Roger waters by eddie berman, is licensed under ccby2. George roger waters born 6 september 1943 in great bookham, surrey, united kingdom is an english musician, singersongwriter and composer roger waters was the main lyricist for the classic british rock band pink floyd. They recorded once under the name the tea set material which has not yet been unearthed. This is a hasslefree site no popups, no sound, no user ids, no spyware, and no huge graphics. Roger waters height weight body statistics biography. Roger waters on this date in 1943, english rock musician and songwriter george roger waters, best known for his 20year career in the band pink floyd, was born in great bookham, england. Waters became the primary lyrical contributor in pink floyd after the departure of fellow. A roger waters biography george roger waters was born on september 6, 1943. The pink floyd blues band the tea set the pink floyd january winter 1965 the group of people below played a handful of gigs together changing their name when the situation required it. In 1965, he cofounded the progressive rock band pink. George roger waters was born on 6 september 1943, the younger of two boys, to mary nee whyte. Waters initially served solely as the bassist, but following the departure of singersongwriter syd barrett in 1968, he also became their lyricist, colead vocalist, and conceptual leader pink floyd achieved international success. Roger was born in the city of great bookham on 6th september 1943 as the second son of eric fletcher waters and mary whyte. When roger was 5 months old he lost his father, eric fletcher waters in wwii, the loss of his father is referred in free four, us and them, another brick in the wall part i.
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Before they were pink floyd a history of the band pre. All the facts about roger waters the will blow your mind. Bass player, composer, vocalist, and frontman of the english rock band pink floyd, the group known for songs like shine on you crazy diamond. George roger waters born 6 september 1943 is an english rock musician. Pink floyd roger waters religion and political views. He married judy trim in 1969, carolyn christie in 1976, priscilla phillips in 1993, and laurie durning in. In 1965, he cofounded the progressive rock band pink floyd with drummer nick mason, keyboardist richard wright and guitarist, singer and songwriter syd barrett. After barretts drug problems got him kicked out of the band, waters became the primary creative force, and thanks to such. However, considering his net worth, we wouldnt be surprised if he has a clean financial record.
Roger waters performing at morumbi stadium, brazil in march 2007 sun sign. Roger waters contact info booking agent, manager, publicist. In the early years of the second world war, his father was a. Successfully bending the minds of psychedelic music fans since the mid60s, lesser known is the fact bass player, cofounder and occasional singer, roger waters, was born in great bookham. As the driving force behind pink floyd in the 70s and early 80s, roger waters helmed a series of searching, highconcept albums that reimagined rock as a force of almost symphonic stature, exploring themes of societal alienation the wall, class consciousness animals, and existence itself dark side of the moon.
George roger waters born 6 september 1943 is an inglis sangster, sangwriter, multiinstrumentalist, an componer. Pink floyd was an english rock band that was cofounded by waters with fellow student friends syd barrett on guitar and lead vocals, nick mason on drums and richard wright on keyboards and vocals, in london in 1965. Roger waterss numerology born 09061943, great bookham intro waters is the theatrical and conceptual composer of the band, its lyrical driving force, passionate and uncompromising. He was the chairman of the cambridge youth campaign for nuclear disarmament at age fifteen. English songwriter, bassist, and lyricist of pink floyd roger waters was born in great bookham village located in mole valley, surrey, united kingdom on. George roger waters born 6 september 1943 in great bookham, surrey, united kingdom. He became the colead vocalist after the departure of band. George roger waters was born on 6 september 1943, in great bookham, surrey england. His father died a year later in world war ii, leaving him to be raised by his mother, whose socialist ideals caught on with him.
Roger waters simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. He is best known as the bass player, colead singer, principle lyricist, and founder member of the english rock band pink floyd 19641986. Feb 09, 2016 george roger waters born 6th september 1943 is a communist musician, singer, songwriter and composer. Many of his songs are about the second world war, in which his father, eric fletcher waters to whom the final cut was dedicated died during the british invasion of anzio, italy. Songs like comfortably numb and another brick in the wall braided. Roger waters biowiki, age, height, wife, kids, net worth. Roger waters born september 6, 1944 is a worldrenowned, seminal british musician who rose to recognition as the conceptual leader of the progressive rock outfit pink floyd, hailing from great bookham, surrey, england.
