Syd Barrett (Roger Keith Barrett) 1/6/46 - 7/7/06, born 1/6/46. Born in Cambridge, England, Syd was a founding member of Pink Floyd. He was a singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist. Syd was active as a rock musician for only a few years, before he went into seclusion. He left his influential mark progressive rock. Syd died of complications of
diabetes. He was 60.
Boz Burrell (Raymond Burrell) 8/1/46 - 9/21/06. Born in Lincoln, England, Boz was vocalist and bass player for King Crimson. He later formed Bad Company with Paul Rogers. He died of a
heart attack. Boz was 60.
Bad Company - Bad Companyvia FoxyTunes 
Sandy West, 7/10/59 - 10/21/06. Born in Long Beach, California, Sandy was drummer and founding member of The Runaways which included other female rockers Joan Jett and Lita Ford. Sandy died after a long battle with
lung cancer. She was 47.
The Runaways - Cherry Bombvia FoxyTunes 
James Joseph Brown, 5/3/33 -12/ 25/06. Born in Barnwell, South Carolina, James is often referred to as "The Godfather of Soul". He was recognized as one of the most influential musical figures in the 20th century, known for his shouting vocals, feverish dancing and unique rhythmic style. He died of
congestive heart failure resulting from complications of
pneumonia. James was 73.
James Brown - I Got you (I Feel Good)via FoxyTunes
4 comments:
The interesting thing about Boz Burrell was that he didn't know how to play bass when he joined King Crimson. He joined as a vocalist and was taught how to play bass by Robert Fripp.
I'd say that's a tip of the hat as much to Fripp's teaching abilities as it is/may be to any latent talent for bass Burrell might have already had and Fripp just happened to discover and cultivate a bit more.
Syd Barrett is an example of the damage that drugs can cause to a person. Although it was not the cause of his death, drugs destroyed his career and prevented him from becominh even a bigger legend than he is now.
Despite drugs helped him write his surreal lyrics at first, it finally destroyed his mind.
This is really sad because he was a very talented musician and could have done many things.
Syd Barrett was an exaple of the damage that drugs can cause to a person. Although he didn't die because of drugs, it was what desyroyed his career and prevented him from becoming even a bigger legend.
Despite drugs helped him write surreal lyrics for his songs at first, finally his mind was destroyed.
This is really sad because he was a very talented musician and could have done many things with great success.
Syd Barrett is an example of the damage that drugs can cause to some person. Although the cause of his death was not drugs, it was what destroyed his career and prevented him from becoming even a bigger legend.
In spite of the fact that drugs inspired him to write surreal lyrics for his songs, finally his mind was ruined.
This is really sad because he was a very talented musician and could have done many things with great success.
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