Astoria
After observing the VE Day silence, and then a lovely lunch wtih my Mum and my Uncle in Twickenham, Mum and I made our way to the River Thames for a riverside walk, near Hampton Court Palace.
I have long been fascinated by the houseboat "Astoria". Built in the early 1900s by a theatre impresario, there is room enough under the shade on the top deck for a 90 piece orchestra.
Ownership of the boat was taken on, in the early 80s, by Mr David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, who converted it into a recording studio in which significant parts of the last few (post Roger Waters) PF albums were recorded, as well as Mr Gilmour's solo work. I am a huge fan and rate Mr Gilmour as the finest electric guitar player ever. Of course, that is highly subjective.
I was pleased to finally see the boat, having read a lot about it and seen clips and pics of the interior online. There were no signs of activity around the boat, so I have nothing to report about any new David Gilmour or Pink Floyd albums.... ;-)
Astoria
After observing the VE Day silence, and then a lovely lunch wtih my Mum and my Uncle in Twickenham, Mum and I made our way to the River Thames for a riverside walk, near Hampton Court Palace.
I have long been fascinated by the houseboat "Astoria". Built in the early 1900s by a theatre impresario, there is room enough under the shade on the top deck for a 90 piece orchestra.
Ownership of the boat was taken on, in the early 80s, by Mr David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, who converted it into a recording studio in which significant parts of the last few (post Roger Waters) PF albums were recorded, as well as Mr Gilmour's solo work. I am a huge fan and rate Mr Gilmour as the finest electric guitar player ever. Of course, that is highly subjective.
I was pleased to finally see the boat, having read a lot about it and seen clips and pics of the interior online. There were no signs of activity around the boat, so I have nothing to report about any new David Gilmour or Pink Floyd albums.... ;-)