Snowy White - The White Animals Band

Terence Charles "Snowy" White (born 3 March 1948, Barnstaple, Devon) is an English guitarist, known for having played with Thin Lizzy (permanent member from 1980 to 1982) and with Pink Floyd (as a backing guitarist; he was first invited to tour with the band through Europe and the United States in 1977, and during The Wall shows in 1980) and, more recently, for Roger Waters' band. He is also known for his 1983 solo effort "Bird of Paradise", which became a UK Singles Chart Top 10 hit single.

Biography

White grew up on the Isle of Wight, self-taught as a guitarist, having received his first guitar from his parents at the age of ten. He moved to Stockholm in 1965 at the age of seventeen, spending more than a year there playing in a trio called The Train. In 1968 he purchased his signature guitar, a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop. By 1970 he made his way to London and found work as a session player and as a member of Heavy Heart. During this time he met Peter Green and the two began a lifelong friendship (White later appeared on Green's album In the Skies).

White had been recommended to Pink Floyd by Kate Bush's former manager Hilary Walker, as they were looking for an additional guitarist for the live band on the Animals tour in 1977. White's solo on "Pigs on the Wing" (it appears on the 8-track version), was his first time playing for the band. During the tour, White started off the show by playing bass guitar on the song "Sheep", as well as soloing during "Have a Cigar" and "Shine on You Crazy Diamond Part VIII".

In 1979 Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham, having seen White play with Pink Floyd in New York City during the Animals tour, approached him about joining Thin Lizzy.

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. White left Thin Lizzy in August 1982.

White's connection to Pink Floyd continued in later decades. White was invited by former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters to perform at The Wall Concert in Berlin in 1990, by the ruins of the Berlin Wall, along with other artists. Waters also called on White in 1991 for the "Guitar Legends" concert, in Seville. David Gilmour was the guest on White's 1994 album Highway to the Sun, appearing on the track "Love, Pain and Sorrow", with Gilmour playing his Digitech 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, the album 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 guitar.

White's next album project was entitled Goldtop, named after his Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Standard guitar. It featured material in which White has been involved from 1974 until 1994, including two tracks from Thin Lizzy, jams from the Peter Green In the Skies session, and the extended, 8-track tape version of the Pink Floyd song "Pigs on the Wing", featuring White's guitar bridge between the two parts.

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.

In 1999 White joined Waters for his band's In the Flesh US tour and in 2000, Waters again toured the US, this time recording a live album and making a film of the show. 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). A DVD, The Way It Is...Live! was completed and issued.

White toured with Waters in The Dark Side of the Moon Live tour from June 2006, having played in Europe, North America, Australia, Asia and South America. He also performed with Waters at Live Earth.

White formed a new band in 2008 named The Snowy White Blues Project. In Our Time of Living was released in April 2009. The group featured Matt Taylor: guitar/vocals, Ruud Weber: bass/vocals, Juan van Emmerloot: drums, and Snowy White: guitar/vocals.

In 2010 White toured again with Roger Waters, in The Wall Live. White provided vocals and a guitar riff on Meek Mill's album DC4.

Discography

1983: Snowy White â€" White Flames â€" UK No. 21
1984: Snowy White â€" Snowy White (also known as Land of Freedom) â€" UK No. 88
1987: Snowy White â€" That Certain Thing
1988: Snowy White's Blues Agency â€" Change My Life
1989: Snowy White's Blues Agency â€" Open for Business (aka Blues on Me)
1994: Snowy White â€" Highway to the Sun
1995: Mick Taylor & Snowy White â€" Arthur's Club-Geneve 1995
1996: Snowy White & the White Flames â€" No Faith Required
1998: Snowy White & the White Flames â€" Little Wing (released as Melting in US)
1999: Snowy White & The White Flames - Melting
1999: Snowy White & the White Flames â€" Keep Out â€" We Are Toxic
2002: Snowy White & the White Flames â€" Restless
2005: Snowy White & the White Flames â€" The Way It Is
2007: Snowy White & the White Flames â€" Live Flames
2009: Snowy White Blues Project â€" In Our Time of Living
2010: Snowy White Blues Project â€" In Our Time ... Live
2011: Snowy White & the White Flames â€" Realistic
2016: Snowy White - Released

Compilations

1993: Snowy White's Blues Agency â€" The Best of Snowy White's Blues Agency
1996: Snowy White â€" Goldtop: Groups & Sessions '74â€"'94
1999: Snowy White â€" Pure Gold â€" The Solo Years 1983â€"98 (compilation)
2003: Snowy White â€" Bird of Paradise â€" An Anthology (compilation, Double CD)
2009: Snowy White's Blues Agency â€" Twice as Addictive
2009: Snowy White â€" The Best of Snowy White (double CD, compilation)

Thin Lizzy

1980: Chinatown
1981: Renegade
1983: Life

Pink Floyd

1977: Animals (bridging piece on 8-track cartridge only)
2000: Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81

Rick Wright

1978: Wet Dream by Rick Wright

Roger Waters

1990: The Wall Live in Berlin
2000: In the Flesh: Live
2002: Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Vol. 1
2015: Roger Waters: The Wall

Other recordings featuring Snowy White

1974: ...Waiting on You by Jonathan Kelly's Outside
1979: In the Skies by Peter Green
1975: New Worlds Fair by Michael Moorcock and The Deep Fix, United Artists
1980: Solo in Soho by Philip Lynott
1993: Rio Grande by Eddy Mitchell (Polydor); solo guitar on je me sens mieux quand je me sens mal and te perdre
1984: One Man Mission by Jim Capaldi
1997: Snow Blind by Tom Newman and Friends (Snowy White on two tracks, recorded 1983)
1997: Looking for Somebody Rattlesnake Guitar: The Music of Peter Green

Snowy White - The White Animals Band

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