It was expected to fetch about $150,000 or so. Why Colts Owner Jim Irsay Paid $4 Million for David Gilmour’s ‘Black Strat’.
The Black Strat was used on the albums that defined Pink Floyd for most fans, namely Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall.
“I love Strats, and this is the Strat,” Irsay says. “This is the one that was the signature guitar for those incredible Floyd leads”
When the auction was announced, I had a post on it, with an excerpt from the 1971 movie Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii. You can find that at the link: Own a Piece of Rock and Roll History.
The auction raised a total of $21million.
Here’s a Pink Floyd song you’ve probably not heard, or not in a very long time anyway. “Seamus” from their 1971 album Meddle. (I do love the dog, but if you have time, listen to “Echoes” – See below the embedded video.) If you have your privacy settings set correctly, YouTube will tell you that the video is unavailable. Use the link. Otherwise you might want to turn your privacy settings up to 11.
“Echoes” was of course the reason to buy that album, but it was all of side 2, and 23 minutes or more. And I know people today; mostly they don’t have the patience for Progressive Rock. (Why is that?) If you have the time, take a listen. Or if you click thru “Own a piece of rock and roll history” above, there’s a link to a portion of Echoes from the 1971 movie. (10 minutes… more in keeping with the current lack of concentration.)
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