Biography

White grew up on the Isle of Wight, completely self-taught as a guitarist, having received his first guitar from his parents at the age of 10. He moved to Stockholm in 1965 at the age of 17, spending more than a year there playing in a trio called The Train. By 1970 he made his way to London and found work as a session player and as a member of Heavy Heart. During this time he met Peter Green and the two would form a lifelong friendship.

In 1968 while living in Sweden he swapped his Fender Straocaster which he didn't like to his signature guitar, the 1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Standard.

White had been recommended to Pink Floyd by Kate Bush's former manager Hilary Walker, as they were looking for an additional guitarist for the live band on the Animals tour in 1977. White's solo on "Pigs On The Wing", (it appears on the 8-track version), was his first time playing for the band. During the tour, White started off the show himself by playing bass on the song "Sheep", as well as soloing during "Have a Cigar" and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part VIII".

In 1978 Pink Floyd's keyboard player Rick Wright asked him to play guitar on his solo album, entitled 'Wet Dream,' which he recorded in the South of France.

In 1979 Peter Green decided to head for the studio once more and invited Snowy along to jam. The result was the album entitled 'In the Skies', now something of a collectors item.