Dave Kilminster

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Dave Kilminster
Dave Kilminster performing in Roger Waters' band at Arrow Rock Festival, June 10, 2006
Background information
Birth name	David Rosenberg
Born	January 25, England
Origin	England
Genre(s)	Progressive rock
Occupation(s)	Musician Producer
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1991–present
Associated acts	John Wetton Band Qango Keith Emerson Roger Waters
Website	DaveKilminster.com

Dave Kilminster (born January 25, 1960, England) is a British guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and music teacher. He is mostly known for touring with Keith Emerson (since 2002) and with Roger Waters on his The Dark Side Of The Moon 2006 - 2008 tour, performing much of the guitar and vocal duties that are originally David Gilmour's. He also played alongside with John Wetton (ex King Crimson), Ken Hensley (ex Uriah Heep), Qango (an Asia spin-off), The Nice, and Carl Palmer.

1 Biography
2 Style and techniques
3 Personal
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Dave Kilminster began playing piano at an early age and later, in 1976, he chose to play guitar; during his youth he also experienced singing in a barbershop quartet, which gave him a strong background for future involvement as a vocalist.

In 1991 he won the award 'Guitarist of the Year' in a competition run by Guitarist Magazine with the instrumental Sundance; at that time he was working on computers for IBM. Shortly after, Kilminster was asked to teach at the Guitar Institute in Acton (London), despite being a self-trained musician. This also involved writing exam material and courses for Trinity College and Thames valley University.

Kilminster is now a teacher at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guilford. He has launched a series of instructional DVDs for Rock Road's Licklibrary after the success of his global satellite series, named Killer Guitar. Kilminster has written over 200 articles for Guitar Techniques magazine.

[edit] Style and techniques

Kilminster used to play left-handed (he is naturally left-handed), but after damaging his right wrist in a go-kart accident, he started playing right-handed. Despite that, he is widely known both as a proficient teacher and as an outstanding performer in the techniques of pull-off, tapping, hammer-on and sweep-picking. His instructional DVDs are available through his website and Licklibrary guitar community. Dave re-released his acoustic guitar album Playing with Fire in 2004. Scarlet, a rock album, featuring Dave on guitar and vocals along with Keith Emerson bandmates drummer Pete Riley and bass player Phil Williams, is released in 2007. Kilminster writes all music and lyrics. Both Playing with Fire and Scarlet are available from Kilminster's website www.davekilminster.com

[edit] Personal

Kilminster is good friend with Guthrie Govan, who became the guitarist in the Downes/Payne-led Asia (2001-2006); they played together in several gigs along the 1990s.
He is in a long-term relationship with Anne-Marie Helder, British singer-songwriter; he has also co-produced her first solo album The Contact (2004).