As part of the Edinburgh Fringe festival 2017, The very legendary Guy Pratt took his highly acclaimed Inglorious Bassterd show to the captial for a 2 week residency at Frankensteins Bier Keller from the 14th – 27th September.

On the 23rd September 2017, A Fleeting Glimpse headed down Edinburgh to catch the show.

Having braced the thousands of tourists on the street you find yourself at the very gothic and momentous Frankenstein bar, The bar has 3 floors and is based in an 19th century church complete with horror themed decoration, electric static charges, vats of bubbling liquid and the original black and white Frankenstein movies being played on large screens above the middle floor bar.

The show is to take place in the venues bottom floor which is named The Bierkellar and serves the finest traditional German Beer.

The Bierkeller is a very cosy and initmate room, Filled with wooden tables and seating across the floor and a stage on the far wall, its exactly what you imagine a comedy club to be like.

The show is due to start at 5pm promptly and as there is no ticket allocation it is on a first come first served basis.

Interestingly enough the crowd was of an older generation and to much surprise there was only one member of the audience sporting a David Gilmour Rattle That Lock 2015 tour shirt, it was only after watching the show you start to wonder if many people knew Guy through his book or through his long extensive musical career.

Having read his book entitled Guy Pratt : My Bass And Other Animals which was released in 2007 it gave a good indication of the humour and personality that you are about to view before your eyes in the show.

With a ‘Phoenix Nights : Les Alanos’ type introduction over the tannoy out comes the man of the evening, Smart but casually dressed in an unintentionally matched bass guitar coordinated outfit guy makes the first serious but humour filled statement “For all you people out there thinking i am sniffing my nose because i am on cocaine you are wrong. Since being here i have caught a nasty cold, but if you feel it might enhance the rock n roll experience you can tell your friends its cocaine if you like.”

With that out of the way and laughter from the audience it was straight onto show time.

The performance was very carefully constructed with a time period story telling type narrative working back from present day right back to the early 80s.

With a reference to the town and venue that the show was taking place in, Guy starts telling the tales of trip advisor and the reviews of the Frankenstein bar itself “Hollywood in Scotland” to something like “We ordered foot and waited for an hour and this just was not acceptable”.

As you might expect there were a lot of Pink Floyd and David Gilmour references. (Guy has asked for me not to mention a couple of them as he wanted to keep the show contained)

We are told stories about when Guy’s upbringing and how he became interested in the musicians world, One funny tale was his explanation of featuring in a lot of punk bands due to the fact nobody else wanted to play bass guitar “Everyone had these punk rock names, Jonny Fingers, Mad Mike and when i got asked my name … Guy Pratt, everyone thought it was brilliant”

Of course the show doesn’t just feature one man standing at a microphone, The narrative is purely based around music and it does indeed as you would expect incorporate Bass and Electric guitar playing.

There is something about seeing a musician you have been following on DVD’s and Gigantic tours that becomes quite magical, being in a very intimate setting and only a stones throw away hearing the stories and seeing the iconic bass lines being played in front of you. It draws you in and makes you feel a part of the whole thing and from the perspective of the viewer some moments really make your hair stand on end.

Like many good things Guys run of shows at the festival have sadly come to an end.

But dont worry the show continues on the 21st of September at 19:00–23:30 at Juju’s Bar and Stage, 15 Hanbury Street, E1 6QR London, United Kingdom, Tickets are priced at £14.50 and are available online by clicking here.

For all our readers you really have to see the show, whether you have read the book or not it you cant beat seeing the man himself set the scene and tell the tale.

From us at AFG we really want to thank Guy for his kindness and making us so welcome and say what a brilliant time we had at the show

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Tonight marks the night of Trafalgar Releasing’s premiere of David Gilmour : Live At Pompeii.

Not many details have surfaced yet but we can confirm that in attendance where the entire Rattle That Lock 2016 Touring band with the exception of Jon Carin (Who is currently on tour with Roger Waters).

Review Of Film from Den Of Geek

There’s a case to be made that David Gilmour is rock’s greatest living guitar player. While he’s settled nicely into the role of dignified, majestic Admiral of melodic space rock, he conjures towering sounds with a fury that would intimidate any guitarist a fraction of his age. “The voice and guitar of Pink Floyd” as he’s often billed may have a little more gravel in it, but he’s still in full command of his powers,and content to let his music speak for itself. His 2016 tour, in support of his 2015 solo album Rattle That Lock, brings fans David Gilmour Live at Pompeii which arrives in theaters for one night only on September 13 before its Blu-ray and home media release on September 29.

