Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has returned with his first solo material in five years with new single, ‘Yes, I Have Ghosts’.
The track is a gorgeous, tender acoustic number featuring vocal contributions from his daughter Romany. The track is an accompaniment for his wife Holly Samson’s audiobook for her coming-of-age book A Theatre for Dreamers.
In a statement accompanying the song, Gilmour mused, “Polly’s vivid and poetic writing, coupled with her very natural narration voice, made joining forces to produce the audio version of A Theatre for Dreamers a fantastic and fulfilling experience.”
He added: “The audiobook format has so much untapped potential, and I am surprised more musicians have not creatively collaborated with authors, narrators and audiobook producers in this way before. The two worlds seem to seamlessly link, and music can really help to bring audiobooks to life in unexpected new ways.
“I am really pleased and proud of how Polly’s words and my music have entwined in this audio version of A Theatre for Dreamers.”
Check out ‘Yes, I Have Ghosts’ by David Gilmour:
Back in April, Roger Waters dashed our collective hopes and dreams with an acknowledgement, “would be fucking awful”.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Waters revealed that it’s never going to happen. The bassist detailed a “peace summit” with both surviving members of the iconic outfit, drummer Nick Mason and Gilmour.
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Noting that it failed miserably, “I wrote out a sort of a plan because we’d come to sort of a — I don’t really want to talk about this — but my plan didn’t bear fruit.”
“I actually suggested going democratic. I said, ‘Why don’t we just have a vote? There’s only three of us…’ No, no, they wouldn’t have that. God knows why. Not that there is a God — you know what I mean?”
