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Arguably the best guitarist in rock history to get the most sound from the least chops. Haunting.

I like Gilmour because he seemed to be humble and not puffed up about himself.

IIRC, he was once asked in an interview "why don't you play faster solos?" a la Jimmy Page, etc.

He said something like "There's a good reason. I can't play very fast."
(My guess is that he may have meant it to be self-effacing, but I liked
the quote a lot.)

Sounds like he's pretty much one of the good guys.

As for civic-involvement honorable mention, I think Chris Squire of "Yes" made
the rounds of the FDNY stations soon after 9-11. I read some article about how one
firemam, an amateur bassist, freaked out (happily) when Squire just strolled into their station.

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I've been slinging rock guitar myself for well over 30 years. There are very, very few machine-gun axe slingers that can make a guitar truly emote the way Gilmour can do in a fraction of the pick strokes.

The finest compliment a guitarist can be paid, and I'll hereby publicly give it to David Gilmour: The man has taste.

About the only "flashy" player that can move me in the same way......or even more so than Gilmour, which is saying a lot........is Gary Moore. When Gary is 'on', no one in the world can touch him. Period. Hands down. End of story.

I congratulate and salute the esteemed Mr. Gilmour for such generosity. I wish Hollywood and our own crop of "rock stars" would take note.