Palm Pictures is releasing a DVD about rock/psychedelic legend Roky Erickson on July 10th. Erickson was the force behind the revolutionary “13th Floor Elevators” in the sixties. Roky's tragic story that included drug binges, schizophrenia, and stay at Rusk hospital for the criminally insane is illustrated in the new film. You're Gonna Miss Me claims to "reveal the shocking & triumphant truth b
By Kurt LoderDoing time in Hell with Roky Erickson, the great lost star of '60s psychedelia.Roky Erickson in 1967 (Palm Pictures)Texas singer and songwriter Roky Erickson, a man half-shrouded in myth and legend, is back. A lot of people may not be aware of it, though. A lot of people don't even know who he is. How can this be?Roky's best-known song, without a doubt,is "You're Gonna Miss Me," w...
This is where you will find Midnight and I tonight, happy to be able to finally see Roky, as we both missed him when he played at SXSW with Billy Gibbons earlier this year. D'oh! Our friends over at LA Record are presenting the show tonight and have been running a bunch Roky related stuff on [...]