One story of how Barrett acquired the nickname 'Syd' is that at the age of 14 he was named after an old local Cambridge jazz double bassist, Sid 'The Beat' Barrett, which claims Syd Barrett changed the spelling to differentiate himself from his namesake. A year after he purchased his first acoustic guitar, he bought his first electric guitar and built his own amplifier. He bought a ukulele aged 10, a banjo at 11 and a Hofner acoustic guitar at 14. Д«arrett played piano occasionally but usually preferred writing and drawing. In 1951, his family moved to 183 Hills Road. His father, Arthur Max Barrett, was a prominent pathologist and was related to Elizabeth Garrett Anderson through Max's maternal grandmother Ellen Garrett, who was Elizabeth's cousin. 1.2.2 Tonite Lets All Make Love in LondonД«arrett was born 6 January 1946 as Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire to a middle-class family living at 60 Glisson Road.1.2.1 London Underground, Blackhill Enterprises and gigs.In 1988, EMI released an album of unreleased tracks and outtakes, Opel, with Barrett's approval. Pink Floyd recorded several tributes and homages to him, including the 1975 song suite ' Shine On You Crazy Diamond' and the 1979 rock opera The Wall. He continued painting and dedicated himself to gardening. In 1972, Barrett left the music industry, retired from public life and strictly guarded his privacy until his death. He began a brief solo career in 1969 with the single ' Octopus' and followed with the albums The Madcap Laughs (1970) and Barrett (1970), recorded with the aid of several members of Pink Floyd. In April 1968, Barrett was ousted from the band amid speculation of mental illness and his excessive use of psychedelic drugs. With Pink Floyd, he recorded four singles, their debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), portions of their second album A Saucerful of Secrets (1968), and several unreleased songs. Originally trained as a painter, Barrett was musically active for fewer than ten years. As a guitarist, he was influential for his free-form playing and for employing dissonance, distortion, echo, feedback, and other studio effects. Barrett was their original frontman and primary songwriter, becoming known for his whimsical take on psychedelia, English-accented singing, literary influences, and stream-of-consciousness writing style. Roger Keith ' Syd' Barrett (6 January 1946В вЂ“ 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, and musician who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965.

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