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Snowy White on His Years With Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, and Thin Lizzy

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Guitarist Snowy White barely knew who Pink Floyd were when he joined them on tour in 1977. He would wind up performing with Roger Waters for decades.

Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features guitarist Terence “Snowy” White.

When Roger Waters put a band together for his 1999 In the Flesh comeback tour, bringing guitarist Snowy White into the mix was a no-brainer. Their history goes all the way back to 1976 when White joined Pink Floyd as a live member for the Animals tour. He stuck around for the 1980 Wall tour and Waters brought him back for his own 1990 Wall show in Berlin. Simply put, there was no other guitarist on earth (short of David Gilmour) more qualified for the job.

“Roger phoned me up and he said, ‘I’m only doing this little tour, just three weeks,‘” the guitarist recalls. “‘It would nice if you were in the band.’ I agreed to do it since it seemed like a nice chance to get out to America and do some shows. I thought it would just be three weeks, but that short tour turned into 13 years.”

White is most famous for his five-decade history with Pink Floyd and Roger Waters, but he was also a member of Thin Lizzy in the early Eighties and he’s played with everyone from Peter Green to Mick Taylor. He also scored a hit on his own in 1983 with “Bird of Paradise.”

We phoned up White at his home in Petersfield, England, to hear his whole saga, going all the way back to his earliest days on the British blues circuit. “You’re dredging up memories,” he says, “that were almost lost to the mists of time.”

Below is a short excerpt of the interview



How did you wind up on the 8-track version of “Pigs on the Wing”?

It was that same day. We went back in the control room after I was offered the gig. Roger said, “As long as you’re here, you might as well record something.” They’d been recording “Pigs on the Wing.”

He said, “Why don’t you do a solo in the middle? Use any guitar you like.” There was this white Strat there. I picked it up and played a solo. A few days later, Rog said to me, “We’ve got some bad news.”

I thought, “Oh, no. The tour is canceled or I’m not on it.” He said, “We’ve decided to split ‘Pigs on the Wing’ between the first half of the beginning of the album and the second half at the end. We’ve lost your solo.” I said, “Is that all?” It didn’t mean anything to me.

Because of the 8-track, they didn’t used to stop. They used to turn around and carry on. They put the solo back in for that. That’s why it’s on that. I have an original here still in its cellophane wrapper, the old 8-track.

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Pink Floyd’s Delicate Sound Of Thunder : Now longer and lovelier than before – Out Now !!

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“Quite a clever forgery,” was Roger Waters’s judgement on 1987’s A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, the first post-Waters, David Gilmour-led Floyd record. Clever enough, in fact, that it didn’t merely echo the formulas and tones of 1975’s Wish You Were Here, it cut to the quick of Floyd’s entire modus operandi.

Just as Meddle and The Dark Side Of The Moon had refined psychedelia into grander statements that hovered above – rather than at the centre of – prog rock, Momentary Lapse was a cultured take on the synthetic sheen of the 80s; sleek-shelled but containing meat. Its accompanying stadium tour was a similarly smart update, combining Floyd’s by-then traditional circular screen, a third eye into the mind of this sonic enigma, with the wire-flying inflatables they’d pioneered for Animals and The Wall.

Their 1988 live album Delicate Sound Of Thunder – expanded to encompass the full 140-minute set on this remix initially released in 2019’s The Later Years box – sounded so stellar it became the first record ever played in space. Fitting, since only aliens unfamiliar with earthling culture would fail to spot the folly of pitting the first disc, a near-complete run through of Momentary Lapse, against the combined might of the Floyd canon compiled on disc two.

Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky (Live, Delicate Sound Of Thunder) [2019 Remix]

Opening with a reassuringly vaporous Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5), the Momentary Lapse disc, now with the A New Machine/ Terminal Frost cycle included, has its moments.

The strident, pop-funk Learning To Fly and oppressive blues The Dogs Of War are among Gilmour’s finest Floyd contributions, and On The Turning Away, for all its Hasselhoff schmaltz, tugs at the same emotional knots as Wish You Were Here.

