David Gilmour, 'The Piper's Call' -- Official Video

The news earlier this week of David Gilmour's new solo album Luck & Strange coming in September got me excited. Now there's a video for the first single called "The Piper's Call." It's a behind-the-scenes video, shot while Gilmour was recording the new album.

The true guitar solo kicks in at 3:45 and it goes until the end of the track. The solo is good. Really good. I could extract that part of the song and just listen to it on a loop. The guitar tone is unmistakeble - hear it and you know it's the work of genius Gilmour.

David Gilmour Announces New Album, Single

This is not a drill and I am kind of freaking out: my beloved David Gilmour is releasing a new album! It’s his first new one in nine years and is named The Piper’s Call. The first single is “Luck and Strange” and I just plain hope there is a tour involved too. Like, David Gilmour is the number one artist I want to see perform live. He is a guitar genius and I can listen to Pink Floyd endlessly. Gilmour is 78 so I don’t foresee lots of tours in his future – so he should strike while the iron is hot!

Gilmour could really threaten me with a good time and do a handful of shows in awesome places that would require me to get on a jet plane and empty my vacation fund.

The new album comes out September 6. Stream “Luck and Strange” below!

Roger Waters - David Gilmour Feud Hits Twitter

Oh boy. It's never good when band feuds spill over into social media. We all know that Roger Waters and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd basically hate each other these days.

Well, Roger has been on the wrong side of history for quite some time regarding Russia and the invasion of Ukraine. Gilmour's wife, Polly Samson, tweeted about Roger yesterday. It should be noted Polly isn't a regular rock spouse - she's also a Pink Floyd songwriter. Samson called it straight after Roger's recent interview in a German newspaper...

Every word demonstrably true https://t.co/KWk4I3bMTN

— David Gilmour (@davidgilmour) February 6, 2023

Sadly @rogerwaters you are antisemitic to your rotten core. Also a Putin apologist and a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching,misogynistic, sick-with-envy, megalomaniac. Enough of your nonsense.

— pollysamson (@PollySamson) February 6, 2023

Of course, media picked up on this whole thing. I actually saw it myself because I follow David Gilmour and noticed he "liked" Polly's tweet.

The decades-long feud between Pink Floyd’s former bandmates escalated Monday when Gilmour’s wife, who wrote several songs for the band after Waters' departure in 1985, publicly called Waters “tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic" https://t.co/KCgQ8vIrgw

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) February 7, 2023

Well, now Roger Waters is freaking out and "looking into legal action." This after the dude said Israel is just like Nazi Germany... and Ukraine is full of Nazi's too. I dunno man. Not a good look.

Roger Waters seeks legal advice on "incendiary" tweet by David Gilmour's partner Polly Samson calling Waters "antisemitic to your rotten core": Gilmour says accusation is "demonstrably true"https://t.co/4e5TAi91Zg

— Classic Rock Magazine (@ClassicRockMag) February 7, 2023

Sunday's Best: Week 48, 2022

Thanksgiving is behind us and now we are on to the December holiday season.

A big thing happened this week: folk superstar Donovan returned to the scene with new music, including a song with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. That's our Sunday's Best for the week.

Donovan's upcoming new album is Gaelia: The Sulan Sessions and features all sorts of artists, including Gilmour. The album comes out officially December 15.

The Donovan - Gilmour track is called "Rock Me" and you can hear it below. I cherish any chance to hear new guitar work by Gilmour so this is great!