David gilmour

David Jon Gilmour (Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 6, 1946) is a British musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is known for having been a vocalist, guitarist and one of the songwriters for the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, which he joined shortly before Syd Barrett's departure in 1968. Along with his work in this band, Gilmour has collaborated on other publications as a producer and has been actively involved in charity events throughout his career.

In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, the musician has recorded four solo studio albums, all with US Top 40 presence.^{[citation needed]} Their debut album charted at #29 in 1978, About Face charted at #32 in 1984, On an Island charted at the sixth position in 2006 and Rattle That Lock ranked in the fifth position in 2015. In addition, their live albums Live in Gdansk (2008) and Live at Pompeii (2017) peaked at number 26 and number 45 respectively in the US. All of the aforementioned albums were also successful on the UK charts and charted in other countries.

In 2003, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In the latest list of the 100 best guitarists published by Rolling Stone magazine, the musician is positioned in fourteenth place (between Albert King and Freddy King), and in eighth position on the list &# 34;The 100 Greatest Guitarists", from Total Guitar magazine. In 2006, the American magazine Guitar World included three of his songs among "the 100 best solos of all time".

In 1996, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd, and in August 2006, his solo on "Comfortably Numb" it was voted by the viewers of the radio station Planet Rock as the greatest guitar solo ever recorded. His particular style, together with the immense commercial and critical success of Pink Floyd, have made Gilmour one of the most representative and influential guitarists on the music scene.

Early years and education

David Jon Gilmour was born on 6 March 1946 in Cambridge, England. His father, Douglas Gilmour, was a zoology expert and lecturer at Cambridge University, and his mother Sylvia was an editor for the BBC. In 1956, when David was still a child, the family moved to Grantchester.

Gilmour's parents encouraged him to pursue his musical interests, and in 1954 they bought him his first record, "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Halley, his enthusiasm for music increased the following year with the song by Elvis Presley "Heartbreak Hotel" and later with "Bye Bye Love" by Everly Brothers, a song that made him interested in playing the guitar. In order to practice he borrowed a guitar from a neighbor and never returned it. Soon after he began to practice with a method created by Pete Seeger. At the age of eleven he attended the Perse School in Cambridge, something he did not enjoy. There he met his future partners in Pink Floyd, guitarist Syd Barrett and bassist Roger Waters

In 1962 he began studying modern languages at Cambridge Technical College. Although he did not finish his studies, he learned to speak French fluently. Barrett also studied at the same college and spent some time with him practicing guitar. In late 1962 he joined the blues rock band Jokers Wild, a group with which he recorded an album and a single at Regent Sound studio in London, although only fifteen copies of each were made. In August 1965, Gilmour traveled to Spain and France with Barrett and other friends to earn some money by performing Beatles songs on the streets and in some bars. There they were arrested on one occasion for indigence, and even David required treatment in a hospital for his state of malnutrition. He then moved to Paris with Barrett, where they camped outside the city for a week and visited the Louvre museum. During this time Gilmour worked at various locations, even serving as a driver and assistant to fashion designer Ossie Clark..

David toured France in 1967 with Rick Wills and Willie Wilson, members of Jokers Wild. The trio made some presentations under the name of Flowers, without achieving commercial success. After hearing their poor versions from other artists, club owners were reluctant to pay them, and shortly after their arrival in Paris, their equipment was stolen. While in France, Gilmour contributed as a vocalist and musician to session on two songs for the soundtrack of the film I am Love, with Brigitte Bardot as the protagonist. In May the musician briefly returned to London in search of new sound equipment. During his stay there he saw Pink Floyd record "See Emily Play"; and he was surprised when Barrett, who was beginning to manifest serious mental problems, could not even recognize him.When the Flowers gang returned to England at the end of that year, they did not even have money to fill the tank of their bus.

Pink Floyd

In December 1967, Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason met Gilmour and offered to join the band to replace the increasingly erratic Barrett. The band initially intended to continue with Barrett as songwriter. One of the group's business partners, Peter Jenner, stated: "The idea was for Dave to cover Barrett's eccentricities, who would just write songs when he wasn't up to it." to touch. We just wanted to keep him involved in the project." In March 1968, Syd agreed to leave the band, as his behavior was practically untenable.

