David Gilmour - Picks Mandolin Outside the Wall

[Treblemaker]

Yesterday marked one of only 4 times that (the remaining) members of Pink Floyd have reunited on stage since their less than amicable break up. It's a shame what music the masses lose out on when uber talented Millionaires just can't get along.

As part of his extensive World Tour, Roger Waters kicked off a 6 night run of the Wall at the 02 Arena in London yesterday with David Gilmour playing his epic Comfortably Numb Solo from atop the Wall.

A really good pal of mine had VIP Backstage Passes and primo seats for this gig in London yesterday and confirmed for me that for the last number, "Outside the Wall," Gilmour came out playing Mandolin - as it somewhat vaguely shows in the picture within the link below.... I imagine Gilmour could probably play the heck out of a mandolin, but probably not at the same skill level as John Paul Jones or Jimmy Page...
Incidentally, Drummer Nick Mason played Tambourine for this last song.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pink-floyd-reunite-at-roger-waters-show-in-london-20110512

Fan Shot Video of Comfortably Numb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd ed&v=VNRSChj6w4c

Enjoy....

Treblemaker

[Dan Hoover]

wow..very cool..made my day...:)

[Treblemaker]

BBC Pro Shot of Comfortably Numb...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13389333

[Daniel Nestlerode]

The second YouTube video in the Rolling Stone article shows GE Smith playing emando alongside Gilmour.

Daniel

[Ed Goist]

This was so great to see!
Pink Floyd has meant so much to me for so many years.
Thank you so much for posting.
However, I must say that the absence of Richard Wright made me very sad. Wright was so pivotal to everything that was Pink Floyd. Musically, I miss him terribly.

[Kevin Stevens]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPzwmfRJDII&feature=related

Here is a good video from the event with mando content!

[JeffD]

A teenaged son of a friend of mine read the link and saw the video and said, "oh, thats old timey rock and roll".

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[Jim MacDaniel]

Thanks for the link. Gilmour is by far my favorite rock guitarist of all time, with so many memorable solos -- including two nice extended solos that song alone.

[mrmando]

Looks like Gilmour is playing some '70s Korean-made mandolin-shaped-object-of-a-highly-disposable-nature, and Smith has an Eastwood Mandocaster:

http://i52.############/ot45kx.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/MiamiU_bucket/IMG_2681.jpg

[Jim MacDaniel]

It's kind of funny when you see someone holding an Eastwood, which gives it a better visual reference in terms of scale. I always liked them when when photographed on their own, but when someone is holding one, they transform from cool to cute - lol

[Ed Goist]

Thanks for the link. Gilmour is by far my favorite rock guitarist of all time, with so many memorable solos -- including two nice extended solos that song alone.

+1! I completely agree Jim. My favorite Gilmour solo has to be the one in Time...Gives me chills every time I hear it!

[Jim MacDaniel]

Hard to choose a favorite, but Time is right up there at the top. Also, Dogs, Money, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and Comfortably Numb.

[Dan Hoover]

there's a dude at the end of the vid,can't make out if he's playing a mandolin,anyone else know? would that be 3 mandos on stage?? sorry,he's at the far end of stage..
i agree also,on david gilmour,one of my favorites..been listening to his last cd,"on a island" the last few rainy days here..good stuff..this vid still makes me very happy..:)

[Ed Goist]

Hard to choose a favorite, but Time is right up there at the top. Also, Dogs, Money, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and Comfortably Numb.

All great! I also really like his version of "There's No Way Out of Here" from his first solo album. Wonderful. The man is a legend.

[Mike Snyder]

"Funky Dung" from Atom Heart Mother really hits his blues roots hard.

[Treblemaker]

Pro shot of Outside the Wall with Gilmour on Acoustic Mando and Water's graceful introduction of his bandmates:
http://bit.ly/outsidethewallpf

[mandopete]

Excellent!

But is it really bluegrass?

:disbelief:

[Jason Kessler]

there's a dude at the end of the vid,can't make out if he's playing a mandolin,anyone else know? would that be 3 mandos on stage?? sorry,he's at the far end of stage..
i agree also,on david gilmour,one of my favorites..been listening to his last cd,"on a island" the last few rainy days here..good stuff..this vid still makes me very happy..:)

I thought at first it was a third mando, but at the very end of the video he caught some light and it looked then like a ukelele.

[dcoventry]

"I was in the kitchen, Seamus, that's my dog, was outside.....";)

[Fretbear]

GE Smith looks like Skeletor or one of the lost Rice Brothers.