Hello and welcome to legends number 23 This week it is the guitarist of Pink Floyd yes thats right Mr Dave Gilmour So no more waiting for those fans here it is


Biography



David Jon Gilmour was born on 6th March, 1946. He was the lead guitarist in with the pshychadelic Rock outfit Pink Floyd and has a distinctive style featuring Echoes , deleays and Distorted sustain . He joined the band in 1968 after he had established himself as a guitarist and vocalist in the group " The Joker Wild " . Roger Waters had hired him in order to support Syd Barrett Roger's idea was that Syd would continie writing the songs but Dave would play them live but it was not to be and soon Syd left leaving Dave who of course took over the role of guitarist and also took over seom singign and writing .

Right up to the phenomonal " Dark Side Of The Moon " album Dave was also writing his own songs but from there to " The Final Cut " Roger Waters took over in the lyrics department . Dave made up for this by producing some excellent Guitar and production work on all the those albums most noticably " SHine On You Crazy Diamond " ( From " Wish You Were Here " ) and " Comfortably Numb " ( from " The Wall " ) . He also did a large amount of the vocals in Pink Floyd and many say that he has the best singing voice in the band .

But Dave has not only received success from The Floyd oh no his solo efforts have done well with his self titled debut reaching number 29 and the follow up solo album " About Face " hitting number 32 in the charts .

But Pink Floyd didn't seem as steady as it had once seemed and Roger Waters decuded to leave the band , Nick Mason and Dave tried continued and released a record under the Pink Floyd name . But waters thought the name was best layed to rest and sued them over the usage of the name " Pink Floyd " .The two parties eventually reached a settlement thought before the matter ever reached court .

Meanwhile , Pink Floyd did not die . Their first post-waters release , " A Momentary Lapse Of Reason " went on to become a major sucess . And in 1995 several years off the group released " The Division Bell " followed by a live recording from this tour their most recent release " Pulse " .

Althougth Pink Floyd are no longer a band their music still comes through in many of the bands nowadays who have been influenced by the band's sound style etc their music will never die and it seems that the fans love for the band won't either so we thank the Floyd for their inspiration



Discography


The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn:1967


A Saucerful Of Secrets:1968


More (Original Soundtrack Album):1969


Ummagumma:1969


Zabriskie point ( Original Soundtrack Album):1970


Atom Heart Mother:1970


Relics:1971


Meddle:1971


Obscured By Clouds (Music From The Film " The Valley " ):1972


Darm Side Of The Moon:1973

A Nice Pair:1973


Wish you Were Here:1975


Animals:1977


The Wall:1979


A Collection Of Great Dance Songs:1981


The Final Cut:1983


Works:1983


A Momentary Lapse Of Reason:1987


Live-Delicate Sound Of Thunder:1988

Shine On (8cd Box Set):1992


The Division Bell:1994


Pulse:1995


Zabriskie Point (Original Soundtrack Album)-Deluxe Edition:1997













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And there you have it are you happy now !!!!

Anyway Until next Week

Z

dman gilmour is just one of the coolest cats in history!!!


nice one zakk

Wow ................... I always liked his style .,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,he was a true genius and pioneer.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thanx for the info I appreciate it...................PEAC EOUT

Was good but I found it very very short

And also... "darm" side of the moon?

Gilmor should never be read about, only listened to. Nevertheless, good choice, its always good to see a new Legends posted. It's like coffee after dinner, the staple constant of GTU.

ohh cool!! howd i miss this??

The guitar solo the last half of Lost For Words from Division Bell is the most sublime guitar I know, purely peacful beauty.

i think gilmour has one of my fave guitar tones EVER!!!!!!! mmmmm tasty

I'll just let my sig hang out here for a while...

Gilmour was the player that made me pick up the guitar for the first time. He has incredible tone and knows when not to play anything. Its sad that i'll never get to see the floyd play live..... i was born in the wrong decade!

you'll have to do what i do, and buy a DVD instead!!!

i think the world is ready for another guitar hero.............ME!!

David Gilmour is one of my favs. He had amazing tone, his vibrato was incredible and he played with so much emotion. And the guy could tear it up when he wanted to. Maybe not at a Satriani or Yngwie pace, but he was still good.

