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The Sands of Berrow "superb eclectic album |
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| Location: | Burnham on sea, Southwest |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | Jul 8, 2008 (524 days back) |
About Me |
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| 6th July Latest news. Now 6 in the Myspace UK Top Artists Southern Rock Chart and 47 in the Country Chart Scottish born but based in Somerset, David A Gilmour plays guitar, bass, keyboards and drums. By the way, he also sings, writes and records his own material. David has played with a number of bands in Scotland and England including "Anthem", "Revolver" and "So What?.His current solo album "The Sands of Berrow ( and other places )" was released by Gilden Records on 15th April 2007. NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD FROM THE PLAYER BELOW "a superb eclectic album" Burnham and Highbridge Times Married to the wonderful Dee, who acts as manager, tour manager and all round support. He is a member of the International Songwriters Association. Started playing at 15 with his brother Billy and a few friends including Derek Hamilton and Mike Miller (now a pro golfer). He and Bill stuck with it and worked with a number of people including Harry Driscoll (see Revolver) under a variety of names. Eventually they settled on "Playground" which ran for a few years and which at one time included Brian Robertson, who went on to join "Thin Lizzy". From the road crew, Davy McLafferty became tour manager for "The Pretenders" and Sandy worked with "Thin Lizzy" Bill joined "Gold" with Harry Driscoll and a few other people - Billy Robertson and Jimmy Grant amongst them and David joined "Anthem". That band suffered a major setback when all the gear was stolen, just as they seemed to be on the verge of some success - Radio 1 was interested; as were a couple of record companies and producers. Several tracks of original material were recorded but never commercially released. "Anthem" kept going for a while after that, but the heart had really been knocked out of the band. Playing social clubs to pay for the replacement gear was soul destroying. (thanks are still due to McCormacks Music in Glasgow and many friends for their help and support) David and John Williams from Anthem formed a writing partnership and the short-lived "Direct Drive" with Matt Neilson and Steve Irvine (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions). After a break, David approached John Williams with an idea to form "Revolver" which would be a 60's revival band. They roped in Harry and Bill, added drummer Ray Hackett and produced "The Revolver EP" on 7" vinyl, copies of which still sell (some mint copies are still available from David). "Revolver" played some memorable gigs including support to "The Drifters" Career considerations took David and Dee to the east coast of Scotland where he met and formed a duo with Doug Low - "Twilight Zone". David and Dee settled in Somerset in 2000, where David performs as a solo act, as well as working with other musicians. "So What?" was formed with friends Teri, Jamei Roberts (ex Mungo Jerry), Lee Holloway-smith and Dave "Parky" Parkington. Tony Metcalfe played keyboards for a time, but other commitments meant he couldn't work full time with the band. A 4 track CD was recorded at Beehive Studios in August 2005. David left the band to concentrate on writing new material and getting the current album together. Bands: Playground (David Gilmour - guitar/bass/vocals, Bill Gilmour - keyboards/vocals, George Tucker - guitar/vocals, Brian Robertson - guitar/vocals, Cameron McNair, (Ronnie Stephenson, John Ward plus a few others) - drums . Road crew: Sandy McAdam, Davy McLafferty.) Anthem (David Gilmour - guitar/keyboards/vocals, John Williams - guitar/vocals, Ronnie Finlayson - bass/vocals, Robert Lindsay - vocals and Alec Stenhouse - drums. Road crew: John "Cass" Cassidy, Joe Austin) Direct Drive (David Gilmour - guitar/vocals, John Williams -guitar/vocals, Matt Neilson - bass and Stephen Irvine - drums) Revolver (David Gilmour - guitar/vocals, John Williams - guitar/vocals, Bill Gilmour - keyboards/vocals, Harry Driscoll (Hudson Swan, Jim Boyle) - bass and Ray Hackett (Alec Stenhouse, Mungo White) - drums. Road crew: John "Cass" Cassidy, Andrew Lanney) Twilight Zone (David Gilmour - vocals/bass and Doug Low - vocals/guitar) So What? (David Gilmour - guitar/vocals, Teri - vocals, Lee Holloway-smith - guitar/vocals, Dave Parkington - bass and Jamei Roberts - drums) For the technically minded Guitars: Gibson SG Special, Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster, Chris Eccleshall Les Paul Junior, Squier Precision Bass, Hoyer 12 string acoustic, De Ville 6 string acoustic. Guitar strings by Olympia Strings Amplifiers: Fender Super Amp 1964 Effects: Digitech RP7 Processor, Cry Baby wah pedal, Korg tuner Keyboards and modules:. Korg X3, Yamaha SK10, Korg Micropreset monosynth, Casio CT 310, Alesis SR16 P A: Behringer desk, MM power amps, Peavey speakers, AKG and Shure mics The Padded Cell Studio: Fostex R8 8 track reel to reel tape recorder, Revox A77 stereo tape recorder, Mac G4 running Protools 6.9 with Control Freak Studio as fader bank, Soundcraft Spirit desk, Alesis monitors, Tannoy Devon monitors, Alesis and JVC power amps, Tascam CDRW 700 CD recorder, Sony and JVC cassette decks, Zoom and Yamaha reverbs, LA Audio and Behringer compressors, MXR graphic EQ, Rhode NTK valve, AKG C1000, Toshiba back electret and Shure dynamic microphones. |
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Music:Member Since: 3/28/2007Band Members: David Gilmour: vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion Special thanks to: Dee Gilmour: management, tour management, love and support Wendy Cobbledick: Photography Trevor Clement: Lyrics "Georgia Peach" Olympia Strings : guitar strings Previous Recordings: "Anthem" 1975 (unreleased) Recorded at CaVa Studio, Glasgow. Engineer:- Brian Young "Going out, coming in" (Gilmour) "Lady, Lady" (Gilmour) "Rock you tonight" (Williams) "I'll see you" (Williams) "Bourbon Street" (Stenhouse) "The Revolver EP" 1982 Recorded at Park Lane Studio, Glasgow. Engineer:- Kenny McDonald "Sha la la la lee" (Marriot/Lane) "This boy/Yes it is" (Lennon/McCartney) "I can't let Maggie go" (Dello) "Pretty Woman" (Orbison) "So What?" 2006 (demo) Recorded at The Beehive Studio, Somerset. Engineer:- Ollie "Already Gone" (Tempchin/Standling) "Come up and see me" (Harley) "Superstition" (Wonder) "The First Cut is the Deepest" (Stevens)P Influences: Grew up with the usual 1960's stuff, as well as the British blues bands of the late 60's , but soon got heavily into Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers and most of the US West Coast stuff as well as The Allman Brothers and that southern rock thing.British bands like Brinsley Schwartz and Elvis Costello were a big influence. Still a great admirer of Nick Lowe.However, just about anything is an inspiration and a learning experience. Heroes?:Guitar - Peter Green, Clapton, Elliott Randall & Hendrix(of course): Bass - Walter Becker, the late Phil Lynott: Keyboards - the late Billy Preston, Stevie Wonder: Drums - Steve Gadd: Vocals - Paul Rodgers, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Paul Carrack: Writing - Donald Fagen,Walter Becker, Brian Wilson, Nick Lowe, Bob Dylan -A real mix! Sounds Like: Don't really sound like anyone else. I've been told the album sounds like Phil Spector meets country rock, but I don't know about that. Record Label: Gilden Records Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Southern Rock / Country / Folk Rock) |
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| It's been a while since I posted a blog on the site. Basically, I suppose that it's been an incredibly busy year and it's difficult to find the time to fit in writing, recording, promotion and various... Posted by David A Gilmour on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:42:00 PST |
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