Following Barrett's departure, Gilmour became the lead singer of Pink Floyd sharing vocals with Roger Waters and Richard Wright to a lesser extent. After the resounding success of the albums The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, Waters had more control in the band, composing and singing most of the material contained. in Animals and The Wall. Wright was fired during the sessions for The Wall and the relationship between Gilmour and Waters deteriorated during the filming of the film The Wall and during the recording of the album The Final Cut. The last live performance of The Wall was held on June 17, 1981 in London, making it Pink Floyd's last appearance with Waters for nearly 25 years.

Gilmour with Pink Floyd in the 1970s.

In the late 1970s, Gilmour began to think that his musical talents were being underused in Pink Floyd. In 1978 he channeled his ideas to record his first solo album, David Gilmour, on which he showcased his compositional and guitarist talents. Music written during the final stages of the album that could not be used on the album was used by Waters and eventually turned into "Comfortably Numb", a song included on The Wall.

The negative atmosphere surrounding the making of The Wall, his film, and The Final Cut (virtually a Roger Waters solo album), led Gilmour to produce his second solo album, About Face, in 1984. He used the record to express a range of feelings, from the murder of John Lennon to his strained relationship with Waters. Gilmour toured Europe and the United States with his backing band, The Television Personalities, who were dropped from the lineup after Dan Treacy revealed Syd Barrett's address onstage on one of the tour dates. Nick Mason also made a guest appearance on the UK tour, which despite some cancellations was eventually a commercial success. When he returned from the road, David devoted himself to collaborating with other artists and producing some records.

In 1985 Waters declared that Pink Floyd was "a spent creative force". Gilmour and Mason responded with a press release stating that Waters had resigned from the band and that both intended to continue without him. Gilmour took over the group and released A Momentary Lapse of Reason in 1987, with some contributions from Mason and Richard Wright and a host of session players. Wright officially returned to Pink Floyd to start the supporting tour for A Momentary and for the recording of the 1994 album The Division Bell. Gilmour stated: "I had several problems with the direction of the band in our recent past, before Roger left. I think that because the specific meanings of the lyrics were very important to him, the music became merely a vehicle for the lyrics, and not a very inspiring vehicle. The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here were successful not only because of Roger's contributions, but also because there was a better balance between the music and the lyrics. That's what I tried to do with A Momentary Lapse of Reason, pay more attention to the music, restore balance without it". In 1986 the musician bought a houseboat on the River Thames near Hampton Court and turned it into a recording studio. Most of Pink Floyd's albums released during this period, like Gilmour's 2006 solo album On an Island were recorded there.

Gilmour in 1984.

On July 2, 2005 Gilmour performed with Pink Floyd at the Live 8 charity event. The band consisted of Waters, Mason, Wright and Gilmour. This performance caused sales of the compilation album Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd to increase significantly. Gilmour donated his proceeds to charity, stating: "Although the main goal has been to raise awareness and put pressure on the G8 leaders, I will not profit from the concert. That money should be used to save lives'. After the performance, the band turned down an offer to tour the United States worth £150 million.

In 2006 Gilmour stated that Pink Floyd would probably never record an album or tour again, saying: 'I think enough is enough. I am 60 years old. I no longer have the will for such work. Pink Floyd was a big part of my life, I had a great time, but it's over. It's much less complicated for me to work alone".

In December 2006, the musician published a tribute to Syd Barrett, who died on July 7 of that year, with a very personal version of Pink Floyd's first single "Arnold Layne". Recorded at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall, the single featured two versions of the song, with Richard Wright and David Bowie as singers respectively. The single managed to chart in the Top 20 of the British charts.

Since his appearance at Live 8 in 2005, Gilmour has repeatedly repeated that there will be no Pink Floyd reunion. The death of keyboardist Richard Wright in September 2008 confirmed this situation. On November 7, 2014, Pink Floyd released The Endless River. Gilmour claimed it would be Pink Floyd's last album, saying, "I think we've successfully managed to make a good album out of the material we had... It's a shame, but this is the end of it." a tour was undertaken in support of the record, as Gilmour felt it would be impossible to tour without Wright. In August 2015, the musician reiterated Pink Floyd's end saying that a reunion without Wright would be inappropriate.

Roy Harper

Gilmour has collaborated on more than one occasion with British singer-songwriter Roy Harper, who once shared the stage with Pink Floyd. Harper also sang "Have a Cigar" on Floyd's 1975 album Wish You Were Here and performed it live with the band at the Knebworth Festival. Gilmour played on Harper's albums HQ (1975), The Unknown Soldier (1980) and Once (1990). He also collaborated in the composition of some songs in The Unknown Soldier. One of them, "Short and Sweet", was initially recorded for inclusion on Gilmour's first solo album. On the songs "You" and "Once" collaborated with singer Kate Bush. In April 1984, Harper made an appearance at a Gilmour concert at the Hammersmith Odeon to sing 'Short and Sweet'. The latter song was included in the concert set. Gilmour's Live 1984. Harper also provided some backing vocals on David's album About Face.

