As a guitarist and singer in Pink Floyd, David Gilmour has had one of the most successful, influential and mind-expanding careers in British rock music – and as he releases a new solo album and goes on tour, he will be taking on your questions.
Now 78, Gilmour’s tenure with Pink Floyd stretches back to 1967, when he was drafted in to replace Syd Barrett, who was struggling with his mental health. With a guitar tone rooted in the earthiness of the blues but given a cosmically epic scale, Gilmour played a huge part in taking the band from bug-eyed psych to a much grander, statelier sound – one that came to define progressive rock.
