Brian Godding

Brian Godding (born 19 August 1945,[1] Monmouth, South Wales) is a pop, rock and jazz rock guitarist.

Brian Godding
Born (1945-08-19) 19 August 1945, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales
GenresPop music, rock, jazz rock
Occupation(s)Musician, session musician, composer
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active1964–present
Websitelotsawatts.co.uk
Audio sample
"Blue Sun" from Slaughter on Shaftesbury Avenue
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Reviews

Regarding his 1988 solo album Slaughter on Shaftesbury Avenue, Dave Wayne in the New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock, said:

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.[2]

Reviewing the same album for the Dorset Echo, Marco Rossi said:

Fans of Allan Holdsworth, John Etheridge and John McLaughlin had best be sitting down with a fortifying cuppa when they hear, by way of example, "Blue Sun" from Godding's 1988 album Slaughter on Shaftesbury Avenue - a warm-toned, hugely imaginative and wholly involving sound picture on which Godding conjures forth such a powerfully hypnotic extended intro that I actually jumped out of my seat when the drums came in.[3]

He was featured in 'Crossing Bridges', a 1983 music programme based around jazz guitar improvisation, and broadcast by Channel 4[4]

Discography

As leader
  • Slaughter on Shaftesbury Avenue (Reckless Records: RECK16, 1988)

As sideman

With Mike Westbrook

  • The Cortège (Original Records, 1982)
  • On Duke's Birthday (Hat ART, 1985)
  • Pierides (Jazzprint, 1986)
  • The Dance Band (Core, 1987)
  • London Bridge Is Broken Down (Virgin Venture, 1988)

With Kevin Coyne

With Centipede

With Magma

Godding is listed as a band member on a 1977 album by a band called Mirage who released an album on Compendium Records called Now You See It. Also listed are George Khan(Tenor/Alto/Soprano sax/Flute, Steve Cook (Electric/String basses) and Dave Sheen on drums. It was recorded in Oslo I think as Compendium Records were based there. This album is an excellent but obviously little known album of classic jazz fusion material on which all the band members excel. The track listing is as follow: Side 1 King's Head (Khan) Always Leaving (Khan) Time Less Words (Godding)

Side 2 Elephants' Tales (Khan) Ballade (Khan) Underneath The Arches And Beyond (Godding )

Source is the album cover as I have been unable to find any other information on the band or album elsewhere.

References
  1. Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 986. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. "New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock GI-GO". www.gepr.net. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  3. "Singular talents". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  4. Crossing Bridges website
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