![]() ![]() Īccording to one story, at the age of 14, Barrett acquired the nickname Syd after an old Cambridge jazz bassist, Sid "the Beat" Barrett Barrett changed the spelling to differentiate himself. He was a Scout with the 7th Cambridge troop and went on to be a patrol leader. A year after he purchased his first acoustic guitar, he bought his first electric guitar and built his own amplifier. He bought a ukulele aged 10, a banjo at 11 and a Höfner acoustic guitar at 14. īarrett played piano occasionally but usually preferred writing and drawing. ![]() In 1951, his family moved to 183 Hills Road. His father, Arthur Max Barrett, was a prominent pathologist and was said to be related to Elizabeth Garrett Anderson through Max's maternal grandmother Ellen Garrett. Roger Keith Barrett was born on 6 January 1946 in Cambridge to a middle-class family living at 60 Glisson Road. In 1996, Barrett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd. In 1988, EMI released an album of unreleased tracks and outtakes, Opel, with Barrett's approval. Pink Floyd recorded several tributes and homages to him, including the 1975 song suite " Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and parts of the 1979 rock opera The Wall. He continued painting and dedicated himself to gardening. In 1972, Barrett left the music industry, retired from public life and strictly guarded his privacy until his death. He began a brief solo career in 1969 with the single " Octopus", followed by albums The Madcap Laughs (1970) and Barrett (1970), recorded with the aid of three other members of Pink Floyd. In April 1968, Barrett was ousted from the band amid speculation of mental illness and his excessive use of psychedelic drugs. With Pink Floyd, he recorded four singles, their debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), portions of their second album A Saucerful of Secrets (1968), and several songs that were not released until years later. Originally trained as a painter, Barrett was musically active for less than ten years. As a guitarist, he was influential for his free-form playing and for employing effects such as dissonance, distortion, echo and feedback. Barrett was the band's frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia, English-accented singing, and stream-of-consciousness writing style. 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. ![]()
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