David Gilmour

Quick Facts

NAME: David Jon Gilmour

OCCUPATION: Activist, Musician
BIRTH DATE: March 06, 1946 (Age: 66)
PLACE OF BIRTH: Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
SCHOOL; The Perse school (didn`t enjoy)
INSTRUMENTS: guitar, keyboard, harmonica, saxophone
BANDS: 1965 busked around Spain and France (arrested by French police),1966
Jokers wild, 1967 Pink Floyd(joined Pink Floyd when guitarist Syd barrett left due to
ill health)
MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM: Dark side of the Moon.
SOLO CAREER: 1978, 4 solo albums so far,most successful `On an Island` 2006.
MARRIED : 2 times, 8 children, 1974 ginger Hasenbein, 4 children, 1980 Polly
Samson, 4 children
FACTS: David is a pilot , collects old planes. Supports charity `Crisis` ,donated
profits from sale of London house ($5.5 million.) December 2006 released tribute
single to Syd Barrett (died July 2006)Performed with Roger Waters in 2011 `The Wall
live`