agonisingly so,” says Polly Samson, youthfully elegant at 62, intensely articulate, as she talks of David Gilmour, 78, Pink Floyd guitarist, rock legend, and her husband for the past 30 years.

Through all this, David Gilmour maintains a beatific bonhomie. He is a father of eight - four from his first marriage and four with Polly. His days are spent negotiating teething and homework.

David Crosby, Graham Nash, latter-day Floyd bassist Guy Pratt, Jools Holland and others among the illustrious company. After Gilmour’s wife, Polly Samson, contributed to Floyd’s The Division ...

“When I joined Pink Floyd I was trying to play some of Syd Barrett's parts, yet adapt them to my own style and taste,” David Gilmour told Guitar Player in 2003. “The framework I was working ...

Rattle That Lock is David Gilmours fourth solo album ... lyricist is Gilmours longterm writing partner Polly Samson and it is coproduced by David Gilmour and Roxy Musics Phil Manzanera This ...