September 6, 1943 in great bookham, cambridge, england. Roger waters bio, wiki, age, height, wife, tour, wall, us. He was born george roger waters on september 6, 1943, in great bookham, surrey, england. Roger waters biography and booking info for private and corporate events. He, along with syd barrett, nick mason, and richard wright, formed the ban read more. Roger waters was born in great bookham, england on september 6, 1943. He made his 270 million dollar fortune with amused to death, radio k. Roger was born on 6th september 1943 in great bookham, surrey, england. In 1965, he cofoondit the progressive rock baund pink floyd wi drummer nick mason, keybuirdist rick wright an guitarist, sangster, an sangwriter syd barrett. Roger waters was born on september 6, 1943, to parents eric and mary waters. George roger waters born 6 september 1943 in great bookham, surrey, united kingdom is an english musician, singersongwriter and composer.
Roger waters was the main lyricist for the classic british rock band pink floyd. Roger is rightly famous for being one of the founding members of the group. He was born in great bookham, in surrey, which is near a town called dorking, about twenty miles south of london. Before they were pink floyd a history of the band pre floyd. Nov 20, 2016 george roger waters born 6 september 1943 in great bookham, surrey, is an english singer, songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, and composer. The cofounder and longtime member of pink floyd who guided the band creatively during the 1970s and experimented with a solo career for decades afterwards. He, along with syd barrett, nick mason, and richard wright, formed the. He was born in great bookham, surrey and moved to cambridge during his early childhood. Album rock arena rock art rock progrock psychedelicgarage folkrock keyboard. Roger waters born great bookham, surrey 1945 january 27th nick mason born 1945 july 28th richard wright born. Roger waters cincinnati tickets, heritage bank center, 01. Roger waters biography, family life and everything about. Waters is politically active, particularly concerning the issues of the environment and israels aggression towards palestine. Astrology birth chart for roger waters astrocharts.
English songwriter, bassist, and lyricist of pink floyd roger waters was born in great bookham village located in mole valley, surrey, united kingdom on september 6th, 1943 and is 76 years old today. Roger was born in england hence being a british national. Roger will tour north america and mexico for the us and them tour in 2020. Roger went to morley memorial junior school in cambridge and has completed his high school studies from cambridgeshire high school for boys. Was fired from the band in 1979, rejoined in 1986 as a session player and was officially reinstated in 1992. Roger is rightly famous for being one of the founding members of the group called pink floyd, as well as for his solo career. His country of birth is england in the united kingdom.
Born on september 6, 1943, george roger waters came from great bookham, surrey, england. Roger waters booking agent, manager, and publicist contact info. After barretts drug problems got him kicked out of the band, waters became the primary creative force, and thanks to such inspirations as his father who died in world war. Waters met fellow pink floyd member and first lead singer syd barrett while growing up in cambridge. George roger waters born 6 september 1943 is an english songwriter, singer, bassist, and composer. The musician is married to laurie durning, his starsign is virgo and he is now 76 years of age. In 1965, he cofounded the progressive rock band pink floyd. He, along with syd barrett, nick mason, and richard wright, formed the band in 1965 and released their first album, the piper at the gates of dawn in 1967. George roger waters born 6 september 1943 in great bookham, surrey, is an english singer, songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, and composer. Apr 25, 2020 roger waters was born in 1943 on 6th september. He helped compose the soundtrack to the 1970 documentary the body. Kirkpatrick in great bookham between september 1914 and april 1917. Pink floyd bass player and singer roger waters was born in great bookham in 1943. Roger waters biography george roger waters born 6 september 1943 great bookham, cambridge, uk roger waters musical career took off when he joined the band pink floyd in 1965 along with highschool friend syd barrett.
George roger waters born 6 september 1943 is an english musician, singer, songwriter and composer. How rodrigo y gabriela tackled pink floyds daunting echoes with. His father, the son of a coal miner and labour party activist, was a schoolteacher, a devout christian, and a communist party member. George roger waters, betterknown as roger waters, was born in great bookham, surrey, england and grew up in cambridge, england. Fletcher was a son of a labor party politician and coal miner. George roger waters born 6th september 1943 is a communist musician, singer, songwriter and composer. Roger waters is pink floyds grand conceptualist, the driving force behind such albums as dark side of the moon, wish you were here, and the wall. Pink floyd bassist roger waters was born in the village of great bookham within surrey, england 76 years ago today. Waters initially served solely as the bassist, but following the departure of singersongwriter syd barrett in 1968, he also became their lyricist, colead vocalist, and conceptual leader. Roger waters was born on september 6, 1943, in great bookham, surrey. He was born to mary, who passed on in 2009 and eric waters.
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