Harry William Waters (born 16 November 1976) is a British

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

and Hammond organ player, associated with

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. In ...

and

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

Life

Waters is the son of former Pink Floyd bass player, songwriter, and lyricist Roger Waters and his second wife Lady Carolyne Christie, the niece of the 3rd Marquess of Zetland. He is married to visual artist Richelle Rich. They reside in Los Angeles.

Musical career

Waters is heard at the age of 2 in the original recording of " Goodbye Blue Sky" on Pink Floyd's 1979 album ''

The Wall ''The Wall'' is the eleventh studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 30 November 1979 by Harvest/EMI and Columbia/ CBS Records. It is a rock opera that explores Pink, a jaded rock star whose eventual self-imp ...

''. The song opens with him saying "Look, mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky" before the song starts. Waters has played on tour with his father since 2002, replacing keyboardist

Jon Carin Jon Carin (born October 21, 1964) is a musician, singer, songwriter and producer who has been a longtime collaborator with the bands Pink Floyd and The Who, and the solo careers of David Gilmour and Roger Waters, Pete Townshend, Eddie Vedder, ...

on the

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tour, and later playing alongside Carin since

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in 2006. In 2004 he toured with

Marianne Faithfull Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer and actress. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her hit single " As Tears Go By" and became one of the lead female artists during the British I ...

and

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. He is a fan of Phish and

The Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, world music, ...

and has played in several

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cover bands. Waters is also a

musician who has teamed with the likes of Ian Ritchie (saxophone player for Roger Waters), forming the Harry Waters Quartet. Some demos of his jazz work are available to download from Waters's official website. In November 2008 the first Harry Waters Band album was released. On 19 June 2011 Waters played a Pink Floyd song, "

" (from ''

''), with Primus during the band's concert at the

Effenaar The Effenaar is a music venue in the centre of Eindhoven, the Netherlands. It was squatted in 1971 and has grown into one of the largest pop venues in the country, hosting rock, pop and techno events. The current Effenaar consists of two music ...

in Eindhoven. On 17 September 2015

Dean Ween Michael Melchiondo Jr. (born September 25, 1970), better known by his stage name Dean Ween, is an American guitarist, singer and a founding member of the alternative rock group Ween. He is currently active in the groups Ween, Moistboyz and The ...

announced on his Facebook page that Harry Waters was the new keyboard player of his namesake group, Dean Ween Band. He is a member of the band McNally Waters with singer-songwriter Larry John McNally. He has scored for TV and film.

Discography

* ''Harry Waters Band'' (2008) *McNally Waters (2018) *Bang Bang (2021)

Film scores

* More Human Than Human *The Birth of the Cobra *The Halcyon *The Look *Proxy *Retrospekt

TV Work

*Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee *Baywatch *At Home With Amy Sedaris *Stage Mother *Lose a Stone in 21 Days *Chelsea *The Beauty Inside *The Way Home *Himalaya with Michael Palin

Video Games

*Pirate Pop - Nintendo

Harry Waters Band

The lineup is as follows: *Harry Waters: Piano * Yarron Stavi: Bass *

Seb Rochford Sebastian Rochford is a British drummer and composer. He has recorded and released music as leader of the British band Polar Bear, as Kutcha Butcha and as part of numerous collaborations. Early life Rochford was born in Aberdeen and has a large ...

: Drums * Roger Beaujolais: Vibraphone * Ian Ritchie: Tenor Saxophone * Alan Barnes: Alto/Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet *Quentin Collins: Trumpet

References

External links

Official site and blog

Living people English keyboardists 1976 births Roger Waters {{England-musician-stub