R.I.P. Roky Erickson.

I was fortunate enough to hear the original Elevators live twice when I was in high school.  Later I heard other versions of the Elevators (with Roky) that were less inspiring and later still I heard Roky with one of his "solo" bands.  Not always great live, but he sure wrote some fantastic songs and made some great records.  The first two 13th Floor Elevator albums are like nothing that came before or since.  It's a real shame the recording/production quality is not better.

It would be great to have The Sonics albums in better recorded sound too. I didn't manage to see them in their mid-60's heyday (I did have their records, though, and they sound SO bad), but I did see The Lyres in the 1980's, about as close as you can come. Three great Garage Bands, and I mean that as a compliment. ;-)

R.I.P. Roky