Peter and Syd Barrett

[dansven]

In the early 70s, after Peter left FM and Syd left PF, there were rumours about the two of them forming a band together. They were supposed to appear at music festivals at the time. This would be circa 1973-75, from what I can remember.

However, these were wild rumours and of course nothing happened. I'm pretty sure they never even saw each other during these years. Though I am fascinated by the thought of them sharing the stage together.

What puzzles me is how this rumour started?

Just the media playing with the romantic stories of two "troubled geniuses" who had left their own bands? Or did actually Peter and Syd know each other? Didn't both FM and PF play at the Hyde Park free concerts in 69-70?

On the other hand I read somewhere that Pink Floyd didn't think much about the "Blues Boom" bands at the time... Kinda strange.. PF were huge fans of blues music.. Maybe it was just Roger Waters being a little nasty.

Any inputs/thoughts?

[doodyhead]

My personal opinion was that they were a bluesband. If you listen to the sondtrack they did for a movie in 1967(?) half the tracks were blues. And that was with Syd Barrett. Syds replacemet Gimore was a self professed Peter Green Fan. that continued with Snowy White. Great Britain is not that big and everybody played with everybody at some point. While I do not personally know this I am sure they played together at some point. However Syd Barretts heath may have been more suspect than Greeny at the time in question. They may have not been on the same wavelength.

sincerely,

doodyhead
formerly known as maryellen healy
8^)

[dansven]

Hi doodyhead/maryellen!

Yes, Pink Floyd certainly was a blues - or rather R'n'B - band in their early years, before they recorded "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn".

I don't know what soundtrack you're referring to, but I have early bootleg recordings of them doing "I'm A King Bee" and Syd's own "Lucy Leave" (1965), which could easily have been done by the Rolling Stones.

I think the statement about the British blues bands was after they started doing their more phsycedelic freakout shows with long improvisations. That would have been around 1967, just as the so-called Blues Boom started.

Thanks for the note about David Gilmour! I didn't know he was a Greeny fan!

[doodyhead]

The movie was named More. It was released in 1969. It was about a few drug influenced young people running around on the isles of Crete. It sounds just about what was going on back then.I think it was filmed in 67-68. Thats where Clapton went that allowed Peter Green a shot in the Blesbreakers. I saw it in the west village around 69. hazy Psychedelic laced blues drifted in and out of the movie. This was a definite cult starter movie.

[doodyhead]

according to Web sources "wikipeodia", the band was named after two english blues guys at the time. go figure

doodyhead

[dansven]

Ah yes, "More"! It was actually done after Syd left, but they carried on his style on at least a few of the following albums. (Before they became what I think is an extremely boring band )

They toook their name from two obscure American blues men called Pink Anderson and Floyd Counsil. And from what I know, their early set lists consisted of much Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley and Jimmi Reed material.