Roky Erickson

American singer-songwriter (13th Floor Elevators)
Died on Friday May 31st 2019

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@ReggiePace: a NEW Episode of The Hustle Season Podcast is LIVE! We talk about Run The Jewels, Rick Rubin, Roky Erickson, Man on… - 6 years ago

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@wojsvenwoj: tune in for the skies of bridgeport, stay for the roky erickson tribute @WPKNradio - 6 years ago

@IllegalIslands: RT @nardwuar: R.I.P. Roky Erickson . A true inspiration. Playing the audio of my interview with Roky and Will of Okkervil River now at http… - 6 years ago

@qburns: “... in that evanescent sliver of time, before his synapses became permanently seared + the voices became too loud,… - 6 years ago

@joejanecek: Starry Eyes No More: Goodbye Psych-Rock Pioneer Roky Erickson - 6 years ago

@deadlyjackflash: Roky Erickson Dead at 71 The 13th Floor Elevators singer and psychedelic pioneer - 6 years ago

@SCPublicRadio: NPR Remembrances, including: Roky Erickson, Leah Chase, Lawrence Leathers, Dr. John ... - 6 years ago

@rcaddy27: Roky - 6 years ago

@sad_jr: RT @nytimesmusic: The 13th Floor Elevators performed frequently in and around Austin, becoming known for their energetic shows. In 1966 the… - 6 years ago

@Longreads: RT @universalshow: I wrote this about the departed Roky Erickson. Happy listening. - 6 years ago

@nytimesmusic: The 13th Floor Elevators performed frequently in and around Austin, becoming known for their energetic shows. In 19… - 6 years ago

@phoile: Ah man. It’s only through reading Dr John twitter obits that I realise Roky Erickson died the other day too! RIP fe… - 6 years ago

@j_michaelb: RT @Passionweiss: RIP Roky Erickson, who defined early psychedelia and briefly found infinity though the raw power of distortion and enough… - 6 years ago

@kbgaNowPlaying: Roky Erickson - Please Judge - 6 years ago

@ztaylor: RT @nardwuar: R.I.P. Roky Erickson . A true inspiration. Playing the audio of my interview with Roky and Will of Okkervil River now at http… - 6 years ago

@ugotGod: RT @nardwuar: R.I.P. Roky Erickson . A true inspiration. Playing the audio of my interview with Roky and Will of Okkervil River now at http… - 6 years ago

@Darth_Marenghi: RT @nardwuar: R.I.P. Roky Erickson . A true inspiration. Playing the audio of my interview with Roky and Will of Okkervil River now at http… - 6 years ago

@yance_man: Channel Surfing | Roky Erickson Tribute Special | June 7, 2019 | @KOOPradio Streaming for the next 2 weeks at… - 6 years ago

@WZBC_Live: Roky Erickson - Creature With the Atom Brain - 6 years ago

@tweetophonix: Οποιος δεν θέλει να καει δεν παίζει με την φωτιά... Roky Erickson - Burn the flames - 6 years ago

@jbrejot: Dr John, Leon Redbone and Roky Erickson have all sadly passed in recent days. Is the curse of 3 celebrity passings… - 6 years ago

@HoustonPress: Goodbye Psych-Rock Pioneer Roky Erickson. - 6 years ago

@hoagiedojo: Nardwuar vs. Roky Erickson & Will Sheff - 6 years ago

@Spardocus: @JustOpp the world lost Roky Erickson and Dr. John in the same week. Rough one for "out there" music - 6 years ago

@BerendDubbe: I’m still pissed off @RobertPlant didn’t acknowledge Roky Erickson’s death on his Twitter account and finally apolo… - 6 years ago

@JaviCarrascoMun: RT @radio3_rne: Los fabulosos @DADDYLONGLE6S bajan al @SotanoRadio3 para presentarnos su disco “Lowdown ways” con pase privado en el rincón… - 6 years ago

