RIP Roky Erickson.

[John Bailey]

I was lucky (??) enough to interview him in 2011 and he was not in a
good way, mental health-wise. I don't think there was a single
coherent sentence in the interview and he was clearly in quite a lot
of distress. It was extremely sad but at the same time he went on
stage an hour later and delivered a great set. He was also surrounded
by people who clearly had his back. RIP big guy.


On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 11:58 AM Richard Ryan <richardonriver at outlook.com> wrote:
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> Ach, a roughed-up, gentle “fauve” - I was lucky enough when I was a teenager to see him play several great gigs at Raul’s, Austin’s fabled punk venue.  Hearing Him sing “Cold night for Alligators” and “Two Headed Dog” was kind of like listening to Jim Morrison’s demented half-brother sing the credit music for a lost Roger Corman film.
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