However, with its gated drums and slap bass it is very much of its era. Which can’t be said of the timeless ‘hits’ of the second set. Here, a monstrous One Of These Days gives way to the bulk of Dark Side, reunited with its centrepiece in a staggering The Great Gig In The Sky, and the slick stadium gleam giving way to a dense, heady euphoria.

If grudgingly firing up only three obvious tracks from The Wall seems like a thumbed nose at Waters, it also helps highlight Gilmour’s own through-line within peak-era Floyd, from Us And Them to a barnstorming Run Like Hell and Comfortably Numb totally owned by Gilmour’s ugly/beautiful guitar playing. Provenance secured.

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Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs – 50 Years On

Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse Posted on 20/11/2020 by Col T20/11/2020

It was 50 years ago that a most unique rock album was released, The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett – an example of “art brut” in music. In a distinctly non-commercial move, the album missed the Christmas market, in spite of a final recording session as early as July 26, 1969. Some say it was held back not to compete with Ummagumma. Syd Barrett probably did not care.

The famous photo sessions with daffodils and a naked Iggy Rose took place in April. The less known but officially commissioned “yoga session” actually took place in October. Some of these so-called yoga photos by Storm Thorgerson ended up on the inside of the original gatefold cover – with the madcap theme in full bloom.

Storm shows us Syd Barrett with his head up in the clouds and beyond, and several creepy images that spawn almost like octopus tentacles from his torso. To remove any debate about the nature of the imagery there is also an image of Syd with a cracked head at the bottom of the gatefold. Top center, Syd seems to have his head stuck in a TV set and top left is an even more odd image and a bit of a mystery: A baby and some sort of tool against nasal congestion (?). Storm took weird to new levels with this inside cover! EMI probably did well in selecting among the April photos for the cover.

The cover art notwithstanding, The Madcap Laughs was actually created in a happy time window. Syd had in 1969 left behind him his annus horribilis and gained new hope, much thanks to Malcolm Jones, and new love with Gala Pinion. The spring and summer also included the build-up to the moon landing, the anticipation of the Woodstock concert and, more importantly for Syd, the return to stage by Bob Dylan after three long years away from the public eye.

When the album was released things had changed. The end of the year turned darker, much darker, and all too well showed that the 1960s were over. For the hippie generation, two serious blows were dealt when in December the link between the Manson family and their atrocities was fully uncovered and the tragic Altamont festival played out.

Therefore, The Madcap Laughs, in all its darkness, holds a special lighter place in time. Syd, in love again, had embarked in a daffodil-filled springtime on recordings that would go on to form an outstanding collection on one of rock music’s enduringly legendary albums.

Join us in wishing Happy Golden Anniversary to the magic Madcap album.

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Chester Kamen Of David Gilmour & Roger Waters Fame Debuts New Single “Brand New Day”

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Chester Kamen “Brand New Day”

Chester Kamen, Former lead guitarist with Roger Waters band and last seen playing With David Gilmour on the 2016 Rattle That Lock tour has been busy writing and working on his forthcoming album,

November see’s the release of “Brand New Day” which is the second side of the “Take This “ album which is currently in progress.

As Chester says briefly “This song is optimistic in outlook”  All instruments and lead vocals are by Chester. Additional musicians feature Drums by Chuck Sabo and Backing vocals by Rej App Gwynedd .

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Nick Mason : Saucerful Of Secrets – Live At The Roundhouse To Be Shown On Sky Arts Saturday 11th November

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Set The Controls for Record!

The perfect opportunity to have a look (and save some money). If you have access to Sky Arts then our film “Live At The Roundhouse” is on next Saturday 21st November at 10pm.

The full version is being screened which includes all of the band talking about the project amongst some fantastic songs that the band LOVE (and miss) playing together.

 

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Guy Pratt posts new “Lockdown Licks” video featuring See Emily Play

Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse Posted on 13/11/2020 by Col T20/11/2020

Guy Pratt has posted another episode of Lockdown Licks, his new YouTube series where he discusses and plays bass parts from throughout his career.