After scoring a song for About Face, Gilmour contacted Pete Townshend of The Who and asked him to write the lyrics. Townshend did but Gilmour didn't like the composition (Townshend later used these lyrics to compose his song 'White City Fighting' and included it on his 1985 album White City: A Novel). Gilmour asked Harper the same favor, but still rejected his lyrics, ultimately deciding not to include this song on his album. Eventually Harper recorded her own version of the song, retitled it "Hope" and including it on his 1985 album Whatever Happened to Jugula?, a collaboration with guitarist Jimmy Page.

Kate Bush

David Gilmour has been credited with kickstarting the career of British singer-songwriter Kate Bush. When she was at school, Gilmour was given a copy of her demo tape by Ricky Hopper, a friend in common to David and the Bush family. Impressed, he helped the then-teenager Bush make a more professional tape so he could offer it to record companies. Three songs were recorded, paid for out of David's own pocket. The tape was produced by Andrew Powell, who also produced it. the singer's first two albums. Gilmour arranged a meeting with EMI executive Terry Slater to present Bush's demo tape, which landed the teenager her first record deal.

David executive produced two songs on Bush's debut album, The Kick Inside, including his second single "The Man with the Child in His Eyes". plus the backing vocals for the song "Pull Out the Pin" from Kate's fourth album, The Dreaming, and played guitar on the songs "Love and Anger" and "Rocket's Tail" of his sixth record production, The Sensual World .

In March 1987 Bush sang "Running Up That Hill" at a benefit concert, with Gilmour on guitar. This performance was included on a DVD released in 2009. In 2002 Kate performed "Comfortably Numb", singing the part of the doctor at David's concert. Gilmour at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

I work as a soloist

Live Gilmour in Brussels on his tour About Face 1984.

David Gilmour has recorded four studio albums, all with a presence in the US Top 40. Their debut album charted at No. 29 in 1978, About Face charted at No. 32 in 1984, On an Island climbed to No. 6 position in 2006 and Rattle That Lock ranked fifth in 2015. Their live albums Live in Gdansk (2008) and Live at Pompeii (2017) charted at positions 26 and 45 respectively. All of these albums also charted on the UK charts.

Apart from his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has held roles as producer and sound engineer for bands and artists such as Syd Barrett, Unicorn, Paul McCartney, Arcadia, Berlin, John Martyn, Grace Jones, Tom Jones, Elton John, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Seal, Sam Brown, Jools Holland, Pete Townshend, Supertramp, Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Alan Parsons, and Peter Cetera.

In 1985 he played on Bryan Ferry's sixth album Boys and Girls and on the song "Is Your Love Strong Enough" for the US version of Ridley Scott's film Legend. A music video was created for this song, featuring Ferry and Gilmour in footage from the film. Later that year, Gilmour performed with Ferry at the Live Aid concert, where their first collaboration with keyboardist Jon Carin was recorded, who would become a regular touring musician with Pink Floyd years later.

2000s

Between 2001 and 2002 David performed six acoustic recitals in London and Paris with a small band, which were documented on the album In Concert. On September 24, 2004 he played three songs at an event called The Strat Pack at Wembley Arena, celebrating 50 years of the Fender Stratocaster guitar. Other renowned guitarists such as Joe Walsh, Brian May, Gary Moore, Mike Rutherford and Hank Marvin participated in the event.

Live Gilmour in Frankfurt, Germany, 2006.

On March 6, 2006, the musician released his third solo album, On an Island. It debuted at number one on the British charts and reached the Top 5 in Germany and Sweden. It also became the artist's first album as a soloist to reach the US Top 10, reaching sixth position on the Billboard 200 list. Produced by Gilmour, Phil Manzanera and Chris Thomas, the album incorporates orchestrations by the renowned Polish composer Zbigniew Preisner and lyrics written primarily by David's wife, the novelist Polly Samson. The album also recorded collaborations from David Crosby and Graham Nash performing the choirs on the eponymous song, Robert Wyatt on percussion and Richard Wright as organist and chorister. Other musicians who collaborated on the recording of the album included Jools Holland, Georgie Fame, Andy Newmark, B.J. Cole, Chris Stainton, Willie Wilson, Rado 'Bob' Klose and Leszek Możdżer. To promote the record, Gilmour toured Europe and North America between March 10 and May 31, 2006. Keyboardist Richard Wright and frequent collaborators Dick Parry, Guy Pratt and Jon Carin accompanied him. on tour. In a pre-tour press conference, Gilmour stated: "I hope that with this tour announcement, people will believe me when I tell them, honestly, that this is the only band I plan to tour with.";, referring to speculation about a reunion of the original Pink Floyd musicians.

