Membership in the mid-1980s version of Supertramp, then attempting to carry on without Roger Hodgson, had its privileges for Carl Verheyen. Hired to go on tour with the proggy pop-rock leviathan in support of the
Brother Where Are You Bound LP, the guitar savant had to solo live with such grandeur and technical ability on the 1985 album’s title track that audiences would forget the lengthy, winding passages David Gilmour deftly negotiated for the original recording.
A daunting assignment, to be sure, but for Verheyen, long a Gilmour admirer, it was the chance of a lifetime. He repays the Pink Floyd maestro’s inspiration with the soulful swells and complex melodic sweep of a soaring “Spiral Glide,” the stunning centerpiece of the genre-hopping
Never Been There
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