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David Gilmour tells how he turned his biggest weakness into his greatest asset – with a little help from Hank Marvin
The guitarist is a fine example of why players should lean into themselves and not be blinded by what their peers are doing ...
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers: The album David Gilmour believes every guitar player needs to know
Joining Pink Floyd in 1967, the guitar stylings of David Gilmour represented a bold new era of rock, but he owed his ...
“Outside my usual scope”: The Pink Floyd and solo songs David Gilmour called his best guitar playing
Former Pink Floyd leader David Gilmour reflected on the songs he felt incorporated his best guitar solos from the band's ...
“I couldn’t”: David Gilmour’s biggest weakness as a guitarist
Despite being one of the most influential guitar players around, David Gilmour would be the first to admit this major weakness in his skill set.
“There’s not an awful lot of happy songs”: the artist David Gilmour called the only happy songwriter
Rock and roll did have a cynical slant to it, but David Gilmour knew a few people had the power of writing happy music now and again. Read more here.
Pink Floyd’s top 10 most popular songs ranked - No. 2 is an all-time classic
From haunting melodies to iconic guitar solos, explore the songs that have shaped Pink Floyd's legacy, ranked in order of ...
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Amazing Debut Albums From 1978: Kate Bush, Van Halen, and More
The year 1978 was a good one for debut albums. Here are three that kickstarted successful careers and helped catapult these ...
Melodies of dissent: The enduring power of anti-war songs
In the summer of 1969, as the Vietnam War raged, Jimi Hendrix stepped onto the Woodstock  stage and bent the US national ...
The guitarist Paul McCartney said no one could match: “Unique style of playing”
No one ever really talks about Paul McCartney as a technician. On the incredibly rare occasion you meet someone who is relatively unfamiliar with his work, you don’t speak to him as a sort of Jimi ...