AG-1 perhaps i am Tony Iommi?

[Simon Barden]

A rather badly worded headline in that article. It should read along the lines of "Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi names his greatest guitar riff off all time", which he gives as Smoke On the Water.

David Gilmour was just really dedicated to making it. My friend Ivan, who was a contemporary of DG in Cambridge in the 1960s and played in some of the same bands and sometimes depped on guitar for Floyd in their early days, was discussing Pink Floyd's success with him and Dave said that Ivan could play guitar just as well as him, maybe better, but Dave just wanted success so much more and made it happen.

[m0j0]

A rather badly worded headline in that article. It should read along the lines of "Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi names his greatest guitar riff off all time", which he gives as Smoke On the Water.

David Gilmour was just really dedicated to making it. My friend Ivan, who was a contemporary of DG in Cambridge in the 1960s and played in some of the same bands and sometimes depped on guitar for Floyd in their early days, was discussing Pink Floyd's success with him and Dave said that Ivan could play guitar just as well as him, maybe better, but Dave just wanted success so much more and made it happen.

I thought it was just me that read that headline four times trying to work out how Tony Iommi could be classified as a guitar riff.

Our London office is not too far from David Gilmour's house in Notting Hill. My colleagues often frequented the same cafe (it's gone now). Most of the guys are too young to know who he is but those that do say he is quite approachable and a really nice guy. Unfortunately, when I was over there I never did "bump into him." Probably a good thing because the fan-boy in me probably would have made an idiot of himself.

[OliSam]

A rather badly worded headline in that article. It should read along the lines of "Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi names his greatest guitar riff off all time", which he gives as Smoke On the Water.

David Gilmour was just really dedicated to making it. My friend Ivan, who was a contemporary of DG in Cambridge in the 1960s and played in some of the same bands and sometimes depped on guitar for Floyd in their early days, was discussing Pink Floyd's success with him and Dave said that Ivan could play guitar just as well as him, maybe better, but Dave just wanted success so much more and made it happen.

I often wonder what brings the drive out in some but not others. Perhaps they do not have a Plan B? Or plan B is to make Plan A work.

I have known a few guys with no Plan B. Not all of them made it.
Sorry for getting philosophical.
(PS: I still want to be David Gilmour…………..a lot)


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