On this latest episode of Guitar & Pen, Craig Branch of the Can’t Find My Way Home podcast joins me once again to discuss a new release by a Pink Floyd alumnus. The topic of G&P #5 was Roger Waters’ The Dark Side of the Moon Redux, a “reimagining” of the 1973 classic which needs no introduction. Today we present its companion episode, G&P #6, in which we review David Gilmour’s Luck and Strange, an album which the guitar hero himself rather unbelievably describes as the best he’s been involved with since that aforementioned 1973 classic. Press play above to listen to the full audio and/or press play below to watch the livestream and/or the final edit.
According to Google, Luck and Strange has an approval rating of 98%, whereas opinion on DSOTM Redux is split at exactly 50%. Which album do you prefer, audiophile?
Show Notes
To my ears, nothing on Luck and Strange can match the energy of this track (a collaboration with Pete Townshend) from Gilmour’s second solo album:
The prototype of the Gilmour Family Singers:
Father and daughter deliver live:
But are you familiar with the original?
I knew I had heard of the Montgolfier Brothers before!
Steve Gadd showcase:
The inspiration for “Dark and Velvet Nights”?
“A Single Spark” is not the first time Nabokov has been channeled in a pop song:
The obligatory self-promotion (shameless, as usual):
Pentangle sample:
Yes, Roger can still play bass:
DG and Ice-T?!
GN’R meets AC/DC (meets Aerosmith):
Next on G&P
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