As previously reported, this
week, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour made a fascinating guest
appearance in a special BBC comedy production, which aired on BBC2 TV.
The production was an attempt to
re-trace the journey up the Thames immortalised by Jerome K Jerome in
his classic Three Men in a Boat. The three comedians taking part came
across David's houseboat recording studio, The Astoria, early on their
first day, and decided to play a visit.
David, ever the affable host,
gave them a guided tour of the boat and even played an excerpt of a
work-in-progress track to the trio - "Smile". Many of you will recall
that this received its debut at David's Meltdown concert in London, in
2001. Five years later, very little has changed in the song - still a
beautifully mellow, drifting love song.
We'll keep an eye open for a
repeat of this show for all those who missed it. In the meantime, below
are a number of screen shots from the programme, to give you a good
flavour of what it entailed. And for all of you who have written to
ask, we will not be making the sequence available for download from
this site, as it is a copyrighted item - apologies.
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