Remembering Richard Wright
David Gilmour and his solo band appeared on Later…with Jools Holland last night, and thanks to the wonders of iPlayer and YouTube, you can catch the best bits now. Apart from a rather good performance by Elbow, David had a piano-side chat with Jools about Richard, his musical style and contributions to Pink Floyd’s sound. In tribute, they played an early Pink Floyd track, Remember A Day that can be found on the Saucerful of Secrets album. It’s a very interesting track, with an unusual drum beat, some slide-guitar work seldom seen from David and has the ’spaced-out’ feeling of most of their early work. This would be the final album where you could feel this, as they would move to more conventional rock and blues styles in their future works. Nether less, this is a lovely tribute for a lovely man.
My hopes continue that David will take his band out on another tour next year and I will be sure not to miss this, and make the mistake of not acting fast enough back in 2006.