He described Barrett as a "celebrated son of Cambridge", who returned to the city and lived as a recluse until his death in 2006. A blue plaque was dedicated to Syd Barrett in Cambridge as part of ...

Syd Barrett's guitar was put up for sale by ... estimate of £5,000 to £10,000 at an auction at Cheffins, in Cambridge. Barrett left Pink Floyd in 1968 and lived in his mother's basement in ...

Floyd have their roots in Cambridge. The band, first led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Syd Barrett, who lived and died ...

Together, they performed an early song written by Barrett, the band’s ... and bandmate Waters grew up in Cambridge, England. “Both my mother and Syd’s mother had students as lodgers because ...

It took place at Cambridge Corn Exchange in late January 1972 with The Last Minute Boogie Band supporting Hawkwind and The Pink Fairies. A few days later, STARS was formed with Syd Barrett, Jack Monck ...

Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett was a legend, and he was pretty forthright about the songs and artists that influenced him as a musician. Let’s take a quick look at just four of Syd Barrett’s ...

Mason has lately returned to live performance with the excellent Saucerful of Secrets, a Pink Floyd tribute band that ...

A founding member of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett was best known as the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter during the band's heavily psychedelic early years. He composed the majority of ...

With his replacement, Cambridge pal David Gilmour ... David Gilmour’s contributions to _A Saucerful Of Secrets_indicated he’d make an easy fit after Syd Barrett’s departure with one reservation – he ...