1956 - the Suez crisis - A Caravelle bound to Accra via Libya carried my friend George on his first visit to Africa.
My best friend George narrates his first flight to Ghana in 1956, as the plane he traveled on went into a fierce lightning storm, got struck by lightning, went into an airpocket dropping several hundred feet. Passengers were sick, a woman had to be reanimated. His friend called for the Hostess and asked for 'Aire naturelle' .
In his own words : 'When the lighning bolt struck our plane, it sounded like a powerful hit on an empty Kerosine gallon'. One can only imagine the chaos, passengers praying ...
Listen to his own words when he tells about the incident

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Song originally written by Syd as a teen during the height of Bob Dylan mania in Europe (pre-Pink Floyd).
During the recording of one of his solo albums (post-Pink Floyd), Syd was reminded of this track by producer David Gilmour & encouraged to record it. That tape stayed in Gilmours possession for 30+ years until released in 2001. In "Bob Dylan Blues", Syd not only composes a song poking fun at all of the Bob Dylan hype, but manages to do it in Bob Dylan's own walking blues style!
The music video is by director Jimmy Lee. It was made during his freshman year of college at Temple University in Philadelphia. This was his first attempt at editing a video on a computer.

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This is David Gilmour playing Marooned at The 50th Anniversary Fender Stratocaster. This song is fucking amazing. The sound is just incredible. Gilmour sure knows how to write music!

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From the charity concert Knebworth '90 - Silver Clef Award Winners Show (June 30th 1990). Pink Floyd touring band line up: Gilmour, Wright & Mason, accompanied by: Guy Pratt (bass); Jon Carin (synthesizers), Tim Renwick (rhythm guitar), Gary Wallis (percussion). With Candy Dulfer on saxophone and Sam & Vicky Brown, Clare Torry and Durga McBroom on backing vocals.

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