David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.

[mickd1961]

Can’t say I’ve ever been a Floyd fan and only discovered their more famous stuff in recent years.

Saw a documentary on Gilmour......this bloke is a genius in my opinion.

I know Hendrix is genuinely regarded as the best guitarist of all time but the solo in “Comfortably Numb” is my favourite all time piece of guitar playing.

On this clip even the drummer is in awe of his playing.

Especially from 4.38 in to this is as good as it surely gets on a guitar,it looks effortless but must take incredible dexterity and skill.

I wish I’d had the patience to learn the guitar,I had a mate who could play like an angel and the women would flock around him when he played.

Treat yourself.....


https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568

[Albionmad]

Hendrix performed with Cream in 1966. Beck, Clapton and Page were considered to be the best guitarists at the time. By their own admission Hendrix "pulled the rug out from under them".
As for Pink Floyd, their early stuff was weird inspired by a drug infused Syd Barrett. After he left, Dark Side of the Moon launched them as a global force, Wish you were here (with the epic Shine on You Crazy Diamond parts 1 &2 ) was superb, Animals has some great lyrics and sequences and then came "The Wall".
Then there was the falling out with a brief reunion in 2005 for the global awareness gig. Wright died in 2008.

[Joy_Division]

First band I ever saw live I think it was in 1968. Loved them ever since. Saw them a couple more times before Dark Side Of The Moon but never saw them again as I had this trait that if a band I liked was relatively unknown or had a small following I would have a tendency to adopt them as my band, but when they became well known and popular I lost interest. I remember seeing U2 in front of maybe a couple of hundred people years ago and thinking what a great little band they were. Then I watched them become this huge bullSh8t machine and i cannot stand them or listen to anything by them.

[Prando]

Gave a number of LPs away when we downsized 5 years ago. Dark side of the Moon was amongst them. Also the red and the blue original Beatles albums, a number of Moody Blues and Oldfield’s Tubular Bells.
I used to strum and still have a Stratocaster (Blue) and Washburn acoustic. Sadly arthritic hands preclude my enjoyment. (Fingers won’t fit around the fret without too much pain)
I remember as a schoolboy regularly going into the Musical Exchange opposite St Chads in Brum and looking at the guitars. You were allowed to have a strum but there was a sign saying you were NOT ALLOWED to play the House of the Rising Sun. !
Happy days.

[soulman101]

Still on the dark side - telegraph.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...dark-side.html

[stripes39]

Can’t say I’ve ever been a Floyd fan and only discovered their more famous stuff in recent years.

Saw a documentary on Gilmour......this bloke is a genius in my opinion.

I know Hendrix is genuinely regarded as the best guitarist of all time but the solo in “Comfortably Numb” is my favourite all time piece of guitar playing.

On this clip even the drummer is in awe of his playing.

Especially from 4.38 in to this is as good as it surely gets on a guitar,it looks effortless but must take incredible dexterity and skill.

I wish I’d had the patience to learn the guitar,I had a mate who could play like an angel and the women would flock around him when he played.

Treat yourself.....


https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568

There's a very good video on Youtube of Comfortably Numb with David(s) Gilmour & Bowie playing it live at The Royal Albert Hall.

[soulman101]

When i saw Jimi Hendrix , Pink Floyd was one of the support acts.

[WBA1955]

Floyd are one of a few groups i could listen to all day.