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Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour covers Syd Barrett solo tracks in lockdown

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Check out Gilmour's take on 'Octopus' and 'Dominoes' Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour has covered two tracks by his former bandmate Syd Barrett while in lockdown.

The guitarist has been entertaining fans with the Von Trapped Family livestream, which sees him being joined by his wife Polly Samson and the rest of their family to perform a weekly selection of songs and poetry, while also answering fan-submitted questions.

In the latest episode, Gilmour paid tribute to the late Barrett by performing ‘Octopus’ and ‘Dominoes’ – taken from his two solo albums which were released in 1970.

He then goes on to share anecdotes about his time with Barrett in Pink Floyd, as well as revealing that he was asked to proofread an upcoming book of Barrett’s lyrics.

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