{"id":26321,"date":"2011-07-08T11:04:26","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T18:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=26321"},"modified":"2024-05-25T17:52:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T00:52:47","slug":"dick-parry-the-man-behind-the-saxophone-sounds-of-pink-floyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2011\/dick-parry-the-man-behind-the-saxophone-sounds-of-pink-floyd\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick Parry: The Man Behind The Saxophone Sounds Of Pink Floyd"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWhen it comes to saxophone in popular music, arguably some of the most, if not the most<\/em>, epic saxophone solos ever played were done by Pink Floyd’s<\/em> Dick Parry.<\/p>\n

Parry’s work on both “Money” and “Us and Them”\u2014the 2 singles from the English band’s 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon<\/em>\u2014was instrumental in the way the songs resonated with audiences.<\/p>\n

However, it was in “Us and Them”, that the saxophone truly shined as a solo instrument, and told a critical piece of the nearly 8 minute musical story. Not only are Parry’s 2 solos an integral part of “Us and Them”, but so too are his melodic lines that he weaves throughout this musical epic.<\/p>\n

In this performance released on video in 1995, you hear Parry’s haunting sax lines that help tell the tale of “Us and Them”.<\/p>\n