Barrett knew Roger Waters from his school days in Cambridge, and he reconnected with him when he moved to London. Waters had formed a band with Richard Wright and Nick Mason—first called The Sigma 6, and later The Tea Set— and when one of the members left, Barrett joined. The band ...
You also performed a couple of solo songs by your old bandmate and friend, Syd Barrett,“Octopus” and “Dominos.”You said you wereproofreading a book of his lyrics. Did you gain any new perspectives on him from that? Gilmour:Well, you know, I produced and played on those ...
but notes that he had no idea who Barrett really was at that time: "A few years later some youngsters arrived at the monastery, asking around... that's when I realized that he was a famous person..." He continues: "None of these fans were Catholic, they took drugs...
In 2011 Eva Wijkniet, from The Netherlands, not only managed to visit the Barrettexhibitionat (the recently closed down) Idea Generation Gallery, but she also got a foot in the door of Libby Gausden Chisman, a couple of months later. When the Holy Church of Iggy the Inuit got hold of ...
Barrett – whodiedin 2006 – playedjust one solo showin 1970 and then went on to lead a secluded life in Cambridge, focusing on painting as his main creative outlet. “I seem to have spent a little less time painting than I might have done,” he said in 1971. ...
Barrett knew Roger Waters from his school days in Cambridge, and he reconnected with him when he moved to London. Waters had formed a band with Richard Wright and Nick Mason—first called The Sigma 6, and later The Tea Set— and when one of the members left, Barrett joined. The band ...
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