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Dave Kilminster

Dave Kilminster (born January 25, England) is a British guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and music teacher. He is mostly known for touring with Keith Emerson (since 2002) and with Roger Waters on his The Dark Side Of The Moon 2006 tour, performing the guitar and vocal duties that are originally David Gilmour's. He also played alongside with John Wetton (ex King Crimson), Ken Hensley (ex Uriah Heep), Qango (an Asia spin-off), The Nice, and Carl Palmer.

Biography

Dave Kilminster began playing piano at an early age and later, in 1976, he chose to play guitar; along his youth, he also experienced singing in a barbershop quartet, that gave him a firm background for future involvement as a vocalist. In 1991 he won the award 'Guitarist of the Year' in a competition run by Guitarist Magazine with the instrumental Sundance; at that time he was working on computers for IBM. Shortly after, Kilminster was asked to teach at the Guitar Institute in Acton (London), despite being a self-trained musician. This also involved writing exam material and courses for Trinity College and Thames valley University. Kilminster is now a teacher at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guilford. He has launched a series of instructional DVDs for Rock Road's Licklibrary after the success of his global satellite series, named Killer Guitar. Kilminster has written over 200 articles for Guitar Techniques magazine.

Style and techniques

Kilminster used to play left-handed (he is naturally left-handed), but after damaging his right wrist in an accident, he started playing right-handed. Despite that, he is widely known both as a proficient teacher and as an outstanding performer in the techniques of pull-off, tapping, hammer-on and sweep-picking. His instructional DVDs are available through his website and Licklibrary guitar community.

Personal

  • Kilminster is good friend with Guthrie Govan, who became the guitarist in the Downes/Payne-led Asia (2001-2006); they played together in several gigs along the 1990s.
  • He is in a long-term relationship with Anne-Marie Helder, British singer-songwriter; he has also co-produced her first solo album The Contact(2004).

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