David Jon Gilmour was born on 06 March 1946 in Cambridge. Gilmour was in the scene of history as he was the guitarist and soloist of the legendary psychedelic rock music band Pink Floyd and he met with classic guitar when he was just 13. He attracted attention with an amazing ear for music, rhythm skills and command on guitar.
Before becoming famous with Pink Floyd, he went not Paris the capital of France, formed a band and did a Europe tour with this band. In the meantime, he was a male model in Paris as well as he worked on music. The was in Pink Floyd which was the turning point of his life in 1967. When David Gilmour joined the group, Syd Barrett just left the group. This way, the legendary members of the band worked together for five months. David Gilmour was able to make important contributions of the Pink Floyd that had global fame in 1970 and proved to make music beyond their time in terms of philosophical lyrics. The group that had various successful albums and concerts experienced problems after a while. Especially the arguments between Gilmour and Roger Waters, another legend of Pink Floyd in the 1980s was the messenger of the approaching disbanding…
The album that reflects David Gilmour’s own style is the album “The Division Bell”, which was released after Roger Waters parted ways with Pink Floyd. David Gilmour’s style and work were seen in this album. In addition to “The Division Bell”, David Gilmour also has solo albums called “About Face” and “On an Island”. In 1973, he was the producer of a music band called Unicorn and he had experience in this field. Many musical authorities accept that “On the Island” album by David Gilmour is his peak in musical creativity. David Gilmour and Roger Waters who left Pink Floyd years ago were met on July 2005 in Hype Park, London for Live 8 concert. The purpose of the concert was to gather famous groups on the same stage. This way, two legends were back together again.
David Gilmour has aviation hobbies. He loves model planes and flying. He also attends aviation shows. Gilmour has a license to fly a double-engine plane, helicopter and jet. Also, Gilmour is collecting instruments. Gilmour has an expensive guitar collection and he has “Fender Stratocaster” 001 guitar. David Gilmour married to Ginger Gilmour in 1986 but divorced in 1990. His second marriage was to Polly Samson on 29 July 1994. Gilmour has a total of seven children. Three of his children are from his ex-wife and four are from his current wife.
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