Gilmour’s two recent solo tours were deliberate departures from the stadiums and arenas that characterized the latter days of Pink Floyd. Instead, Gilmour chooses “beautiful places that will add to the majesty” of the music. The Rattle That Lock tour featured stops at the Hollywood Bowl and Radio City Music Hall, but the most offbeat and historic of them all was his return to Pompeii, the site of legendary cult film and dorm room/bong hit staple, Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii. That 1972 movie saw the band, in the final days before the release of Dark Side of the Moon changed their fortunes forever, playing some of their most atmospheric and experimental compositions to the empty Amphitheatre of Pompeii.

For Gilmour’s two 2016 shows at the same location (the concert film is a combination of both nights), the production values are higher, the tunes more recognizable, and as Gilmour puts it in the film’s intro, it boasts “the first audience there since the gladiators.” Nevertheless, David Gilmour Live at Pompeii is acutely aware of how it must deal with history, and in its best moments it’s a reverent and surprisingly moving concert film.

David Gilmour Live at Pompeii contains only one song from that 1971 performance, and that’s Floyd concert staple “One of These Days.” To be fair, of the 1971 Live at Pompeii setlist, which included extended atonal freakouts like “A Saucerful of Secrets” and “Careful With That Axe, Eugene,” only “One of these Days” and beloved Pink Floyd classic “Echoes” would seem at home with the “modern” Gilmour or Floyd catalogue. “Echoes” was retired from the band’s setlist in the mid 1970s, briefly revived in the early days of their 1987 post-Waters reunion (and quickly dropped), and then was wholly absent from live performance until Gilmour’s 2006 On an Island tour. That song, arguably the blueprint for the recognizable “Pink Floyd sound” of classic rock radio, was notable for the gorgeous, watery harmonies of Gilmour and Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright, who died in 2008. With Wright’s passing, Gilmour retired “Echoes” yet again, this time for good.

Gilmour instead pays tribute to Wright in other ways, with the the tour’s only performance of Wright’s instrumental meditation on mortality, “The Great Gig in the Sky” from inescapable Floyd opus, Dark Side of the Moon leading into the haunting, understated piano-driven “A Boat Lies Waiting” from Rattle That Lock. Those are followed by “Wish You Were Here,” traditionally a song about Floyd founder Syd Barrett, but in this context, it’s clearly meant with Wright in mind, as well. “Great Gig in the Sky” in particular benefits from a slightly altered arrangement, with much of it delivered in three-part harmony from the band’s three impressive backup singers, while “A Boat Lies Waiting” which is a lovely track on record, is more powerful live with virtually the entire band harmonizing throughout.

Live at Pompeii only stumbles during its flashiest moments, where the eerie wonder of the venue and the solemn quality of the early setlist gets obscured by attempts to deliver the requisite light show spectacular. Despite what you normally associate with Pink Floyd and David Gilmour shows, at this particular location, less is more. The strobe lights and fireworks that come with greatest hits obligation “Run Like Hell” seem out of place after the quiet beauty and more subdued lighting of “A Boat Lies Waiting” or Rattle That Lock standout “In Any Tongue” (one of Gilmour’s very best post-Floyd efforts). That’s hardly anything to worry about, though, as this is a powerful show that will equally satisfy casual Floyd fans and Gilmour obsessives.

If you missed the Rattle That Lock tour, or simply don’t want to wait another decade before Mr. Gilmour tours again, a night at a movie theater where this can be experienced at maximum volume will be time well-spent.

Review Courtesy Of Mike Cecchini at Den Of Geek

Little Update and new Audio clip from Dave Harris

“Believe me or not, we are nearly there with the release of this album. Its been a long wait hampered by some health problems, and other fun stuff, such as a track, that Richard and I started in 1984, along with all the others. I remember this one very well and so have re-created it for the new version of the Identity album. That is all I will say at the moment as the details will be in the album booklet.. its a short teaser, but I hope you feel the vibe of the song, It means a lot to me…….Dave x”

Sadly the audio clip is no longer available.

Roger Waters : Us & Them tour is coming to Australia and New Zealand in early 2018.

For tickets and more information, please visit rogerwaters.com

You can find reviews and pictures and venue information on the current tour over in our dedicate tour rooms by clicking here or by choosing the tour rooms image above this article

NEW ZEALAND

January 24th 2018 – Spark Arena, Auckland
January 30th 2018 – Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin