6 Jan 1946, born on this day, Syd Barrett guitarist, singer, songwriter with Pink Floyd. Barrett, who was a co-founding member, left Floyd in 1968. He released 2 solo albums before going into self-imposed seclusion for more than 30 years, enjoying life as an artist and a keen gardener. Pink Floyd wrote many tributes to him after he left, the best-known being Shine On You Crazy Diamond. Barrett died, aged 60, on 7th July 2006 from complications arising from diabetes.
But his influence remained. In June 1975, Pink Floyd were at Abbey Road, mixing a song inspired by Syd and his absence, ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond‘. Syd turned up as Floyd were listening to playbacks, but his appearance had changed so dramatically that at first, his bandmates didn’t recognise him. Barrett eventually left without saying goodbye, and none of the band members ever saw him again.
When Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett died in 2006, his influence was as strong as ever, making it acceptable to sing in an English voice and helping to develop an indigenous kind of rock, less influenced by Americana. Syd’s songs are continually cited as seminal influences on modern musicians, his anarchic brilliance still much appreciated and revered.
Let’s leave the last word to his old school friend, Roger Waters: “Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond.”
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