Snowy White
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| Born | March 3, 1948 (age 59) in Barnstaple, Devon, England |
| Genre(s) | Rock Hard rock Progressive rock Blues Rock |
| Affiliation(s) | Pink Floyd Thin Lizzy Mick Taylor Snowy White's Blues Agency Snowy White and the White Flames |
| Label(s) | Towerbell White Flames Repertoire Hypertension Cleopatra |
| Notable guitars | Gibson Les Paul "Goldtop" |
| Years active | 1973 - present |
| Official site | The White Flames Magazines |
Snowy White (born Terence Charles White, 3 March 1948, in Barnstaple, Devon) is an English guitarist, mostly known for having played for Thin Lizzy (permanent member from 1979 to 1981) and for Pink Floyd (as a back-up player; he was first invited to join the band through Europe and America, in 1977).
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[edit] Biography
The collaboration with these two bands was very complicated; the invitation to rehearse the live show of The Wall for Pink Floyd happened at the same time he was invited to become a full-time member of Thin Lizzy, with whom he recorded/co-wrote their Chinatown and Renegade albums. The connection to Pink Floyd remained throughout the years. White was invited by the then former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters to perform in another take of The Wall, in 1990, by the ruins of the Berlin Wall, along with other guest artists. Also in 1991 for the 'Guitar Legends' concert, in Seville, and with David Gilmour as the guest on Snowy's 1994 album Highway to the Sun, appearing on the track "Love, Pain and Sorrow", with Gilmour playing his whammy-pedal induced Fender Stratocaster which was recorded at Gilmour's houseboat studio The Astoria.
Apart from guest appearances by Chris Rea, David Gilmour and Gary Moore, it also introduced two new Dutch-Indonesian musicians, Juan van Emmerloot (drums) and Walter Latupeirissa (bass and rhythm guitar). Kuma Harada also played bass and rhythm.
White's next album project was entitled Gold Top, after his well-known Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Standard guitar. It features material in which White has been involved from as far back as 1974 right up to 1996, including two tracks from Thin Lizzy, jams from the Peter Green In the Skies session (with Peter on 2nd guitar), Al Stewart Live in Philadelphia (1974), and the only complete version of the Pink Floyd song "Pigs on the Wing" featuring White's original guitar solo.
White has recorded five albums with his White Flames band. The first three were No Faith Required in 1996, Little Wing in 1998 and Keep Out: We Are Toxic in 1999 (see discography below).
In 1999 White joined Roger Waters for his band's In the Flesh U.S. tour, which was so successful that, in the Summer of 2000, Waters again toured the U.S., this time recording a live album and making a film of the show. Once again, from February to July 2002 White toured the world with Roger Waters.
Another White Flames album (as a three-piece), entitled Restless, was released in May 2002.
Spring 2005 saw the release of a new White Flames album, entitled The Way It Is, with a basic four-piece outfit consisting of Richard Bailey (drums/percussion), Walter Latupeirissa (bass) and Max Middleton (keyboards). White is now touring with this band to promote the album. A DVD, 'The Way It Is...Live!' has been completed.
White toured with Roger Waters in the The Dark Side Of The Moon Live tour, playing in Europe, North America and Australia.
[edit] Discography
- 1983: Snowy White - White Flames
- 1984: Snowy White - Snowy White (also known as Land of Freedom)
- 1984: Snowy White - That Certain Thing
- 1988: Snowy White's Blues Agency - Change My Life
- 1989: Snowy White's Blues Agency - Open For Business (aka Blues On Me)
- 1994: Snowy White - Highway to the Sun
- 1995: Mick Taylor & Snowy White - Arthur's Club-Geneve 1995
- 1996: Snowy White & the White Flames - No Faith Required
- 1998: Snowy White & the White Flames - Little Wing (released as Melting in USA)
- 1999: Snowy White & the White Flames - Keep Out - We Are Toxic
- 2002: Snowy White & the White Flames - Restless
- 2005: Snowy White & the White Flames - The Way It Is
[edit] Compilations
- 1993: Snowy White's Blues Agency - The Best of Snowy White's Blues Agency
- 1996: Snowy White - Goldtop: Groups & Sessions
- 1999: Snowy White - Pure Gold - The Solo Years 1983-98 (compilation)
- 2003: Snowy White - Bird Of Paradise - An Anthology (compilation, Double CD)
[edit] Thin Lizzy
[edit] Pink Floyd
- Animals (bridging piece on 8-track cartridge only), 1977
- Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81, 2000
[edit] Richard Wright
- Wet Dream by Richard Wright, 1978
[edit] Roger Waters
- The Wall Live in Berlin, 1990
- In the Flesh: Live, 2000
- Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Vol. 1, 2002
[edit] Other recordings featuring Snowy White
- ...Waiting On You by Jonathan Kelly's Outside, 1974
- In the Skies by Peter Green, 1979
- Solo in Soho by Philip Lynott, 1980
- Snow Blind Tom Newman and Friends, c. 1983[citation needed]
[edit] DVDs
- Live From London (2005)
- The Way It Is...Live! (2005)
- Instropective (2005)
[edit] External links
- Dutch Snowy White page
- Snowy White Fan Club
- Snowy White Fan Club International (multilanguage)
- Snowy White's official website
| Thin Lizzy |
| John Sykes | Scott Gorham | Marco Mendoza | Michael Lee |
| Phil Lynott | Brian Downey | Eric Bell | Gary Moore | Brian Robertson | Snowy White | Darren Wharton | Tommy Aldridge | Randy Gregg | Midge Ure | Mark Nauseef |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Thin Lizzy | Shades of a Blue Orphanage | Vagabonds of the Western World | Nightlife | Fighting | Jailbreak | Johnny the Fox | Bad Reputation | Black Rose: A Rock Legend | Chinatown | Renegade | Thunder and Lightning |
| Live albums: Live and Dangerous | Life | BBC Radio One Live in Concert | The Peel Sessions | Boys Are Back in Town: Live in Australia | One Night Only |
