Hello and welcome to Season Three of the Feeling Sound Podcast.

This episode features Lee Harris, a guitarist probably best known for his connections to Ian Dury & The Blockheads, and subsequently with Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets.

In his early twenties, Lee became a touring member and co-manager of Ian Dury & The Blockheads. After playing with the Blockheads for 12 years, Lee took a break from the music industry to renovate his French property.

It was whilst undertaking these renovations that Lee attended a David Gilmour concert in 2015, with his long-term friend Guy Pratt.

One of the most significant things to come out of this experience was that it left Lee determined to get back into playing again, and more importantly, he also came up with the idea of playing some of these early Pink Floyd tracks a bit more seriously.

He eventually managed to approach Nick Mason, the original Pink Floyd drummer who unlike Roger Waters and David Gilmour hadn’t really toured much since 1994.

The dream turned into a reality in 2018, when they formed Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets together, alongside fellow musicians, Guy Pratt, Dom Beken, and former Spandau Ballet guitarist Gary Kemp.

The band's remit was to exclusively play those fantastic pre-Dark Side of the Moon, and Pink Floyd Albums, bringing these works to life again to a potentially much wider audience.

They’re just about to embark on a whirlwind European tour throughout the whole of July, followed by an extensive Australian tour on September 23.

I caught up with Lee to talk to him about his musical journey so far, what has been like to play alongside such musical legends, and also, most importantly, what music means to him…