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In 2008 he won the Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement Award.
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In 2005 he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame (as a member of Pink Floyd) for their outstanding contribution to British music.
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His favorite Pink Floyd album is "Wish You Were Here".
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He lists Jimi Hendrix as a major influence.
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His favorite Pink Floyd song is "Shine on You Crazy Diamond".
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He helped discover singer Kate Bush.
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He is considered to be one of the most influential guitarists of the 20th Century.
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He almost exclusively plays Fender Stratocaster guitars.
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He has had two wives and 7 children.
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He was good friends with author Douglas Adams until his 2001 death.
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He was voted the best East Anglian guitarist in Total Guitar Magazine's poll of the 12 greatest British guitarists.
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His hobbies include car racing, flying airplanes, collecting guitars, and vintage aircrafts.
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The Pink Floyd song "Comfortably Numb" is a reworking of a cut song from his first solo album.
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His height is 6'.
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He worked as a model before he joined Pink Floyd.
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Gilmour wrote the majority of Pink Floyd's songs, excluding the tracks on Dark Side Of The Moon.
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In November 2003, he was made a CBE(Commander of the British Empire), for philanthropy and for services to music.
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He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of Pink Floyd, in 1996.
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He was asked to join Pink Floyd, in January of 1968.
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Gilmour met Syd Barrett while in College.
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He attended the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology.
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He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, as a member of Pink Floyd.