On April 10, 2006, On an Island achieved platinum certification in Canada. On September 17, 2007, a DVD featuring a live performance by the artist was released, entitled Remember That Night – Live at the Royal Albert Hall. The DVD, directed by David Mallet, contains about five hours of material, including a documentary and special appearances by David Bowie and Robert Wyatt. The final presentation of the On an Island tour was held in the city of Gdańsk on August 26, 2006 before about one hundred thousand spectators. The performance was recorded and included in the album Live in Gdańsk. For this occasion Gilmour played accompanied by the Polish Baltic Philharmonic, conducted by Zbigniew Preisner.

On 25 May 2009, he took part in a concert at Union Chapel, Islington, as part of a charity drive. In the concert she collaborated with the duo from Mali, Amadou & amp; Mariam On July 4, 2009 she was joined onstage by her friend Jeff Beck at the Royal Albert Hall. Gilmour and Beck traded guitar solos on "Jerusalem" and closed the show with "Hi Ho Silver Lining". In August 2009 he released the single "Chicago – Change the World", in which he sang, played guitar, bass and keyboards in order to promote awareness in the difficult case of the hacker. British Gary McKinnon.

2010s

Gilmour with drummer Nick Mason (left) during the concert The Wall Live on 12 May 2011.

On July 11, 2010, Gilmour performed with Roger Waters in support of the Hoping Foundation in Oxfordshire, England. The concert was hosted by Jemima Goldsmith and Nigella Lawson, and according to viewers, it appeared that Gilmour and Waters had finished their long dispute, exhibiting a festive attitude towards each other. Waters later confirmed on his Facebook page that Gilmour would play "Comfortably Numb"; with him during one of his concerts on his The Wall Live tour. Sure enough, Gilmour performed the song with Waters on May 12, 2011 in London. Drummer Nick Mason also made a brief appearance on the show.

David released an album with electronic music group The Orb in 2010 titled Metallic Spheres, on which he served as producer, songwriter, singer, and guitarist. In 2011, Rolling Stone ranked him #14 on its list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

Graham Nash and David's guitar tech, Phil Taylor, said the musician was recording a new studio album likely to be released in 2014, featuring Nash and David Crosby. For her part, Polly Samson confirmed via Twitter that she was in the process of writing lyrics for her husband's new album.

David Gilmour live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the promotional tour of the album Rattle That Lock in 2015.

On October 29, 2014, the musician commented in an interview for Rolling Stone that his new album was almost ready and that there were only a few months left to finish it. He also confirmed that he would be going on tour after the release of the album.

On March 4, 2015, a European tour was announced that would begin in September, coinciding with the release of his fourth studio album as a soloist. On July 16 of the same year, some dates in the United States were announced States, which would take place between March and April 2016.

On June 6, 2015, Gilmour revealed that the title of his new album would be Rattle That Lock. That same year the life and work of the musician were the main subject of the BBC documentary Two David Gilmour: Wider Horizons, presented as "an intimate portrait of one of the greatest guitarists and singers of all time, exploring his past and present".

On May 31, 2017, it was announced that Gilmour's new production, Live at Pompeii, would be shown in select theaters on September 13, 2017. The film documents the two concerts given by the musician on July 7 and 8, 2016 at the Roman amphitheater in Pompeii, emulating a Pink Floyd performance without an audience at the same venue in 1971. Live at Pompeii was published on September 29, 2017 reached the third position on the UK Album Chart.

Musical style

David Gilmour with a Lap Steel guitar in 1977.