The newest episode below features the bass lines to See Emily Play

LDL Ep 17 See Emily Play NMSOS

Enjoy!

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New Single From Holly Penfield Features Long Serving Roger Waters Collaborators Ian Ritchie & Dave Kilminster

Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse Posted on 10/11/2020 by Col T10/11/2020
Holly Penfield - What A Weird World This Is

Released 7th November 2020 is the new single from Holly Penfield, Co-Written by the legendary Ian Ritchie who has been the saxaphone player in Roger Waters Touring band since 2006 and was the producer behind Roger’s Radio K.A.O.S album.

Written as a stand alone single in November 2020 the song features Holly Penfield (ukulele, vocals), Ian Ritchie of Roger Waters fame (bass, vocals, harmonica), Jack Thomas (drums), John Ashton Thomas (keyboards) and Dave Kilminster Lead Guitarist of Rogers Touring band since 2006 (guitars).

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Mind Head Publishing announce publication of its new book : High Hopes – David Gilmour : The Origins of the Voice and Guitar of Pink Floyd

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Mind Head Publishing is delighted to announce the publication of its new book High Hopes – David Gilmour : The Origins of the Voice and Guitar of Pink Floyd,

 

Friday 6 November 2020 sees the publication of the most detailed biography of David Gilmour’s early history in print.Warren Dosanjh and Glenn Povey trace Gilmour’s career from the very beginning. High Hopes tells the story of Gilmour’s upbringing, childhood and influences as well the bands he performed in and sets into context the relationships developed in his hometown of Cambridge.

A wealth of previously unpublished photographs, anecdotes from school friends, former bandmates and family are brought together to tell the definitive story of a shy yet determined teenager who went on to become the voice and guitar of Pink Floyd.

High Hopes will be available as a limited edition run of 500 books, numbered and signed by the authors.

About the authors:

Warren Dosanjh has lived in Cambridge his entire life and brings a wealth of local music history and knowledge to the story. He was also the manager of Syd Barrett’s pre-Pink Floyd band Those Without.

Glenn Povey has written extensively on the history of Pink Floyd with several published reference works including the acclaimed Echoes, The Complete Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd in Objects and Treasures of Pink Floyd.

More information can be found over at www.mindheadpublishing.co.uk
Order now online at: https://www.mindheadpublishing.co.uk
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A Fleeting Glimpse – Win Roger Waters Us & Them On NTSC DVD – Winner Announced

Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse Posted on 09/11/2020 by Col T10/11/2020

To Coincide with the October release of the critically aclaimed Roger Waters : Us & Them Film, A Fleeting Glimpse is delighted to offer our visitors from all across the world a chance to own the NTSC DVD version for their collection.

Roger Waters: Us + Them is a 2019 British concert film by English musician Roger Waters, founding member of Pink Floyd. The film was directed by Waters and Sean Evans, and it captures a truncated performance from Waters’ 2017–18 live tour.

The film features songs from Pink Floyd albums and Waters’ last album, Is This the Life We Really Want?. It also featured across the four shows from the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. The film starts focusing Roger Waters, Dave Kilminster, Jon Carin, Jonathan Wilson, Joey Waronker, Gus Seyffert, Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe from the band Lucius, Bo Koster and Ian Ritchie.


A Huge thank you to all 512 of you from across the globe that have entered, 309 of you got the correct answer, We inputed all names into a random name picker to make this as fair as possible.

Winner Announced : Congratulations David, Please check your emails for all correspondance. Thank you all for entering.

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Col Meeting Roger Waters, In The Flesh Tour 2002
Col Meeting Roger Waters, Dark Side Of The Moon Tour 2007
Col Meeting Roger Waters, Dark Side Of The Moon Tour 2008
Col Meeting Storm Thorgeson, Taken By Storm Exhibition 2008
Col Meeting Guy Pratt, Breakfast Of Idiots Shows 2009
Col Meeting Roger Waters, Us & Them Tour 2018
Col Meeting Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets, Echoes Tour 2023


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