Dave is still around; and we're still expecting great things from him. About the
Pink Floyd's come back with roger Waters, i think that's impossible.

David Gilmour is super cool !!
He's one of my favourite guitarists and his sound is just something else.
No comparison, simply unique !!
Shine On You Crazy Diamond is beautiful... and one of my favourite Floyd songs.
If anyone has the DSOTM DVD, there are lovely parts on it, where Dave plays bits of songs... it's wonderful.

Shine On David Gilmour !!!

(and hopefully they'll tour someday... )

Gilmour is a an awesome guitarist, though I didn't find his solo stuff quite as impressive. I'm more into Roger Waters...The Waters era was Floyd's best, and 'Amused to Death', 'Radio KAOS', and "The Pro's and Con's of Hitchhiking' are all amazing albums.

That's true that guitarists as Joe Satriani or Steve Vai play faster than him, but I think a guitarist is more than that. Dave is the best guitar player of all time!!!
My favorites: Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Time, Comfortably Numb (from PULSE, impressive), High Hopes, Lost For Words (one of the best acoustic I ever heard...), etc...

Absolute genius. Another of the ones playing this Friday; I can't wait

What about his self titled solo album. That is gold!!!!!!!! It was recorded between Animals and The wall, so he was a busy boy at the end of the 70's. He also played with Paul Mcartney recently.

Absolutley my favorite player hands down. Great tone. The best phrasing I've ever heard. Never a note too many, and always exactly the right ones. As tommeh said.. tasty!

Gilmour is the god of tone and one of the best guys at soloing. I love Gilmour and his guitar playing is phenominal.

Absolutely amazing

who is this guy again?



but, yeah, .......astounding.

Although Some People Think Gilmour Wasn't Techniqally Excelent, His Solo's Where Ground Breaking, Original And Legendary.

Comfortably Numb Is One Of The Greatest Solo's Of All Time.

And

DSOTM And WYWH Are Both Timeless Classics.

I Agree But Steve Vai's Stuff Talks Volumes For Itself.

Far Supirior To Hendrix.

another good job

Gilmour is God of guitar player's, He put's so much emotion in each and every note he played, he by far has the best tone of any guitarist IMO, his bends are amazing, He knew when to hit a lick and when not to, He gets all of my respect, Legends live on !!! "All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be".

The reason Gilmour stands out in the crowd of prog rock guitarists is that you know its him when you hear him play. i get confused between steve hackett and steve howe but i know dave gilmour when i hear him. his tone is wonderful

Same here. I wouldn't be playing right now if it werent for him. David is the man! And yes, I feel that I was born in the wrong generation as well.

he is amazing. once i discovered his playing, it changed my whole approach to guitar completely.

Dave Gilmoure is just amazing. I liked the solo with the Electric drill, lol good times.

Well done btw, very thorough

Dave Gilmore is my favorite guitarist. I love Jimmi live, slayer, metallica, Gn'R, Sabbath, zeppelin.. so on so on, but no one has the feel that Dave has. I'm a feeling junkie. The only one who comes close is Jimmi mabey.

For some reason I can't get enough of the short solo in The Thin Ice from the wall. I think it has something to do with seeing the movie too mabey

Empty Spaces, is there anybody out there, Time, Money, Hey you, all great examples of Dave's feel.

Ya whenever I hear Time or money on the radio, or hey you, i have to crank the solo everytime. It doesn't matter if I'm in a funeral Prossetion(?) , I crank that ######.

I've heard the wall so many dam times that now it's like when i hear hey you, it's like

Hey you, bla bla bla bla blaaa, bla bla bla bla bla bla....<fastforward> <Guitar solo, and mabey the last verse if I'm in the mood>

I think mabey Time is my favorite solo by him.

If I make some players in say a hockey computer game, my first line is usually John Lennon centering Roger waters and Dave gilmore(good shot and acuracy), with Jimmi Hendrix(amazing stick handling) and slash(he's my goon, hehe) on Defence. Ozzy in net, ofcourse.

Second line is usually Kurt Cobain centering Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornel with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on D.

anyways, Dave if you ever check this out for fun, thanks man you rock. i've never had the chance to see Pink Floyd live , but I imagine it would be bliss.