I found this article in the newspaper today and thought it may be interesting:
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Modest despite solos for eternity Pink Floyd guitarist Gilmour celebrates 75th birthday.
London On stage he sometimes seems somewhat impassive, almost disinterested. But that is deceptive. When David Gilmour plays the strings, his fans get goose bumps. The British guitarist and singer made musical history with Pink Floyd. In the meantime, however, he no longer feels like talking about his legendary band. Music has long been just a hobby for Gilmour, who turns 75 today. "You can give him a ukulele and he makes it sound like a Strativari violin," raved "The Wall" producer Bob Ezrin about David Gilmour. He himself remained modest. "There are guitarists who are far superior to me technically," he once said in an interview. "You might find a few of them on the London Underground." That's probably Britisher's understatement. David Jon Gilmour, born in Cambridge in 1946, joined Pink Floyd in 1967. He soon replaced founding member Syd Barrett in the group, which played experimental, psychedelic rock at the time. In the 1970s, Pink Floyd not only established itself as a leading force in progressive rock with four ingenious concept albums - "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973), "Wish you were here" (1975), "Animals" (1977) and "The Wall" (1979) - but also became one of the most influential groups in music history. Worldwide, "The Dark Side of the Moon" has sold almost 50 million copies to date, "The Wall" with the famous catchy single "Another Brick in the Wall pt. 2" more than 30 million times. Behind the scenes at Pink Floyd, things were bubbling up at some point. Roger Waters, with whom Gilmour constantly clashed, left in 1985. Under Gilmour's leadership the band continued until the mid-90s. In 2014, the album "The Endless River" - according to Gilmour the band's final work - was created from the remnants of old recording sessions.
