David Gilmour Performs Pink Floyd's "Remember a Day" in Tribute to Rick Wright — Video
September 15 marks the seven-year anniversary of the death of Richard Wright, keyboardist for Pink Floyd. In the video below, you can see his bandmate David Gilmour play Floyd’s “Remember a Day” in tribute to him.
The song is a track from A Saucerful of Secrets, the group’s 1968 album, and was written and originally sung by Wright.
This performance comes from the BBC’s Late Night with Jools Holland.
Gilmour performed the song a week after Wright died following a brief bout with cancer. Wright was 65 at the time of his death.
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