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Origin
  
Wales

Name
  
Brian Godding

Instruments
  
guitar

Music group
  
Blossom Toes

Years active
  
1964 - present

Genres
  
Pop music, Jazz fusion

Website
  
lotsawatts.co.uk


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Born
  
19 August 1945 (age 78) , Monmouth, South Wales (
1945-08-19
)

Occupation(s)
  
Musician, session musician, composer

Associated acts
  
The Grave Diggers, The Ingoes, Blossom Toes, B. B. Blunder, Solid Gold Cadillac, Kevin Coyne, Magma, Mike Westbrook Orchestra, Centipede

Role
  
Guitarist · lotsawatts.co.uk

Albums
  
We Are Ever So Clean, If Only for a Moment, What On Earth: Rarities 1967-69, Pierides, Love Bomb - Live 1967-69

Similar People
  
Kate Westbrook, Jim Cregan, Mike Westbrook, Giorgio Gomelsky

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Brian Godding (born 19 August 1945, Monmouth, South Wales) is a pop, rock and jazz guitarist. He was brought up, and has mostly lived, in London.

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He has been a member of many rock, jazz and progressive rock bands, such as The Gravediggers, The Ingoes, Blossom Toes, B. B. Blunder, Solid Gold Cadillac, Magma, Centipede, The Mike Westbrook Orchestra and Full Monte.

As session or guest musician, he appeared on Julie Driscoll's 1969 album, Reg King's solo album, three albums by Kevin Coyne and Andrew Leigh's Magician album, as well as A Wish for a Season by Kind Hearts & English.

Godding is the brother-in-law of Julie Driscoll (now Julie Tippetts).

Brian Godding


Reviews

Regarding his 1988 solo album Slaughter on Shaftesbury Avenue:

"Intense jazz-rock fusion of the highest quality. Godding's guitar playing should please fans of McLaughlin and Holdsworth to no end. Heartily recommended to all fusion fans" (Dave Wayne, New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock)

As leader

  • Slaughter On Shaftesbury Avenue (Reckless Records: RECK16, 1988)
  • As sideman

    With Mike Westbrook

  • On Duke's Birthday (Hat ART, 1985)
  • Pierides (Jazzprint, 1986)
  • The Dance Band (Core, 1987)
  • London Bridge is Broken Down (Virgin Venture, 1988)
  • Off Abbey Road (Tiptoe, 1990)
  • The Cortège (Enja, 1993)
  • With Kevin Coyne

  • Bursting Bubbles (Virgin Records, 1980)
  • Sanity Stomp (Virgin Records, 1980)
  • Pointing the Finger (Cherry Red Records, 1981)
  • References

    Brian Godding Wikipedia