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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. Until his departure in 1968, he was Pink Floyd's frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia, [1] English-accented singing, and stream-of-consciousness writing style. [4]
Syd Barrett was an English singer, songwriter, musician and painter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. He was known to be reclusive. [1] [2] [3] Reclusiveness may coincide with mental disorders and some persons may have speculative diagnoses of schizophrenia (see List of people with schizophrenia), but this does not mean that Barrett's songs, and the songs about him, concern ...
For later release in 2010, on An Introduction to Syd Barrett, David Gilmour added bass to one track, "Here I Go". [12] In 2011, as part of Record Store Day Black Friday , a limited edition tin-set featuring a replica of the "Octopus" single yellow vinyl, with a 120-page book of photos of Barrett by photographer, Mick Rock , was released in the US.
"Jugband Blues" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, released on their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets, in 1968. [1] [2] Written by Syd Barrett, it was his sole compositional contribution to the album, as well as his last published for the band.
Syd Barrett (1946–2006) was an English musician who recorded 37 songs during his short two-year solo career. One of the founding members of English rock band Pink Floyd, he was the dominant force in their early years, writing the majority of the material on their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, [1] contributing to their second, A Saucerful of Secrets, [2] and recording several ...
"Bob Dylan Blues" is a song written in 1965 [1] by Syd Barrett, the founder of Pink Floyd. Recorded during sessions for Barrett , it was unreleased until it turned up in 2001. The song was included in The Best of Syd Barrett .
Canadian band Kosmos recorded the song for the 2006 tribute album Like Black Holes in the Sky: The Tribute to Syd Barrett. [28] The Vegetable Man Project was a series of six CDs (plus a one-sided 10" single with 60 10-second excerpts) of various acts performing cover versions of the song, released by the Italian labels Oggetti Volanti Non ...
Opel is a 1988 album compiled from recordings made by former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett between 1968 [nb 1] and 1970. [nb 2] The album is a compilation of unreleased material and alternative takes of recordings from sessions for Barrett's solo albums, The Madcap Laughs and Barrett.