David Gilmour played the slide guitar on 'Dogs'.

Yes, it’s him. The haunting slide parts on “Dogs” are all David Gilmour. He was Pink Floyd’s lead guitarist and vocalist at the time, and that slide work is classic Gilmour—drenched in feel, perfectly placed.

A lot of people assume it might be a guest or a different technique, but nope. It’s just Gilmour being Gilmour. He used a bottleneck slide on his Fender Stratocaster, and the result is that lonely, crying sound that defines the track. No one else in the band played slide guitar, and no outside musician was brought in for Animals.

It’s one of his best moments, honestly. The slide on “Dogs” feels like it’s coming from somewhere deep, and it makes the 17-minute song fly by.