Roger Keith Barrett, 1946-2006. I was extremely saddened about an hour ago when I opened an email from one of my oldest, dearest friends. She sent me the news that Syd Barrett had passed due to ...

Syd Barrett was born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge, England on January 6, 1946. As a teenager, Barrett gained the nickname "Syd"—and also a taste for collecting instruments.

Syd Barrett was the guiding light of the original Pink Floyd — the band’s singer, primary songwriter and guitarist from their first day until their psychedelia-defining 1967 debut album ...

Born Roger Keith Barrett, he was given the nickname Sid as a teen in reference to a local jazz drummer; he altered the spelling to distinguish himself from the better-known Barrett.

Pink Floyd’s co-founder Syd Barrett (born Roger Keith Barrett) died at the age of 60 Friday (July 7) in his Cambridgeshire home due to complications from diabetes ().). “The band are naturally ...

Barrett’s father died when Syd, two years younger than Waters, was only 12. Waters’s father Eric was killed towards the end of the World War II, when Roger was still a toddler. Both attended Cambridge ...

Born in Cambridge as Roger Keith Barrett (he acquired the nickname Syd at 15), Barrett, a guitarist, wrote many of Pink Floyd’s early songs and launched the group in 1965, along with Roger ...

The Estate of Roger Keith Barrett* Waters later reacted to Mason’s statement in another Rolling Stone interview. “It’s a perfectly decent theory,” he said.

In 2016, marking 10 years since Syd Barrett’s death, ... Roger Keith Barrett was an ebullient teenager inspired by jazz, R&B, the Rolling Stones and The Goon Show.

Born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge in 1946, Syd (who acquired the nickname in his early teens) was always artistic — he was as talented a painter as he was a musician — and always a leader.

One of rock music's legendary recluses, Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett, died Friday from symptoms related to diabetes. He was 60. Barrett died at his home in Cambridge, England, where he had grown ...