"For a brief period, in early 1968, Pink Floyd were a 5 piece with Dave Gilmour joining as a second guitarist, before Syd Barrett was sacked. This photo is from January 1968"
People often think or presume that David was brought in to replace Syd. Not the case, in fact, and Dave and Syd were schoolboy friends from the get go and before any other members of the band. It did of course happen, as you can I think tell here, that Syd’s acid [L.S.D.] burning out (largely through microdosing to excess I believe) was on the cards but days or at least weeks away . . . here
No comments:
Post a Comment