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Richard
Wright - Keyboards,
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Acoustic Guitar,
Trombone, Vocals, |
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Fiddle, Harpsicord,
Saxophone, Cello |
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Syd
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Vocals, Bass, Slide |
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guitar, Ukelele,
Mandolin, Banjo |
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Nicholas Berkeley "Nick"
Mason (born January 27, 1944 in Birmingham,
England) is the drummer for Pink Floyd. He has
been the only constant member of the band since
its formation. He also competes in auto racing
events, such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
He was born in Birmingham but brought up in Hampstead,
London (many online biographies mistakenly cite
the street address Downshire Hill - sometimes
as "the Downshire Hills" - as a district
of Birmingham) and attended Frensham Heights School,
Surrey. He later studied at the Regent Street
Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster),
where he teamed up with Roger Waters, Bob Klose
and Richard Wright in 1964 to form Pink Floyd's
predecessor, Sigma 6.
Mason has played on every Pink Floyd album, although
it was later revealed that his contributions to
the album A Momentary Lapse of Reason were quite
minimal, only playing on "Learning to Fly",
"On the Turning Away" and "Yet
Another Movie".
Despite conflicts over ownership of the name 'Pink
Floyd', Roger Waters and Nick Mason are now on
good terms. Mason joined Waters on the last two
nights of his 2002 world tour to play drums on
the Pink Floyd song "Set the Controls for
the Heart of the Sun", and he also played
drums on some concerts of Waters' European tour
in 2006, and during performances in Los Angeles
and New York City in the United States. On May
12, 2007, Mason joined Waters again on stage at
Earls Court to play Dark Side of the Moon.
In July 2005, Mason, Gilmour, Wright, and Waters
played together on stage for the first time in
24 years. A four song set was played at the Live
8 concert in London. Mason also joined David Gilmour
and Richard Wright for the encore during Gilmour's
show at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on May
31, 2006, reuniting the post-Waters Pink Floyd.
Mason has also claimed to be the link between
Gilmour and Waters, and believes the band will
play live again. His answers have ranged from
"playing again for a charitable cause"
to "a tour" given in various interviews
in the last few years. He also stated in 2006
that Pink Floyd have not officially disbanded
yet.
The only Pink Floyd songs that are solely credited
to Mason are "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party
Parts 1-3" (from Ummagumma) and "Speak
to Me" (from The Dark Side of the Moon).
The one-off song by the band entitled Nick's Boogie
was named after him.
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