It’s among the most famous electric guitar solos in all of rock music. Some players have put it at the top of their list of best-ever solos. But David Gilmour says he can’t play it. Which is odd, ...

All it takes is one guitar note piercing through a pitch-black arena — one note dramatically reaching heavenward, as if it’s waking up — to recognize the guitarist. As soon as David Gilmour struck the ...