While Gilmour is primarily known for his work as a guitarist, he is also a proficient multi-instrumentalist, playing bass, keyboards, drums, harmonica, and saxophone. His guitar playing style can be summed up in two great characteristics: on the one hand, his emotional performances, and the complexity of his equipment. As for the execution itself, Gilmour is characterized by achieving very emotional solos from scales. In his solos one can appreciate the almost exclusive use of the pentatonic scale with the blue's notes, in combination with major scales (see for examples, «Coming Back to Life»; «Another Brick in the Wall", Part II; "Sorrow"). Gilmour also likes to improvise his solos very often, deviating from the recordings. Gilmour has very characteristic phrasing, which, in addition to his unique sound, sets him apart from the rest of the guitarists. He is also characterized by the slowness of his solos and by the exhaustive use of Bends. Gilmour makes extensive use of the tremolo lever on his guitar, allowing him to add more life and color to his impressive string bendings.

Equipment

Gilmour uses a lot of sound effects, which can be summed up as a perfect mix of classic and modern technology. Following Pink Floyd's records, Gilmour's technique as well as his set of effects is improving and, to a certain extent, expanding. As a summary, the different set of Gilmour effects can be characterized in 4 large periods:

A Fender Stratocaster used by David Gilmour. It was used in the recording of all Pink Floyd albums and their respective tours until the mid-1980s.

1. Till The Dark Side of the MoonGilmour used a set quite simple, consisting of a wah-wah Vox, a booster Colorsound, a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz-face and a delay a Binson Echorec tape, all through its typical Hiwatt DR103 amplifiers with WEM 4X12 cabinets, of which it would no longer be stripped. Here he enters with the Uni-vibe pedal, typical of the song "Breathe".
2. Already Wish You Were Here their sound starts to get complicated, with the addition of the pedals phasers MXR. On the disk Animals This sound is taken to the end with MXR Phase100 pedal. Here it makes incursion of what would be its insiginia pedal, which still uses: the Big Muff V2 "Ram's Head" of Electro-Harmonix. Pedal that popularized and that relates directly to Gilmour.
3. On the tour Animals It would end up complicating its sound at the end of the 1970s, with the addition of the mentioned Big Muff to replace the Fuzz-face and the also famous Electro-Harmonix Electric-Mistress. Gilmour maximizes the use of compressors such as the MXR Dynacomp. Neither does the Booster Colorsound be stripped, which would use as overdrive too. This was the typical sound of The WallOf The Final Cut and Gilmour's first and second solo album.
4. After a period of experimentation and renewal, which can be seen on the disk A Momentary Lapse of Reason, Gilmour starts replacing his old pedals with the modern Boss pedals, so he leaves the Colorsound to use the Boss Superoverdrive, the delays digital, adds Boss CS-3 compressor, changes the flangers by the Chorus, use the HM-2 of Boss, giving it a similar use to the Big-Muff, which it would retain. The set by Gilmour begins to take giant dimensions and its sound reaches its highest quality on the disk Delicate sound of thunder and P•U•L•S•Elargely thanks to his sound engineer Phil Taylor.

Today, Gilmour has chosen to revert to his classic effects and ditch the highly sophisticated equipment he developed up until the late 1990s. Regarding his affinity for pedal effects, Gilmour has stated that he is "a technically limited guitarist, so the effects helped give his sound more complexity."

Early in his career with Pink Floyd, Gilmour played on a multitude of Fender-brand guitars, though one of his most popular solos (“Another Brick in the Wall,” Part II) was recorded on a Gibson Les Paul Goltop-equipped with P-90 pickups and Bigsby bridge. Gilmour owns a large guitar collection, which includes a wide variety of Grestch, Gibson acoustic, Taylor, Martin, and various Fender Stratocasters, including the celebrated Stratocaster with serial number 0001.

A good example of Gilmour's guitar approach can be found in his classic solo on "Another Brick in The Wall", Part II. Staying primarily within the D minor pentatonic scale (D: D, F, G, A, C) Gilmour captivates the listener with haunting bluesy stretches, dramatic string sweeps, and double stops (two-note combinations). He gives himself time throughout the solo and makes deliberate use of silence and melodic repetition. Particularly compelling is the way Gilmour graces his phrases with a natural, vibrato-like voice. “You stretch out a note, hold it, and then shake it,” Gilmour explains: “It's like classically trained singers do, they hold a note for a couple of seconds, then add a vibrato. I've always enjoyed guitarists who do this well."

The musician states: "A lot of young guitarists today have horrible vibratos. They are either ridiculously wide or too fast and sound jumpy. Someone once described Eric Clapton's vibrato as "cult". I've always liked this type of vibrato. I have never consciously analyzed or practiced it. There's only one way that feels good to me and one way that feels bad."

