Roger Keith Barrett: 460106 - 060707

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Roger Keith Barrett: 460106 - 060707

Postby madd74 » Thu Sep 18, 2008 15:58:32

Syd Barret via Wikipedia

I realized, for some odd and unknown reason, I had not ever covered the death of Barrett, so, I thought I would pay my respects now. Better late than never, eh? :mrgreen:

What I do remember is back then I was going to BJ to sing, and when I found out, that following Wednesday (it was a Friday he died), I sang all Barrett related songs, including "See Emily Play".

(noted from Wikipedia)

Syd Barrett (born Roger Keith Barrett; 6 January 1946 - 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist. He is most remembered as a founding member of British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, providing major musical and stylistic direction in their early work, although he left the group in 1968 amidst speculations of mental illness exacerbated by heavy drug use.

He was active as a rock musician for about seven years, recording two albums with Pink Floyd and two solo albums before going into self-imposed seclusion lasting more than thirty years. His post
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Re: Roger Keith Barrett: 460106 - 060707

Postby madd74 » Thu Sep 18, 2008 16:08:40

madd74 wrote:for some odd and unknown reason, I had not ever covered the death of Barrett


It should be noted, however, that cmplxty7 *did* make a note of this on my board in the post:

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She referenced three articles in this post.
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