The 60's were really screwed up

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Originally Posted by slipkid

The saddest cases are/were:
1) Roky Erickson
2) Skip Spence
3) Syd Barrett
(in order)


Danny Kirwan is a seperate case.

Just watch the film "You're Gonna Miss Me" through Netflix instant. Peter Green's "illness" wasn't an acid tragedy compared to this poor soul.

i see what you are saying sk, interms of the horror they endured that's the ranking. i can't watch 'you're gonna miss me' -its just too much. syd is an interesting case in that he walked away from music completely and lived a fairly normal and apparently content life for decades, whereas the others struggled for the rest of their lives....

in terms of talent lost i'd put roky erickson at the bottom of this list - good singer interesting writer but not even close to peter who was a great singer, a better writer and who had few real peers as a player. or even skip spence who could play almost anything and wrote some great songs before mental illness set in