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Tim Renwick’s New Album Vintage Blues Guitar

Jan 312013

Tim Renwick

Pink Floyd sideman Tim Renwick has a new album out called Vintage Blues Guitar. It is available online from CD Baby or you can buy directly from Tim’s website.

Tim has played guitar as a support/session musician for some years and you can read all about the amazing bands Tim has worked with over the years over on his website Chronology. A rather impressive timeline I am sure you will agree.

There is some rather excellent guitar playing on the album as one would expect from such a respected guitarist. If you are in to your blues then you should certainly get yourself a copy of this self published album. It follows on from Tim’s Privateer album out a few years ago.

Here is the tracklisting….

1 Mr Big Noise
2 Carolina
3 Mississippi Mist
4 Rolling Rock
5 Straight, No Chaser
6 What`s Up Doc?
7 Black Day At Jenkins Creek
8 Couldn`t Give A Tuppenny
9 Smooth Operator
10 Rollin` & Tumblin`
11 On The Road
12 Shoe Shine Shuffle
13 Swamp Thing
14 Beer Buzz
15 Jambalaya
16 Southside Serenade
17 BB Good
18 Knee Trembler
19 Couldn`t Give A Tuppenny (Reprise)

Who Is Roger Waters?

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Jul 252012

Who is Roger Waters?

Pink Floyd have always been a faceless band where the music is more important than the people who played the music and wrote the songs. However, Roger Waters was the main songwriter of the band and pretty much took over the creative side of the band in terms of writing songs after Syd Barrett’s departure after Pink Floyd’s debut album Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

Who is Roger Waters? Well, he was the bass player, one of the main singers and the principal songwriter and wrote albums such as Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall give or take a couple of songs here and there.

David Gilmour is the other main protagonist of course being the lead guitarist and every classic rock/prog band needs one of those! David is a fine example of course and, since Roger Waters left the band in the mid 1980s due to his ego getting the better of him, took over the creative output of the band and became the principal songwriter on albums like Division Bell and A Momentary Lapse of Reason.

So, who is Roger Waters? Now you know!

Find out about Roger Waters tour details and perhaps see lots of Roger Waters photos too!

Australian Pink Floyd at Liverpool Echo March 2012

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Mar 042012

Australian Pink Floyd, Liverpool Echo Arena, 2nd March 2012

I had the pleasure of watching the Australian Pink Floyd at The Liverpool Echo Arena on 2nd March 2012. As cover bands go, you can’t really get much better than this.

From a visual perspective, the show is impressive with them having a large circular screen like Pink Floyd use onto which there are various projections and videos. They also use lasers which are always fun and, on this particular tour, they are using lights along the front of the stage as Pink Floyd did on their Division Bell tour. Have a look at this live video of Australian Pink Floyd and see for yourself and see the photo gallery at the bottom of this page! Looking good.

From a sound perspective, they still have it! I saw them perform at Manchester’s MEN Arena a few years ago and they sounded brilliant there. I have to say, with several key members leaving the Aussie Floyd since then to form Brit Floyd, I was a little cautious about whether or not the Aussie Floyd would sound as good anymore. I can confirm they sounded great on the whole and was an enjoyable experience. As cover bands go, you can’t get much better than these guys.

The Australian Pink Floyd have just started their extensive world tour and UK tickets are available as below. Get involved!

Date/City	Venue	Tickets
FEBRUARY 2012
26 Edinburgh	Playhouse	Tickets
27 Glasgow	Clyde Auditorium	Tickets
28 Newcastle	City Hall	Tickets

MARCH 2012
1 Sheffield	City Hall	Tickets
2 Liverpool	Liverpool Echo Arena	Tickets
4 Manchester	Manchester Apollo	Tickets
5 Llandudno	Llandudno Theatre	Tickets
7 Preston	Preston Guildhall	Tickets
8 Halifax	Victoria Theatre	Tickets
9 Harrogate	International Centre	Tickets
11 Nottingham	Royal Centre	Tickets
12 Stoke	Victoria Theatre	Tickets
13 Southampton	Guildhall	Tickets
15 Bournemouth	BIC	Tickets
16 Derby	Assembly Rooms	Tickets
18 Northampton	Derngate Theatre	Tickets
19 Bristol	Colston Hall	Tickets
20 Brighton	Brighton Centre	Tickets
21 Birmingham	NIA	Tickets
23 Watford	Watford Colosseum	Tickets
24 London	Hammersmith Apollo	Tickets
26 Cardiff	Cardiff Arena	Tickets
27 Plymouth	Plymouth Pavilions	Tickets
28 Guildford	G Live	Tickets
30 Southend	Cliffs Pavilion	Tickets
31 Ipswich	Ipswich Regent	Tickets

APRIL 2012
1 Cambridge	Corn Exchange	Tickets
3 Basingstoke	Anvil	Tickets
4 Basingstoke	Anvil	Tickets

: Australian Pink Floyd, Liverpool Echo Arena, 2nd March 2012

Brazilian Release for Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story Of Pink Floyd by Mark Blake

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Mar 042012

A Portugese translation of Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story Of Pink Floyd by Mark Blake is due for publication in Brazil on 5 March 2012. The book, now titled ‘Nos Bastidores Do Pink Floyd’, is published by Evora and has been rush-released to coincide with Roger Waters’ upcoming tour dates in Argentina and Brazil.

The book is an excellent and evenly handled document of the history of Pink Floyd and is updated to post Syd Barrett’s untimely death. It is an enjoyable read and features opinions gleaned from 100s of interviews with people that have been part of the Pink Floyd history and had friendships with the band over the years.

Mark Blake has interviewed David Gilmour and Roger Waters over the years for various magazine pieces he has written for the likes of MOJO magazine and he has used this first hand knowledge for the book. There are 100s of books available about the history of the band and this is certainly up there in the top three! Schaffners Saucerful of Secrets and Mason’s Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd are my two other favourites.

Pick yourself up a copy! 5/5

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