Float on a river forever and ever, Emily
Syd Barrett, founding member of Pink Floyd, died this weekend.Prog rockers and psychedelics consider him a hero. He left the band in 1968 after the modest success of the album "Piper at the Gates of Dawn", and the band's 1975 record "Wish You Were Here" was written by Roger Waters in memory of his friend.
Barrett had checked out. After two solo albums, he puttered in his mother's garden in Cambridge, England, and was rarely seen. Reports had him living in her cellar. He rarely granted interviews after 1971. Cause of death has not been released.
He became the stereotype of the English rock star recluse. You can see characters based on him in films like Still Crazy and Velvet Goldmine.
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by Marty Barrett at Tuesday, July 11, 2006
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