Robyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano, and bass guitar. After leading the Soft Boys in the late 1970s and releasing the influential Underwater Moonlight, Hitchcock launched a prolific solo career. His musical and lyrical styles have been influenced by Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Syd Barrett, Captain Beefheart, Martin Carthy, Lou Reed, Roger McGuinn and Bryan Ferry.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, 6 October 2012
Hitchcock at Coolidge Corner Theatre in 2010
Hitchcock backed by Yo La Tengo in 2019
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Barrett was the band's original frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia, English-accented singing, and stream-of-consciousness writing style. As a guitarist, he was influential for his free-form playing and for employing effects such as dissonance, distortion, echo and feedback.
Barrett in 1969
Syd Barrett's light gray "Mirrored" Fender Esquire at the Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains exhibition in Toronto.
Syd Barrett's Danelectro 59 DC at the Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains exhibition in Toronto. June 25, 2023.
Barrett visiting Abbey Road Studios on 5 June 1975