19 May 2008
Roger Waters Dark Side of the Moon Tour Returns to the UK
After successful dates in the US and Europe and a wonderfully warm reception from fans familiar and new in California, Colorado, Texas, Spain, Holland, and Denmark, the band makes its way back to the UK for three dates. Liverpool was fabulous and all look forward to two exciting dates at London's O2 Arena. Thanks for making this tour so exciting. It has been great to meet you all. Meeting up again with old friends and making new ones is always one of the most rewarding parts of any tour, along with the enthusiasm for the playing and the music. We appreciate your energy and passion for the music and the show and it infuses and invigorates the players on the stage.
New Gear
Many of you may have noticed that with this tour of Dark Side of the Moon that Dave is using a completely different set up. He has changed over everything. Guitars have been made for him by Suhr (one has a personalized design front and back) to his specifications. Acoustics have been provided by Martin. New State of the Art Cornford Stacks replace the ones that were there before and a whole new pedal board has been constructed. Pictures and further descriptions will be on Dave's website soon! Watch for them.
Murray Hockridge and Dave Kilminster
Many of you have become fans of Dave's work with Murray Hockridge, an amazing singer whose soulful voice spans three octaves. Their partnership is in its early stages, but the early videos we've been able to share with you have met with amazing excitement. Many of you have asked questions about the songs, particularly about the latest one posted, C21 lovesong. So, we offer an explanation, below. Be sure to look for a new video next week, along with some commentary from Dave and Murray. In the meantime, here's some more on C21 Lovesong:
Dave Kilminster and Murray Hockridge - C21 Lovesong
The response to the latest Murray Hockridge and Dave Kilminster video C21 Lovesong has been spectacular and we thank you.
One question has been asked repeatedly: what DOES that title mean?
Murray Hockridge explains that C21 actually is an abbreviation for 21st Century Lovesong.
Penned originally just before the millennium by Murray and his brother Steve, Murray says "Like I Loved You for 2000 Years" tipped the hat to the turn of the millennium but the song has a quality that stands independently from that particular moment in time."
When Murray and Dave began their musical partnership, Murray continues, "I decided to revisit the song acoustically. We dropped it down in key for a richer sounding vocal and with a simple guitar arrangement augmented by Dave's inversions and embellishments, the song feels completely new and fresh."
Here are lyrics, for the many who've requested them:
C21 Lovesong
If I'm getting you right, I don't need to be more than myself
and I get you right
Have you been here before? What I get is so much more like second sight...you and I...
We were naked here, our true colours loud and clear
We were time and space before like this
I feel like I've gone everywhere you're coming from
Like I've loved you for two thousand years
In the new of the dawn many celebrate and leave unsung, but I
hear your song
When you wrote it before, I was keeping time, I read the score
now I play it all
And I am naked here, my true colours loud and clear
We were time and space before like this
I feel like I've gone everywhere you're coming from
Like I've loved you for two thousand years
Non believers can never know
Save their best and throw their sticks and stones
Accidental or born to be
More than any other century...
We are naked...
A sad farewell
On a sad note, we bid a great big thank you and a very sad and fond farewell to Dave's longterm webmaster Faith Cowling, who becomes Dave's webmaster emerita on May 31st. She may well help us with one last newsletter - we hope so!!! Faith and her company, Rock 'n' Roll Embassy, were instrumental in bringing up Dave's website for the first time and she is responsible for all the designs and permutations for the first five years that Dave's site has been up. Her design skills, insights, innovative ideas, and musical sensibility have helped www.davekilminster.com grow into a well-trafficked, well-designed and informative site and we hope to continue to expand and build on the solid groundwork that she so carefully has laid out. Please remember to checkout www.rocknrollembassy.com periodically. Faith continues to design websites for a variety of companies, music related and not, and she also runs a music school - if you are in the UK and interested in guitar lessons, she is someone you definitely want to know!
For more on any of these topics, or to purchase one of Dave's albums, please feel free to go to www.davekilminster.com. We are looking forward to getting your feedback on the new look website when it goes up in June.
Thanks again for supporting Dave!
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