In 1996, Gilmour was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd. In August 2006, his solo on "Comfortably Numb" was voted by the viewers of the radio station Planet Rock as the greatest guitar solo ever recorded.

Personal life

Family

Gilmour at Live 8, 2005.

David Gilmour married model Virginia "Ginger" hasenbein. Four children were born to this union, Alice (b. 1976), Clare (b. 1979), Sara (b. 1983), and Matthew (b. 1986). The children originally attended a Waldorf School, but Gilmour referred to his upbringing there as “horrible.” In 1994, he married journalist Polly Samson; the couple have four children, Charlie (Samson's son with Heathcote Williams whom Gilmour has adopted), Joe, Gabriel and Romany. Charlie's voice can be heard in a phone conversation incorporated into the song "High Hopes" from Pink Floyd's album The Division Bell. Gabriel played keyboard on the song "In Any Tongue" from the 2015 album Rattle That Lock.

Gilmour is the godfather of popular actress Naomi Watts, whose father, Peter Watts, served as Pink Floyd's sidekick during the 1970s. Gilmour lives with his family on a farm near Wisborough Green, Sussex, and also owns a home in Hove.

Religion and politics

The musician has stated in various interviews that he does not believe in the afterlife and that he is an atheist. When it comes to Gilmour's political views, he has stated that he is left-wing and that his beliefs stem from the from his parents; He stated that his parents were "Manchester Guardian readers." Gilmour inherited socialism from his parents and stated that he still considers himself a socialist. In August 2014 he was one of 200 public figures who signed a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to continue being part of the UK in the September referendum on that issue. In May 2017 he supported Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in the UK general election. He tweeted: "I vote Labor because I believe in social equality."

Charity

David has been associated with various charities. In May 2003 he sold his Little Venice home to journalist Charles Spencer and donated the £3.6m proceeds to the Crisis Foundation to help finance a housing project for the homeless. Other charities Gilmour has supported include Oxfam, the European Union Association for Mental Health and Illness, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, The Lung Foundation, Nordoff-Robbins, Teenage Cancer Trust, and PETA.

Aviation

In addition to his talent for music, he has also developed a passion for aviation, going so far as to found his own airline, Intrepid Aviation, which he ended up selling when it became a real business. The musician said about it:

Intrepid Aviation was a way to make my hobby receive some economic benefit, but gradually became a business. Suddenly, instead of being a hobby, I realized it was a business and I sold it. I don't have Intrepid Aviation anymore. I only have a nice old biplane in which I wander through the skies from time to time.

Awards and recognitions

Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 14th on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

Guitar World magazine polled its readers looking for the best guitar solos, with three results for Gilmour at 4 (with "Comfortably Numb"), 21 (with " Time") and 62 (with "Money").

Discography

Soloist

Studio albums

• David Gilmour (1978)
• About Face (1984)
• On an Island (2006)
• Rattle That Lock (2015)

Video

• David Gilmour Live 1984 (1984, VHS)
• David Gilmour in Concert (2002, DVD)
• Remember That Night (2007, DVD)
• Live in Gdańsk (2008, DVD)
• Live at Pompeii (2016, DVD)

Collaborations on records by other artists

• The Madcap Laughs (Syd Barrett) (1970)
• Barrett (Syd Barrett) (1970)
• Blue Pine Trees (Unicorn) (1974)
• HQ (Roy Harper) (1975)
• Back To The Egg (The Wings) (1979)
• The Dreaming (Kate Bush) (1982) (voice in "Pull Out The Pin")
• Headline News (Atomic Rooster) (1983)
• Give My Regards To Broad Street (Paul McCartney) (1984)
• Profiles (Nick Mason-Rick Fenn) (1985) (voice and guitar in "Lie For A Lie")
• Brother Where You Bound (Supertramp) (1985) (guitar on "Brother Where You Bound")
• So Red The Rose (Arcadia) (1985)
• Boys and Girls (Bryan Ferry) (1985)
• White City: A Novel (Pete Townshend) (1986)
• Slave To The Rhythm (Grace Jones) (1987)
• The Dream Academy (The Dream Academy) (1988)
• One More Story (Peter Cetera) (1988)
• Flowers in the Dirt (Paul McCartney) (1989)
• Roé(Roé) (1990)
• The One (Elton John) (1992) (guitar on "Understanding Women")
• Run Devil Run (Paul McCartney) (1999)
• A Valid Path (Alan Parsons) (2004) (guitar in "Return to Tungunska")
• Metallic Spheres (The Orb) (2010) (voices, guitar and composition)

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