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OriginWales NameBrian Godding Instrumentsguitar Music groupBlossom Toes
Years active1964 - present GenresPop music, Jazz fusion Websitelotsawatts.co.uk
Born19 August 1945 (age 70), Monmouth, South Wales (1945-08-19) Occupation(s)Musician, session musician, composer Associated actsThe Grave Diggers, The Ingoes, Blossom Toes, B. B. Blunder, Solid Gold Cadillac, Kevin Coyne, Magma, Mike Westbrook Orchestra, Centipede RoleGuitarist · lotsawatts.co.uk AlbumsWe Are Ever So Clean, If Only for a Moment, What On Earth: Rarities 1967-69, Pierides, Love Bomb - Live 1967-69 Similar PeopleKate 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.
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).
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)