What co-founder of the band Pink Floyd wrote and performed "Granchester Meadows"?
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Grantchester Meadows (song) "Grantchester Meadows" is the second track from the studio disc of the experimental Pink Floyd album "Ummagumma." It was written and performed entirely by Roger Waters. The song features his lyrics accompanied by an acoustic guitar played by Waters himself, while a tape loop of a skylark chirps in the background throughout the entire song. At approximately 4:13, the sound of a honking goose is temporarily introduced, followed by the sound of it taking off. This song was one of several to be considered for but ultimately excluded from the band's "best of" album, "".
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Roger Waters George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English singer, songwriter, bassist, and composer. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd with drummer Nick Mason, keyboardist Rick Wright, and guitarist, singer, and songwriter Syd Barrett. Waters initially served as the group's bassist, but following the departure of Barrett in 1968, he also became their lyricist, co-lead vocalist, and conceptual leader.
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The Black Strat The Black Strat is the nickname for a black Fender Stratocaster guitar played by David Gilmour of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It appeared for the first time with Gilmour at the 1970 Bath Festival.
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Neil Yates Neil Yates (born in Stockport, Cheshire, 1970) is a British jazz and folk musician.
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PJ Harvey Polly Jean Harvey MBE (born 9 October 1969) known as PJ Harvey, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments.
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Keith Emerson Keith Noel Emerson (2 November 1944 – 11 March 2016) was an English musician and composer. He played keyboards in a number of bands before finding his first commercial success with the Nice in the late 1960s. He became internationally famous for his work with the Nice, which included writing rock arrangements of classical music. After leaving the Nice in 1970, he was a founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), one of the early progressive rock supergroups. Emerson, Lake & Palmer were commercially successful through much of the 1970s, becoming one of the best-known progressive rock groups of the era. Emerson wrote and arranged much of ELP's music on albums such as "Tarkus" (1971) and "Brain Salad Surgery" (1973), combining his own original compositions with classical or traditional pieces adapted into a rock format.
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The Wall Live (2010–13) The Wall Live was a worldwide concert tour by Roger Waters, formerly of Pink Floyd. The tour is the first time the Pink Floyd album "The Wall" has been performed in its entirety by the band or any of its former members since Waters performed the album live in Berlin 21 July 1990. According to Cole Moreton of the "Daily Mail", "The touring version of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" is one of the most ambitious and complex rock shows ever staged." It is estimated that the tour cost £37 million ($60M) to stage. The first leg of the tour grossed in North America over $89.5 million from 56 concerts. It was the second-highest-grossing concert tour in North America in 2010 and the third-highest-grossing concert tour worldwide as of 2013. As of 2013, the tour holds the record for being the highest-grossing tour for a solo musician, surpassing the previous record holder, Madonna.
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Peter Frampton Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950) is an English rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. At the end of his 'group' career was Frampton's international breakthrough album his live release, "Frampton Comes Alive!" The album sold in the United States more than 8 million copies and spawned several single hits. Since then he has released several major albums. He has also worked with David Bowie and both Matt Cameron and Mike McCready from Pearl Jam, among others.
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On the Run (instrumental) "On the Run" is the third track from British progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album, "The Dark Side of the Moon". It is an instrumental piece performed on an EMS synthesizer (Synthi AKS). It deals with the pressures of travel, which, according to Richard Wright, would often bring fear of death.
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Peter Jenner Peter Jenner (born 1943) is a British music manager and a record producer. Jenner, Andrew King and the original four members of Pink Floyd were partners in Blackhill Enterprises.
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Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song) "Wish You Were Here" is the title track on Pink Floyd's 1975 album "Wish You Were Here". Like most of the album, it refers to former Pink Floyd member Syd Barrett and his breakdown. David Gilmour and Roger Waters collaborated to write the music, and Gilmour sang the lead vocal.
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What Do You Want from Me (Pink Floyd song) "What Do You Want from Me" is a song by Pink Floyd featured on their 1994 album, "The Division Bell". It was composed by Richard Wright, David Gilmour, and his then-girlfriend and subsequent wife Polly Samson. A live version from "Pulse" was released as a single in Canada, reaching #28 in the Canadian Top Singles charts.
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Peter Salisbury Peter Anthony Salisbury (born 24 September 1971) is an English rock drummer, best known as the drummer for The Verve, whom he co-founded in 1989.
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David Gilmour (album) David Gilmour is the debut solo studio album by Pink Floyd guitarist and co-lead vocalist David Gilmour. The album was released in May and June 1978 in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. The album reached number 17 in the UK and number 29 on the Billboard US album charts; it was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. The album was produced by Gilmour, and consists mostly of blues, guitar oriented rock songs except for the piano-dominated ballad "So Far Away".
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Coming Back to Life "Coming Back to Life" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1994 album "The Division Bell", and is credited solely to David Gilmour.
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Burning Bridges (Pink Floyd song) "Burning Bridges" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1972 album "Obscured by Clouds". It shares a similar tune to the instrumental "Mudmen" on the same album.
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About Face (album) About Face is the second solo studio album by the English guitarist-singer-songwriter David Gilmour. It was originally released in March 1984, on the label Harvest in the UK, and Columbia in the US. Co-produced by Bob Ezrin and Gilmour, the album was recorded in 1983, in sessions that took place at Pathé Marconi Studio, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Two tracks, "All Lovers Are Deranged" and the more radio-friendly "Love on the Air", were co-written by Gilmour and his long-time friend Pete Townshend, the main songwriter for The Who (Gilmour composed the music and Townshend wrote the lyrics). The remainder of the tracks are credited solely to Gilmour. In May of the same year, fellow Pink Floyd member Roger Waters released his first official solo album "The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking".
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Jem Finer Jeremy Max "Jem" Finer (born 25 July 1955) is an English musician, artist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Pogues.
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Richard Wright (musician) Richard William Wright (28 July 1943 – 15 September 2008) was an English musician, composer, singer, and songwriter. He was a founder member, keyboardist, and vocalist of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, performing on all but one of the group's albums including "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", "The Dark Side of the Moon", "Wish You Were Here" and "The Division Bell", and playing on all of their tours.
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Jon Carin Jon Carin (born October 21, 1969) is a Grammy Award winning musician, singer, songwriter and producer who has been a longtime collaborator with the band Pink Floyd and the solo careers of David Gilmour and Roger Waters, The Who, Pete Townshend, Eddie Vedder, Kate Bush
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The Grand Vizier's Garden Party "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" is a three-part instrumental from Pink Floyd's "Ummagumma" album. The name refers to the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, who was the first minister of the Sultan.
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The Australian Pink Floyd Show The Australian Pink Floyd Show, more frequently referred to as the Australian Pink Floyd, are a Pink Floyd tribute band formed in 1988 in Adelaide, South Australia. Their live shows attempt to recreate the look, feel, and sound of Pink Floyd's later world tours, employing visual aids such as lasers, inflatables and a large display panel similar to "Mr Screen". The Australian Pink Floyd Show play venues worldwide.