@JERRYSPUNK: R.I.P. Dr. John。 先日は13th Floor Elevatorsの Roky Ericksonが、今度はDr. Johnが、、、。 ご冥福をお祈りします。 #DrJohn - 6 years ago

@mikeq850: RT @nytimesmusic: In 1965, Roky Erickson was invited to join the Texas band the 13th Floor Elevators, and his powerful, scream-inflected vo… - 6 years ago

@frodehaugstvedt: RT @twitregon: «Skriket fra den andre siden» Sist lørdag døde en av mine virkelig store helter, geniet Roky Erickson (1947-2019). Her er mi… - 6 years ago

@rocksbackpages: FREE for a week on RBP: Farewell to psychedelic avatar Roky Erickson, 1947-2019: Metal Mike Saunders raves about th… - 6 years ago

@BryanLeeWeaver: Pretty sad about roky erickson passing. Dr John yesterday. Will be blasting both as much as possible 😢 - 6 years ago

@nachtodernie: RT @mindtheimage: Two Headed Dogs - Roky Erickson & GG Allin, 1992... - 6 years ago

@MattFulgham: Good morning, kids! Hit the link below to hear to tribute sets to the late Roky Erickson, best known for his work… - 6 years ago

@amxplaylist: "Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)" by Roky Erickson - 6 years ago

@meghgrace: First Roky Erickson, now this? What a week. | Big Chief by Dr. John - 6 years ago

@jefflewis21: I completely missed the news of Roky Erickson's passing last week. An absolutely brilliant and tortured musical min… - 6 years ago

@DisposableSoma: @GreatDismal Gris Gris gumbo now playing in his honour. In the same week as Roky Erickson! - 6 years ago

@TheGreatFrogLDN: Within a space of a week the music world has suffered two major losses with the passing of Roky Erickson and Dr. Jo… - 6 years ago

@heyyybonita: RT @cbhoutx: @OffBeatMagazine I’m runnin outta bourbon to pour out... Dr John, Ms Leah, Leon Redbone, Roky Erickson, and Tim Conway.....the… - 6 years ago

@OutsiderArtNews: #ARTNEWS: Starry Eyes No More: Goodbye Psych-Rock Pioneer Roky Erickson - 6 years ago

@SotanoRadio3: RT @radio3_rne: Los fabulosos @DADDYLONGLE6S bajan al @SotanoRadio3 para presentarnos su disco “Lowdown ways” con pase privado en el rincón… - 6 years ago

@WaldoKanto: RT @mindtheimage: Two Headed Dogs - Roky Erickson & GG Allin, 1992... - 6 years ago

@pipgraham1: RT @Passionweiss: RIP Roky Erickson, who defined early psychedelia and briefly found infinity though the raw power of distortion and enough… - 6 years ago

@iTromso: RT @FBmusikk: Les @twitregon sine minneord til kultlegenden Roky Erickson (1947-2019). - 6 years ago

@helgerock: RT @FBmusikk: Les @twitregon sine minneord til kultlegenden Roky Erickson (1947-2019). - 6 years ago

@ATXMusicOffice: RT @DJMel: I played Roky Erickson. Very grateful for today. 🙏🏽 - 6 years ago

@reus85: RT @BloodAndSpirit: There's a Dr. John/Roky Erickson jam happening somewhere right now and I bet it's glorious. - 6 years ago

@GionniDG: RT @dusttodigital: R.I.P. Roky Erickson, July 15, 1947 — May 31, 2019. Here he is singing "You're Gonna Miss Me" with the 13th Floor Elevat… - 6 years ago

@BAOF: RT @twitregon: «Skriket fra den andre siden» Sist lørdag døde en av mine virkelig store helter, geniet Roky Erickson (1947-2019). Her er mi… - 6 years ago

@twitregon: «Skriket fra den andre siden» Sist lørdag døde en av mine virkelig store helter, geniet Roky Erickson (1947-2019).… - 6 years ago

@FBmusikk: Les @twitregon sine minneord til kultlegenden Roky Erickson (1947-2019). - 6 years ago

