Pink floyd david gilmour biography

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He joined in , shortly before the departure of the founder member Syd Barrett. He received the award for Outstanding Contribution at the Q Awards. Gilmour has taken part in projects related to issues including animal rights , environmentalism, homelessness, poverty, and human rights. He has married twice and is the father of eight children. His wife, the novelist Polly Samson , has contributed lyrics to many of his songs.

Gilmour's parents encouraged him to pursue his interest in music, and in he bought his first single, Bill Haley 's " Rock Around the Clock " [ 9 ] before his enthusiasm was stirred the following year by Elvis Presley 's " Heartbreak Hotel ", and later " Bye Bye Love " by the Everly Brothers piqued his interest in the guitar. Gilmour borrowed a guitar from a neighbour, but never gave it back.

Soon afterward, he started teaching himself to play using a book and record set by Pete Seeger. In , Gilmour began studying A-Level modern languages at the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology , [ 11 ] but despite not finishing the course, he eventually learned to speak fluent French. They recorded a one-sided album and a single at Regent Sound Studio, in Denmark Street , west London, but only 50 copies of each were made.

At age 19, Gilmour hitchhiked to Saint-Tropez , France. Barrett and his friends also drove there and met up with him before they were arrested for busking. The trio performed under the name Flowers, then Bullitt, but were not commercially successful.

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After hearing their covers of chart hits, club owners were reluctant to pay them, and soon after their arrival in Paris, thieves stole their equipment. During his stay, he watched Pink Floyd record " See Emily Play " and was shocked to find that Barrett did not seem to recognise him after beginning to suffer mental health problems. In December , after Gilmour had returned to England, Mason invited him to join Pink Floyd to cover for the increasingly erratic Barrett.