Pink Floyd legend Syd Barrett's sister Rosemary said her brother "never wanted fame" and withdrew from the music scene because of "a combination of too much LSD and a very eccentric creative brain". The star famously withdrew from the music scene to return home to Cambridge after leaving Pink Floyd in 1968, followed by a short-lived solo career. He died in 2006 aged 60 from pancreatic can...
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Foundinng Pink Floyd member Syd Barrett will have a handwritten love poem auctioned off almoat a year after his death this month. Cambridge's Cheffins Auction Rooms will be auctioning off the poem, dated back to 1965, between June 28th and 29th. The poem was drafted before Barrett's time with Pink Floyd. Barret wrote it for his then girlfriend, nicknamed Twig. It includes an illustration of her...
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Official documents this week revealed that Syd Barrett, one of the pioneering members of Pink Floyd, left three million to his family. Barrett died last July at the age of 60 after living with diabetes for years. Many thought he was in the poor house since he had been living a reclusive lifestyle at his mother’s home in Cambridge, England for 30 years prior to his death. But, turns out Barrett .
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Syd Barrett was Pink Floyd’s ‘Crazy Diamond,' 'Madcap Genius' and the founding band member responsible for writing most of the iconic psych band’s early material including their breakthrough singles “Arnold Layne” and “See Emily Play.” In memory of the late recluse (Barrett passed away in July 2006) a concert will be held in his honor with guests Kevin Ayers, The Bees, Vashti Bunyan,
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This is, as I said a reblog from Beware The Blog at www.wfmu.org, a fantastic radio station local to NYC, which broadcasts on the web, too and has great archives of past shows. This is reprinted without permission, but I thought it timely and pertinent. Hope you enjoy!Pink Floyd / Syd Barrett Song From Demo Tape (MP3)Syd21 Here's a 1965 Syd Barrett song recorded as a demo tape with Pink Floyd ...
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Official documents this week revealed that Syd Barrett, one of the pioneering members of Pink Floyd, left three million to his family. Barrett died last July at the age of 60 after living with diabetes for years. Many thought he was in the poor house since he had been living a reclusive lifestyle at his mother’s home in Cambridge, England for 30 years prior to his death. But, turns out Barrett .
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I can't remember the thread of thought that brought me to find this, but I'm glad I took it. This has got to be rare, and if not, certainly obscure. Or maybe I just need to go buy some Barrett.I get the feeling Syd wasn't a huge Bob fan. He was, however, a poetic genius like Bob in his own right.
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Syd Barrett was Pink Floyd’s ‘Crazy Diamond,' 'Madcap Genius' and the founding band member responsible for writing most of the iconic psych band’s early material including their breakthrough singles “Arnold Layne” and “See Emily Play.” In memory of the late recluse (Barrett passed away in July 2006) a concert will be held in his honor with guests Kevin Ayers, The Bees, Vashti Bunyan,
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But yet I stay awake.Syd Barrett - Dark Globe
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From the "Images in Psychiatry":http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/164/7/1028 column:Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was both the founding member of one of the most legendary rock bands and probably the most famous rock star to develop psychosis. There are no other rock bands as intimate as Pink Floyd with the impact of psychosis on music and art. We hope to see the many musicians who h...
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