Editing David Gilmour (section)

==Early life and education==
David Jon Gilmour was born on 6 March 1946 in [[Cambridge]], England.{{sfn|Fitch|2005|p=115}} He has three siblings: Peter, Mark and Catharine.{{sfn|Blake|2008|p=14}} His father, Douglas Gilmour, was a senior lecturer in [[zoology]] at the [[University of Cambridge]], and his mother, Sylvia (née Wilson), was a trained teacher who later worked as a film editor for the [[BBC]].<ref name="WH">{{Cite episode |series=BBC Two |title=David Gilmour: Wider Horizons |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pyrbs |access-date=14 November 2015 |network=[[BBC]] |date=14 November 2015 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804211420/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pyrbs |url-status=live }}</ref> At the time of Gilmour's birth, the family lived in [[Trumpington]], Cambridgeshire; after several relocations they moved to nearby [[Grantchester]].<ref>{{harvnb|Blake|2008|p=14}}: the house in Trumpington; {{harvnb|Manning|2006|pp=10–11}}.</ref>

Gilmour's parents encouraged him to pursue his interest in music, and in 1954 he bought his first single, [[Bill Haley (musician)|Bill Haley]]'s "[[Rock Around the Clock]]".{{sfn|Manning|2006|pp=10–11}} His enthusiasm was stirred the following year by [[Elvis Presley]]'s "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]", and "[[Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers song)|Bye Bye Love]]" by [[the Everly Brothers]] piqued his interest in the guitar. Gilmour borrowed a guitar from a neighbour, but never gave it back. Soon afterwards, he started teaching himself to play using a book and record set by [[Pete Seeger]].{{sfn|Blake|2008|pp=18–19}} At age 11, Gilmour began attending [[the Perse School|Perse School]] on [[Hills Road, Cambridge]], which he did not enjoy.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=11}} There, he met two classmates who would later become the future members of [[Pink Floyd]]: [[Syd Barrett]] and [[Roger Waters]], both of whom attended [[Cambridgeshire High School for Boys]] on the same road.{{sfn|Blake|2008|pp=15–17}}

In 1962, Gilmour began studying A-Level modern languages at the [[Anglia Ruskin University|Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology]],{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=11}} but despite not finishing the course, he eventually learned to speak fluent French.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=11}} Barrett was also a student at the college, and the two spent their lunchtimes together practising guitar.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=11}} Later that year, Gilmour joined the [[blues rock]] band [[Jokers Wild (band)|Jokers Wild]]. They recorded a one-sided album and a single at Regent Sound Studio, in [[Denmark Street]], west London, but only 50 copies of each were made.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=11}}

At age 19, Gilmour hitchhiked to [[Saint-Tropez]], France. Barrett and his friends also drove there and met up with him before they were arrested for [[Street performance|busking]].{{sfn|Blake|2008|p=50}} Gilmour and Barrett later travelled to Paris, where they camped outside the city for a week and visited the [[Louvre]].{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=18}} In this period, Gilmour worked as the driver and assistant for the fashion designer [[Ossie Clark]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Pattie|last= Boyd|title= Wonderful Tonight|date= 2007|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=CNhh0TMLmmwC&q=gilmour 53]}}</ref>

Gilmour travelled to France again in mid-1967 with [[Rick Wills]] and [[Willie Wilson (drummer)|Willie Wilson]], formerly of Jokers Wild. They performed under the name Flowers, then Bullitt, but were not commercially successful. After hearing their covers of chart hits, club owners were reluctant to pay them, and soon after their arrival in Paris, thieves stole their equipment.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=44}} Also while in France, Gilmour contributed lead vocals to two songs on the soundtrack of the film ''[[Two Weeks in September]]'', starring [[Brigitte Bardot]].<ref name="WH" /> When he returned with Bullitt to England later that year, they could not afford petrol and had to push their bus off the ferry onto the landing.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=44}}