David Gilmour - Fat Old Sun & Coming Back To Life (Unplugged) - Royal Festival Hall, 2001

Tuneage: FAT OLD SUN, COMING BACK TO LIFE
David Gilmour performing at his first solo gig in London in over a decade, at the Royal Festival Hall, London 06/22/2001, as part of the Robert Wyatt-curated Meltdown festival.
"Fat Old Sun" is a Pink Floyd song written by David Gilmour. It appeared on the album Atom Heart Mother, released on October 10, 1970.
"Coming Back to Life" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1994 album The Division Bell, and is credited solely to David Gilmour.

Gilmour has said (as can be heard in the David Gilmour in Concert DVD) that the song was written about his wife, Polly Samson.

It was also featured on the 1995 live album, Pulse. The version on the audio release is taken from a different show than the on the video and DVD. David Gilmour's solo live versions are featured on his live DVD's David Gilmour in Concert and Remember That Night as well as the live CD Live in Gdansk.

Personnel

* David Gilmour - lead vocals, guitar
* Richard Wright - Kurzweil synthesizers, Hammond organ
* Nick Mason - drums, percussion
* Guy Pratt - bass guitar
* Jon Carin - additional keyboards

The band for the evening:
David Gilmour: Guitars, vocals
Neill MacColl: Guitars, backing vocals
Michael Kamen: Piano, English horn
Chucho Merchan: Double bass
Caroline Dale: Cello
Dick Parry: Sax
Nic France: Drums & percussion
Gospel Choir: Sam Brown (choir leader), Chris Ballin, Pete Brown, Margo Buchanan, Claudia Fontaine, Michelle John Douglas, Sonia Jones, Carol Kenyon, David Laudat, Durga McBroom, Aitch McRobbie, Beverli Skeete .

Category:

Music

Tags:

• David Gilmour
• Fat Old Sun
• Royal Albert Hall 2001
• Robert Wyatt's Meltdown
• classic rock
• Coming
• Back
• To
• Life

[GrandDuke3600]

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[PearlProject8D]

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[jtbpnw]

Excellent footage my friend.... but then again, that's about all you post!

Thanks for the upload... enjoyed it.

[aussite]

NICE!