(guardian.co.uk): My Moon-Landing Jam Session

With the 40th anniversary of the first manned moon landing approaching this Monday, there are going to be many interesting reminiscences and re-visitations of this historic occasion all over the airwaves. Perhaps fortunately for you, reader, I can offer no historical or sociological input of my own as I was just about to turn a month old as this event unfolded. I'm sure I was duly impressed. Really.



Anyway, in lieu of my own infantile observations and reflections on this momentous day ("waaaaaahhh bottle waaaah"), I offer you the recollections of a certain Mr. David Gilmour (click post header to access link), who spent the occasion in a BBC studio with the rest of Pink Floyd, providing an one-off improvised soundtrack to the proceedings, the performance of which can be viewed below (goat bless Youtube).

Clash Of The Titans

On July 4, two of my favorite guitar players on the planet occupied the same stage at the Royal Albert Hall. Man what I would have given to see this up close and personal.

Ladies and gentlemen, David Gilmour and Jeff Beck playing a ghostly, drifting take on the 19th century hymn "Jerusalem":


Gilmour and Beck then ended the evening with a lighthearted take on the latter's 4-decade old single "Hi Ho Silver Lining":


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