Brian Godding (19 August 1945 – 25 November 2023) was a Welsh pop, rock and jazz rock guitarist. He was a founding member of the psychedelic rock band Blossom Toes and was also a member of the jazz rock big band Centipede.

Biography

Godding was born on 19 August 1945 in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, South Wales. He died on 25 November 2023, at the age of 78. He was a brother-in-law of English singer and actress Julie Driscoll.

Work

In the early 1980s Godding contributed to three albums by Kevin Coyne: Bursting Bubbles (1980), Sanity Stomp (1980) and Pointing the Finger (1981).

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

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

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

Writing for dmme.net after his death in 2023, H.-Peter Pfeufer said:

Discography

As leader

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

As sideman

With Blossom Toes

• We Are Ever So Clean (Marmalade, 1967)

• If Only for a Moment (Marmalade, 1969)

With Centipede

• Septober Energy, (Neon: NE 9, 1971)

With Full Monte

• Spark In The Dark (Slam, 2013)

With Magma

• Köhntarkösz (Vertigo, A&M, Seventh Day, 1974)

With Kevin Coyne

• Bursting Bubbles (Virgin Records, 1980)

• Sanity Stomp (Virgin Records, 1980)

• Pointing the Finger (Cherry Red Records, 1981)

With Mike Westbrook

• Citadel/Room 315 (RCA, 1975)

• Love/Dream And Variations (Transatlantic, 1976)

• 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 Mirage

• Now You See It (Compendium, 1977)

References

External links

• Brian Godding's official website

• Godding @ Olliehalsall.co.uk