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Harry Waters

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Harry Waters
Waters performing with Roger Waters in 2012
Waters performing withRoger Watersin 2012
Background information
Born(1976-11-16)16 November 1976(age 47)
Genres
Instrument(s)
Years active2002–present
Websiteharrywaters

Harry William Waters(born 16 November 1976) is a BritishpianoandHammond organplayer, associated withprogressive rockandjazz.

Life[edit]

Waters is the son of songwriter and lyricistRoger Waters,who co-founded the rock bandPink Floyd,and his second wifeCarolyne Christie,the niece of the3rd Marquess of Zetland.

He is married to visual artist Richelle Rich. They reside in Los Angeles.[1]

Musical career[edit]

A two year old Waters is heard in the original recording of "Goodbye Blue Sky"on Pink Floyd's 1979 albumThe Wall.[2]The song opens with him saying "Look, mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky".

Waters joined his father's touring band in 2002,[3]replacing keyboardistJon Carinon theIn the Fleshtour; he later playing alongside Carin sinceThe Dark Side of the Moon Livein 2006. Harry was fired from the band (alongside several other band members) by his father shortly before Christmas 2016.[2]

In 2004, he toured withMarianne FaithfullandOzric Tentacles.[4][5]He is a fan ofPhishandThe Grateful Deadand has played in severaljam bandcover bands.

Waters is also ajazzmusician who has teamed with the likes ofIan Ritchie(saxophone player for Roger Waters), forming the Harry Waters Quartet. Some demos of his jazz work are available to download from Waters' official website.[6]In November 2008, the first Harry Waters Band album was released.[7]

On 19 June 2011, Waters played a Pink Floyd song "In the Flesh"(fromThe Wall) withPrimusduring the band's concert at theEffenaarinEindhoven.

On 17 September 2015,Dean Weenannounced on his Facebook page that Harry Waters was the new keyboard player of his namesake group, the Dean Ween Band.

He is a member of the band McNally Waters with singer-songwriter Larry John McNally.[8]He has scored for TV and film.

In 2022, Waters joined Israeli Pink Floyd tribute band Echoes to performThe Wallalongside other former members of his father's touring band. In 2023, he joinedColonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigadeon their "Summer of Green" touring, playing Pink Floyd's 1977 albumAnimalseach night. Later in the year, he agreed to perform three shows with English tribute bandBrit Floyd.[2]

Discography[edit]

  • Harry Waters Band(2008)
  • McNally Waters(2018)
  • Bang Bang(2021)

Film scores[edit]

  • More Human Than Human
  • The Birth of the Cobra
  • The Halcyon
  • The Look
  • Proxy
  • Retrospekt

TV Work[edit]

  • Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
  • Baywatch
  • At Home With Amy Sedaris
  • Stage Mother
  • Lose a Stone in 21 Days
  • Chelsea
  • The Beauty Inside
  • The Way Home
  • Himalaya with Michael Palin

Video games[edit]

  • Pirate Pop - Nintendo

Harry Waters Band[edit]

The lineup is as follows:

References[edit]

  1. ^"About".Richelle Rich.Retrieved25 September2022.
  2. ^abcGreene, Andy (29 November 2023)."Roger Waters Fired His Son. He's Playing in a Pink Floyd Tribute Band".Rolling Stone.Retrieved8 December2023.
  3. ^"sjscene".sjscene. Archived fromthe originalon 19 February 2012.Retrieved17 August2012.
  4. ^[1]ArchivedAugust 23, 2007, at theWayback Machine
  5. ^[2]ArchivedJuly 25, 2011, at theWayback Machine
  6. ^[3]ArchivedJanuary 5, 2009, at theWayback Machine
  7. ^[4]ArchivedJanuary 5, 2009, at theWayback Machine
  8. ^"Kris Needs reviews Nick Mason Saucerful of Secrets show at the Waterside".bucksherald.co.uk.Retrieved5 June2019.

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