R.I.P. Roky Erickson.


"Goodbye Sweet Dreams" dear Roky.


One of the Greats, the 13th Floor Elevators & The Aliens material is essential.


And yes, we are going to "Miss You".
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One of the infamous acid casualties of the late 60's, along with Syd Barrett, Skip Spence, and Peter Green. I've known a few myself. Very potentially-dangerous drug. Timothy Leary was a very irresponsible man, imo.
I don't know about that, what got Roky institutionalized were archaic and abusive drug laws which equated simple pot possession TO A LIFE SENTENCE in a Texas hell-hole prison.

The choice was prison or a mental institution.

To hell with Texas.
there's an excellent roky tribute album called "where the pyramid meets the eye", which features zz top, rem as well as less celebrated acts. what's surprising is how broad his range was as a writer--he could pen a really pretty, conventional love song as well as his usual odes to zombies and two headed dogs.
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