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Do You Believe in Miracles?!
If you asked me one year ago that I would get the chance to meet David Gilmour during a private taping at Abbey Road Studios, I would have told you that wold be a nice fantasy. It's impossible to wrap my head around, but it actually happend! Thanks to a person I met from the David Gilmour Blog, Tomasz, who won tickets to go to Abbey Road, I was able to meet my music hero at the recording studio that is considered the "Mecca" of the music industry.
It was a whirlwind 36 hours starting with a flight to London on Air India, then a walking tour of London, a cool hang with Tomasz, a dreamlike three hour performance at Abbey Road, a chat with most of the band including "the man" himself, more walking, crashing for two hours in a small london corner, an insomniatic stroll through pre-dawn London, and a flight back to NYC.
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Here's my view from the balcony of famous Studio One (courtesy of Tomasz). Did this really happen? How could I have been so lucky? How blessed am I that I was able to "tour" around like a deadhead and follow Gilmour? Never would this have been possible without the support of my wife....
And now that I look back and see my corner of the web-iverse has become a quasi-fansite, it's time for me to return to the matters that I started this thing for in the first place. Abbey Road is an excellent way to close this chapter......for now......
One issue: Damn, I have to lose weight!!!! Look at my mug for crying out loud!
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It appears as if I made a "boo-boo"....I'm not allowed to share pictures from Abbey Road. My apologies to David Gilmour's management and Abbey Road if I breeched protocol. If anyone is reading this, take my word for it: the view was great and I was FAT!
-Angelo, 12/12/06
