English rock musician, singer-songwriter and composer... mostly seen standing on top of a bloody great 'Wall' playing guitar with Roger Waters from Pink Floyd!!
Twenty years ago today I played my first ever show with Roger Waters… a small, intimate little warm up gig in front of 70,000 people at the ‘Rock in Rio’ festival… which bizarrely was actually in Lisbon, Portugal!! 🇵🇹
It’s been quite a journey…. ✨
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I was tagged in this video recently, so I thought I’d repost it here… it’s a clip from a guitar instructional DVD that I filmed for @licklibrary… obviously WAY before my stints with Roger Waters & Steven Wilson… and apparently before I discovered sleep by the looks of it!! 🤣
Those lovely chaps at Prog Rock Songs asked me to compile a ‘prog’ playlist, so here it is!!
There were a few songs I really wanted to include (like ‘The Bells of Berlin’ by Lone Star) but unfortunately they’re not on Spotify...
Hope you enjoy this selection anyway!! 😎✨🤘🏼
𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦: 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗
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Each chapter dives into the musical tastes of progressive rock artists, featuring the tracks that shaped their sound and inspired their creativity.
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𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙁𝙞𝙫𝙚 : 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳
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𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸: open.spotify.com/playlist/0V…
Twenty years ago today I got up at stupid o’clock & drove myself down to Sensible Studios in North London for an early morning audition with a certain Mr. Waters.
🦶🏻note; this wonderful picture by Kate Izor obviously isn’t from my audition, but I thought it set the scene nicely
A little throwback to 2017, during the ‘Us & Them’ tour… taken on June 20th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
HUGE thanks to Jill & Gary at Tour Bus Live for the cool photo!! ✨
Really can’t believe it’s ten years today that we lost my friend, bandmate, musical hero & favourite keyboard player on the planet…
✨Keith Emerson✨
Still miss my beautiful friend… 💔
By the way, there’s a special Keith Emerson cover story in the new @ClassicRockMag ✨
We celebrated Valentine’s weekend by (finally!!) seeing the film about my favourite vocalist ever!!!
♥️ Jeff Buckley - It’s Never Over… ♥️
Also had a short interview with Prog Magazine… more later!!
📷 by Merri Cyr…
@ProgMagazineUK@merrifairy
⛄️🍁Happy Winter Solstice!! ❄️🍷
Can’t believe it’s just over two years since the end of the RW ‘This Is Not a Drill’ tour!!! I really miss beautiful scenes like this, from the Allianz Parque in São Paulo… ✨🧡✨
Just spent a long weekend in London to celebrate María’s birthday!! ✨🩵✨
We saw ‘ABBA Voyage’ (amazing show!!), various Christmas lights & markets 🎄✨🎅🏼🍷 & got to see Radiohead at the O2!!!
Nice to see Mr Gilmour in attendance, too… ☺️
@ABBAVoyage@radiohead@davidgilmour
Searching for the perfect Christmas gift? Then look no further than these gorgeous Paoletti guitars!! ✨😍✨
The black one in the video is actually brand new & played straight out the box!!
HUGE thanks to @paolettiguitars for my guitars & María for the video & guitar design. ✨
I first saw Black Sabbath on 26th May 1978 at the Bristol Colston Hall on their ‘Never Say Die’ tour (with support courtesy of an unknown U.S. band called Van Halen!!)…
What an amazing career… and what an incredible finale!!! ✨♥️✨
RIP Oz…
@OzzyOsbourne@BlackSabbath
So apparently there’s a new film out tomorrow… anyone going to see it? 🙂
Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill: Live From Prague - The Movie!!!
Tickets & locations available now:
rogerwaters.film
Thanks to the incredible stage ninja Kate Izor for the cool pic!!! 📷
Listening to ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’ & ‘Sabotage’ in the gym today in honour of Ozzy’s final show with Black Sabbath tonight!! 🤘🏼
Unfortunately we won’t be there as we’re currently a few thousand miles away… 😬
@BlackSabbath@OzzyOsbourne#backtothebeginning
Finally got to see Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII at the cinema yesterday, complete with fab new sound courtesy of @StevenWilsonHQ
I met the director Adrian Maben backstage a few years ago, where I confessed to him that I’d never seen it before… but now I have!! ☺️✨♥️