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- The first major biography of Syd Barrett originally published in 1991, and revised in 2006 with detail on the story behind his later years, his illness, and death, with information provided by Syd’s family.
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Roger Keith " Syd " Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Barrett was the band's original frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia, [1] English-accented singing, and stream-of-consciousness writing style. [4] .
Jul 25, 2023 · By early 1968, after a few shambollic gigs as a five-piece – Barrett’s friend Gilmour had been drafted in as a second guitarist and, it was vainly hoped, as a stabilising influence on Syd – Barrett was out. The band’s second album, A Saucerful Of Secrets, was recorded with little input from Syd.
- Tommy Udo
The first mention in press dates to a Melody Maker article in early July 1965. In a Swedish interview from September 1967, Barrett explained that “the name Pink Floyd comes from two blues singers from Georgia, USA – Pink Anderson and Floyd Council”.
Sep 20, 2022 · Using the broadest brush strokes, Pink Floyd became the UK’s first major psychedelic band thanks to their visionary leader Syd Barrett, then the world’s biggest prog rock band after they cut him loose in early 1968.
- Kris Needs
Born in Cambridge in 1946, where he studied painting together with Gilmour, Syd Barrett was the eccentric and junkie of Pink Floyd. It had been reduced to a state of permanent semi-catalepsy since the end of 1967, and would never recover.
After his departure, Barrett recorded two solo albums, both released in 1970, until he left the music business in 1972. Barrett returned to the studio in 1969 to begin work on his first solo album, The Madcap Laughs. His only single, "Octopus", was released in November 1969.
Syd Barrett (1946–2006) was an English rock musician who was best known as the original frontman and primary songwriter of Pink Floyd. With the band, he recorded and wrote the majority of songs for their first album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and was credited for one song ("Jugband Blues") on their second album A Saucerful of Secrets.
