
Syd Barrett
Born
January 6, 1946
Birth Place
Cambridge
Nationality
British
Sun Sign
Capricorn
Also Known As
Roger Keith Barrett, Roger Keith Syd Barrett
Famous As
Singer-songwriter
Died At Age
60
Place Of Death
Cambridge
Education
Anglia Ruskin University
Notable Alumni
Anglia Ruskin University
Father
Max Barrett
Mother
Winifred Barrett
Siblings
Alan, Donald, Rosemary Breen, Ruth
Pink Floyd's tribute to Syd Barrett and the moment that moved the band to tears
With Pink Floyd out of ideas for the follow-up to the all-conquering The Dark Side Of The Moon, they delivered what would become one of their defining songs
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Today in Entertainment History: Syd Barrett left Pink Floyd
On April 6, 1956, Paramount Pictures signed Elvis Presley to a three-movie contract just a few days after his first screen test. In 1959, "Gigi" won the best picture Academy Award. The song of the same name won best original song. In 1968, guitarist Syd Barrett left Pink Floyd. Also...
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Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett guitar sells for £20K at Cambridge auction
A guitar once owned by Pink Floyd's founder Syd Barrett has sold at auction for almost £20,000. The 12-string Yamaha acoustic guitar fetched almost double its pre-sale estimate of £5,000 to £10,000 at an auction at Cheffins, in Cambridge. Barrett left Pink Floyd in 1968 and lived in his mother's...
Guitar once owned by Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett fetches almost £20,000 at auction
A guitar once owned by Pink Floyd founder member Syd Barrett has sold at auction for £19,920. The 12-string Yamaha acoustic guitar fetched almost double its pre-sale estimate of £5,000 to £10,000, with the proceeds split evenly between charities Mind and the Arthur Rank Hospice. It was bought by an...
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Appeal launched to save pub where Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett and David Gilmour first met
An appeal has been launched to save a historic Cambridge pub where future Pink Floyd bandmates Syd Barrett and David Gilmour are said to have first met. The Flying Pig, formerly known as The Crown, is under threat of being demolished as part of ongoing redevelopment plans filed by Pace Construction Limited. A pub has been on the Hills Road site since the 1840s and Barrett and Gilmour are reputed to have met at the venue in the late 1950s.
Guitar once owned by Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett to be sold at auction
A guitar once owned by Pink Floyd founder member Syd Barrett is to be sold at auction for charity. The singer left the band in 1968, as they were about to achieve worldwide recognition, and lived in the basement of his mother’s house in Hills Road in Cambridge. He died...
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Watch Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett and Roger Waters Take on Snobby TV Host
This week in 1967, Pink Floyd released their landmark debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Other monumental debuts that year include The Doors’ and The Grateful Dead’s eponymous long-players, along with Janis Joplin’s Big Brother & the Holding Company and Jimi Hendrix’s Are You Experienced albums. Politically...
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Watch David Gilmour Cover Syd Barrett’s ‘Octopus’ For ‘Von Trapped Family’ Livestream Series
David Gilmour released video of his former Pink Floyd bandmate Syd Barrett’s “Octopus.” The clip is from the 2020 Von Trapped Family livestream series. Gilmour performed Barrett’s “Octopus” during the May 7, 2020 edition of Von Trapped Family. The episode also saw the legendary guitarist discussing his relationship with Syd and also playing Barrett’s “Dominoes.” “Octopus” appears on Syd’s 1970 debut solo album, The Madcap Laughs, which Gilmour co-produced with Roger Waters and others.
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A rare painting Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett made as a teen is up for auction
A super rare painting by a young Syd Barrett is to be put up for auction. The piece was created by the Pink Floyd vocalist when he was just 15 years of age, and was produced from a medley of watercolours and pastels. Titled Orange Dahlias In A Vase, 1961...
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Official Syd Barrett lyrics book getting U.S. release in May
Last year saw the release of Barrett: The Definitive Visual Companion, which featured over 350 images -- photographs, artwork, letters and more -- from the late Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett. Now comes a companion to that: The Lyrics of Syd Barrett. The 96-page illustrated book features the lyrics for...
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David Gilmour Covers Syd Barrett’s ‘Dominoes’ For ‘Von Trapped Family’ Livestream Series
David Gilmour released his solo acoustic performance of Syd Barrett’s “Dominoes.” The legendary Pink Floyd guitarist delivered the performance on May 7, 2020 during the Von Trapped Family livestream series. “Dominoes” appears on the former Pink Floyd frontman’s 1970 solo album, Barrett, which Gilmour co-produced with Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard...
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Crazy Diamond: how LSD ruined Pink Floyd's fragile genius Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett is the lost boy of British pop. A dazzling original who saw and heard differently to everyone else, he went through the looking glass in search of his psychedelic vision, and never came back. Barrett’s story is a tragic saga of glory and madness, part daring adventure, part cautionary tale. By the age of 23, he had changed music forever – and it had destroyed him.