{"id":4536,"date":"2025-09-04T21:21:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T21:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=4536"},"modified":"2025-09-04T21:21:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T21:21:50","slug":"doyle-bramwell-plays-the-guitar-upside-down-a-right-hand-guitar-turned-around-1st-string-at-the-top-%f0%9f%98%b3-amazing-the-night-in-portland-in-the-summer-of-2000-was-never-meant-to-be-ordinary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=4536","title":{"rendered":"Doyle Bramwell plays the guitar upside down, a right hand guitar turned around, 1st string at the top \ud83d\ude33 amazing &#8211; The night in Portland in the summer of 2000 was never meant to be ordinary. Fans walked into the Rose Garden Arena expecting spectacle \u2014 the legendary Roger Waters back on stage, the larger-than-life founder of Pink Floyd, the architect of The Wall. But when the lights dimmed and the first quiet chords of Mother began, something else happened, something no one could have predicted. Roger leaned toward the microphone, his voice not booming like an icon, but trembling like a child daring to speak his fear aloud. \u201cMother, do you think they\u2019ll drop the bomb?\u201d \u2014 the words felt less like lyrics and more like an intimate confession, whispered to thousands of strangers who suddenly became family&#8230; VIDEO BELOW \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"featured-image page-header-image-single grid-container grid-parent\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews79.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thumb-2025-09-04T135355.893.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnews79.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thumb-2025-09-04T135355.893.jpg 650w, https:\/\/globalnews79.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/thumb-2025-09-04T135355.893-300x162.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Doyle Bramwell plays the guitar upside down, a right hand guitar turned around, 1st string at the top\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/1f633.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude33\" \/>\u00a0amazing \u2013 The night in Portland in the summer of 2000 was never meant to be ordinary. Fans walked into the Rose Garden Arena expecting spectacle \u2014 the legendary Roger Waters back on stage, the larger-than-life founder of Pink Floyd, the architect of The Wall.<\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"posted-on\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-04T13:55:23+07:00\">04\/09\/2025<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"437\"><strong data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"435\">When Roger Waters Whispered \u201cMother,\u201d Katie Kissoon Answered \u2014 And Portland Witnessed a Once-in-a-Lifetime Musical Confession<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"437\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1999-Roger-Waters-In-the-Flesh-Tour.jpg\" alt=\"In the Flesh Tour North America (1999), Roger Waters\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"439\" data-end=\"904\">It was June 27, 2000, inside Portland\u2019s Rose Garden Arena. Thousands of fans gathered, expecting spectacle \u2014 lights, sound, a legendary Pink Floyd co-founder returning to the stage. What they got instead was something more fragile, more human. When Roger Waters leaned into the microphone and began\u00a0<em data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"785\">\u201cMother, do you think they\u2019ll drop the bomb?\u201d<\/em>, the arena hushed. Every lyric suddenly felt less like a rock song and more like a confession whispered in the dark.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"439\" data-end=\"904\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinkfloydz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rogandnick2.jpg\" alt=\"Roger Waters In The Flesh Tour 2002 - 26 June London Wembley Arena - Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"1349\">By his side stood Katie Kissoon, a voice that many knew only as \u201cbacking vocal.\u201d But that night, her presence turned the performance into a dialogue \u2014 a call and response between vulnerability and reassurance. Dressed simply, clutching her microphone with quiet strength, Kissoon embodied the \u201cMother\u201d figure in the song. Her harmonies weren\u2019t just notes; they were lifelines, wrapping around Waters\u2019s raw delivery like a protective embrace.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"1349\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/roger-waters-e1375819027903.jpg\" alt=\"AmEx Offering Pre-Sale Tickets for Musician Roger Waters' Tour, Despite Reportedly Rejecting Involvement With Anti-Israel Performer | Algemeiner.com\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1781\">For longtime fans,\u00a0<em data-start=\"1370\" data-end=\"1380\">\u201cMother\u201d<\/em>\u00a0had always been a haunting track from Pink Floyd\u2019s\u00a0<em data-start=\"1432\" data-end=\"1442\">The Wall<\/em>. But live in Portland, it became something else entirely \u2014 a moment of theatre, of intimacy, almost like overhearing a private conversation between a frightened child and a guardian spirit. Each time Waters sang his questions, Kissoon\u2019s replies came steady, unshakable: a reminder that music, at its core, is about trust and connection.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1781\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinkfloydz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/eyes.jpg\" alt=\"Roger Waters - In The Flesh 2000 - Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1783\" data-end=\"2151\">The performance was captured for eternity on the\u00a0<em data-start=\"1832\" data-end=\"1853\">In the Flesh \u2013 Live<\/em>\u00a0DVD and double album, released later that year. Watching it now, decades later, one can still see the tension in Waters\u2019s face, the careful patience in Kissoon\u2019s delivery, and the way the crowd held its collective breath. No fireworks, no pyrotechnics \u2014 just the delicate electricity of honesty.<\/p>\n<h1 data-start=\"1783\" data-end=\"2151\"><strong>VIDEO BELOW\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/1f447.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc47\" \/><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"1783\" data-end=\"2151\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roger Waters - Katie Kissoon - Titre Mother - In The Flesh Live Tour - Portland 2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E4UQBdDki4A\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2153\" data-end=\"2535\">Kissoon herself has toured with countless legends, from Eric Clapton to Van Morrison, but many fans point to this moment with Waters as her most unforgettable. In an era when live shows often chase bigger, louder, flashier, Portland witnessed something stripped bare: a legendary rock star letting go of myth, and a singer who turned a supporting role into the heart of the story.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2537\" data-end=\"2907\">More than two decades later, people still return to that video online \u2014 not for nostalgia, but for healing. Because in \u201cMother,\u201d performed by Roger Waters and Katie Kissoon on that summer night, the world was reminded that even in the chaos of rock and roll, there is space for silence, for care, and for the kind of musical conversation that feels almost like prayer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doyle Bramwell plays the guitar upside down, a right hand guitar turned around, 1st string at the top\u00a0\u00a0amazing \u2013 The night in Portland in the summer of&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4538,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4536\/revisions\/4538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}