Veteran drummer Steve DiStanislao has recalled the night he performed a classic alongside and members David Gilmour and Richard Wright. In a new interview with , DiStanislao, touring drummer for a number of rock greats, including David Crosby, shared his memory of being invited to play on David Gilmour's tour. Explaining how he got the gig, he recalls: "I was playing with Crosby/Nash at the Royal Festival Hall in London, and we had a really, really good show that night.
"David Gilmour was there, and so was [Led Zeppelin bassist] John Paul Jones, but I didn’t know until we were backstage after the gig. I met David backstage, he was real nice, and then that was it." The drummer continues: "Then I was on tour with Loggins and Messina and Crosby calls me up, he goes, 'David Gilmour is trying to get ahold of you.
' I’m like, What? Come on. I got ahold of David and he asked me if I was interested in playing and doing his tour." Accepting the proposition without even having to audition, DiStanislao hit the road for Gilmour's 2006 tour supporting his first solo album in 22 years, which became his first UK number one outside of Pink Floyd.
To close the trek, Gilmour arranged a three-night stand at London's Royal Albert Hall, lining up a handful of special guests to join him onstage, among them David Crosby and Graham Nash, Robert Wyatt, his Pink Floyd brethren Nick Mason and long-time Floyd fan David Bowie. Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special o.
