“It’s how strongly he holds the strings, so that the notes ring a long, long time”
When Pink Floyd recorded their classic double album The Wall, producer Bob Ezrin watched as David Gilmour played what is arguably his greatest solo in Comfortably Numb. It was, as he now recalls, a magical moment that still gives him chills.
Ezrin made his name as a producer with a string of albums that made Alice Cooper a superstar in the early 70s. In that decade he also worked with Lou Reed and Kiss, before taking on the monumental task of co-producing The Wall in 1979. Five years later he reunited with David Gilmour for the guitarist’s second solo album About Face, and their understanding led to Ezrin co-producing all three studio albums from Pink Floyd’s post-Roger Waters era: A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (1987), The Division Bell
