Man Pratt and Lee Harris sat down with Classic Rock to share particulars about their ‘Saucerful Of Secrets and techniques Set The Controls Tour’ setlist. Throughout the dialog, Pratt shared the one tune David Gilmour won’t ever play once more. When the subject switched to ‘Echoes,’ Pratt mentioned:
“It was an enormous deal enjoying ‘Echoes.’ I resisted it for all kinds of causes and mentioned I used to be by no means going to play it once more after Rick died. A part of that was as a result of David had mentioned he was by no means going to play it once more, so I used to be like, ‘Nicely, who the hell am I going to play it with?’ I by no means noticed this band coming, did I? In the end, that is honoring Rick and it’s a rose to sing, and I really like singing this with Gary. Dom deserves a shout-out right here, he’s put a sound impact in, a thunder clap, that you just suppose, ‘Why wasn’t that there earlier than?’”
Gilmour Would By no means Play ‘Echoes’ With out Rick Wright
On August 26, 2006, Gilmour and Richard Wright performed ‘Echoes’ for the final time. It was at Gdańsk Shipyard in Poland, ending Gilmour’s On an Island Tour. Throughout the tour, Nick Mason joined Gilmour for some London gigs, and David Bowie additionally made appearances.
The Gdańsk present was notable because it was the ultimate efficiency of the tune. It was additionally the final time Gilmour and Wright performed collectively earlier than Wright handed away in 2008. Since that 2006 present, Gilmour hasn’t performed ‘Echoes’ once more.
Earlier than his 2016 present on the Amphitheatre of Pompeii, he talked in regards to the tune and revealed whether or not or not he would play it once more:
“Sure, it might be pretty to play ‘Echoes’ right here. However I wouldn’t try this with out Rick. There’s one thing that’s particularly so particular person about the best way that Rick and I play in that, which you could’t get somebody to be taught it and do it identical to that. That’s not what music’s about.”
Hear ‘Echoes’ down under.
