Ezrin and released in 1986....
Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend

Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend , is an English rock and roll guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, and writer, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for The Who, as well as for his own solo career....
 
lead guitar in Pete Townshend's Deep End Live!
1987 Dalbello "Immaculate Eyes" in she
She (Dalbello album)

she was the fifth studio album by Dalbello, released in 1987 on EMI. The album included her biggest Canadian chart hits, "Tango" and "Black on Black"....
1988 Peter Cetera
Peter Cetera

Peter Paul Cetera is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitar player and Record producer best known for being an original member of the rock band Chicago , before launching a successful solo career....
 
"You Never Listen To Me" in One More Story
One More Story

One More Story is the third solo album for music artist Peter Cetera and his second album after leaving the group Chicago . This album includes the hit "One Good Woman", a song intended for use as the theme to the Penny Marshall film Big, but instead released as a regular single....
1989 Kate Bush
Kate Bush

Kate Bush is an England singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and Idiosyncrasy lyrics have made her one of England's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years having sold over 20,000,000 records worldwide....
 
"Love and Anger" and "Rocket's Tail" in The Sensual World
The Sensual World

The Sensual World is the sixth studio album by the British singer Kate Bush. It was released in October 1989 and peaked at no.2 in the UK album charts....
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....
"We Got Married" in Flowers in the Dirt
Flowers in the Dirt

Flowers in the Dirt is Paul McCartney's comeback album, released in 1989. It was considered a major return upon release for McCartney due to the fact that he was embarking on his first world tour since the Wings Over the World tour jaunt back in 1975/1976....
Rock Aid Armenia
Rock Aid Armenia

Rock Aid Armenia was a joint humanitarian effort by an elite group of contemporary hard rock and heavy metal music musicians who gathered at the historic Metropolis Studios in Chiswick, London on July 8, 1989 for a project to raise money to help those affected by the 1988 Spitak earthquake of 1988 that struck Armenia....
 
Smoke on the Water
Smoke on the Water

"Smoke on the Water" is a song by the British hard rock band Deep Purple. It was first released on their 1972 album Machine Head . The single was Music recording sales certification on August 28, 1973 by the RIAA, selling 500,000 copies in the US....
 in The Earthquake Album
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon

Warren William Zevon was an American rock music singer-songwriter and musician noted for weaving his offbeat, sardonic view of life into his music, composing dark, sometimes humorous songs often laced with political or historical themes....
 
Transverse City
Transverse City

Transverse City is an album by United States singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, released in 1989. ....
1990 Roy Harper
Roy Harper

Roy Harper , is an English people Rock music / Folk music singer-songwriter / guitarist who has been a professional musician since the mid 1960s....
 
"Once" in Once
ONCE

ONCE , or Organizaci?n Nacional de Ciegos Espa?oles , is a Spain Foundation founded on December 13 1938 to raise funds with which to provide services for the blindness and persons with serious visual impairment....
 (w/Kate Bush on backing vocals)
Propaganda
Propaganda (band)

Propaganda is a Germany synthpop group, formed in 1984....
 
"Only one word" in 1234
1991 All About Eve
All About Eve (band)

All About Eve are a British rock/pop band. The creative core consists of Coventry-born Julianne Regan and Andy Cousin , with other members changing over the years....
 
"Are You Lonely" and "Wishing the Hours Away" in Touched by Jesus
Touched by Jesus

Touched by Jesus is the third studio album by All About Eve . It was the first album to feature The Church guitarist Marty Willson-Piper on guitars....
1992 Elton John
Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s....
 
"Understanding Women", in The One
1993 Paul Rodgers
Paul Rodgers

Paul Bernard Rodgers, is an England rock singer-songwriter best known for being a member of Free and Bad Company. Both bands experienced international success in the 1970s....
 
"Standing Around Crying" in Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters
Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters

Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute To Muddy Waters is the second solo album by Paul Rodgers of Free and Bad Company fame.Although attributed solely to Paul Rodgers, this album features many other artists including Brian May, Buddy Guy, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Neal Schon, Gary Moore, Brian Setzer, Richie Sambora, Slash , Steve Miller , Jas...
1996 The Who
The Who

The Who are an England Rock music band formed in 1964. The primary lineup was guitarist Pete Townshend, vocalist Roger Daltrey, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon....
 
Quadrophenia
Quadrophenia

Quadrophenia is the sixth studio album by the English rock band The Who. Released on 19 October 1973, Quadrophenia is a double album, and the group's second rock opera....
 (1996 Hyde Park concert)
1997 B. B. King
B. B. King

B. B. King is an United States blues guitarist and singer-songwriter known for his expressive singing and inimitable guitar playing. As Komara has written, "King introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that would influence virtually every electric blues guitarist that followed." Critic...
 
"Cryin' Won't Help You Babe" in Deuces Wild
Deuces Wild (album)

Deuces Wild is an album by B. B. King, released on November 4, 1997....
1999 Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....
 
Run Devil Run
Run Devil Run

Run Devil Run is a 1999 Paul McCartney album that features covers of both familiar and obscure 1950's rock and roll songs, along with three new McCartney songs written in the same style....
2001 The Triumph of Love
The Triumph of Love

The Triumph of Love is a 2001 in film romantic comedy film, based on Marivaux's play Le Triomphe de l'Amour , directed by Clare Peploe, produced by her husband Bernardo Bertolucci, and starring Mira Sorvino and Ben Kingsley....
 soundtrack
Plays guitar over several chamber orchestra pieces
2003 Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr

Richard Starkey Order of the British Empire , better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an England musician, singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles....
 
Ringo Rama
Ringo Rama

Ringo Rama is Ringo Starr's twelfth studio album and was released in 2003. As the follow-up to 1998's Vertical Man, it continues Starr's alliance with Mark Hudson as well as most of his collaborators from that last project....
2004 Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons

Alan Parsons is a United Kingdom audio engineer, musician, and record producer. He was involved in the production of several successful albums, including The Beatles' Abbey Road and The Dark Side of the Moon, for which Pink Floyd credit him as an important contributor....
 
"Return to Tunguska
Tunguska

Tunguska is a region in Russia. The term may also refer to one of the following.*Any of the Tunguska Rivers** Upper Tunguska, an old name of the lower flow of Angara River...
" in A Valid Path
A Valid Path

A Valid Path is the fourth solo album that Alan Parsons recorded after splitting from his previous group The Alan Parsons Project. The gap between this and his previous album, The Time Machine , was the second greatest period between two consecutive albums, second only to the time between the split of The Alan Parsons Project and Mr....
2005 Various artists "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)"


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