@JoseLorent: El otro día mi TL estaba lleno de canciones de Roky Erickson y 13th Flooor Elevators, hoy de Dr. John. Si esto no e… - 6 years ago

@BloodAndSpirit: There's a Dr. John/Roky Erickson jam happening somewhere right now and I bet it's glorious. - 6 years ago

@whitneymcn: @aweissman @fredwilson And RIP Roky Erickson -- Watt covering I Have Always Been Here Before: - 6 years ago

@radio3_rne: Los fabulosos @DADDYLONGLE6S bajan al @SotanoRadio3 para presentarnos su disco “Lowdown ways” con pase privado en e… - 6 years ago

@snoozerd: New post on Longreads: Remembering Roky Erickson - 6 years ago

@PangurBanC: Remembering Roky Erickson - 6 years ago

@faxiline: New post on Longreads: Remembering Roky Erickson - 6 years ago

@poeirazine: Roky Erickson por David Fricke - 6 years ago

@NiallAHeffernan: Today's Cosmosis on DDR - some of my favourites from the late 60's (early 70's *cough*) in honour of Roky Erickson'… - 6 years ago

@dontduckupTHFC: RT @DarkForestFilm: @AisleSeat Somebody less mainstream but more influential or controversial Roky Erickson and G.G. Allin come to mind, al… - 6 years ago

@oscarmarinmiro: Cañonazo de programa dedicado a Roky Erickson. Un hombre, su locura y su guitarra - 6 years ago

@samroobeeoh: RT @nytimesmusic: "'The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators,’ delivered a manifesto for better living through chemistry that no… - 6 years ago

@BrotherOwens: All the photos/videos of BW performing over the last 20 years have been heartbreaking. It’s obvious he’s not up to… - 6 years ago

@DavidGrayless: RT @TexasHighways: Psychedelic rock legend Roky Erickson, former lead singer of the 13th Floor Elevators, has passed away at age 71. https:… - 6 years ago

@buffyleigh: Great Roky Erickson tribute from Henry Rollins, who introduced me to Roky's music in the first place. - 6 years ago

@TexasHighways: Psychedelic rock legend Roky Erickson, former lead singer of the 13th Floor Elevators, has passed away at age 71.… - 6 years ago

@michaelhoinski: RT @Playback_Austin: Some final words on Roky Erickson. A new record was being conceived before he passed. I wonder if any of it got record… - 6 years ago

@BrianJRoan: RT @nytimesmusic: "'The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators,’ delivered a manifesto for better living through chemistry that no… - 6 years ago

@nytimesmusic: "'The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators,’ delivered a manifesto for better living through chemistry th… - 6 years ago

@reverendo_casey: Una canzone al giorno... Dedicata a Roky Erickson che ci ha lasciati il 31 maggio scorso... Se non la conoscete,… - 6 years ago

@SPSouthEndScum: FFS, took 5-6 days to find out that the man is gone. Of course, sadder than the Scum slumber, is the loss itself, a… - 7 years ago

@just_takes: Brian Wilson just cancelled his tour (I was set to see him two weeks from tomorrow) and less than a week after Roky… - 7 years ago

@SofaKingLazyBoi: @fpaulwilson If you had ghosts - Roky Erickson. - 7 years ago

@zappa84: My latest 'brought to light' now on my tuesday link on 'listen again' via - 7 years ago

@rock101movie: Psychedelic Rock Icon Roky Erickson Dead at 71 - 7 years ago

@LayserFocus: The Pure Weirdness of the Psychedelic-Rock Icon Roky Erickson - 7 years ago

@festival23COD: RT @amandapetrusich: Here's my @NewYorker Postscript for the psych-rock pioneer Roky Erickson, a bighearted dude with vision to spare. Rest… - 7 years ago

@louchelarue: RT @joegross: A few scattered thoughts on the big man: - 7 years ago

@zappahawk: Roky Erickson ft. Okkervil River- True Love Cast Out All Evil. - 7 years ago

@This_is_RichSon: RT @txmusicoffice: Austin music world remembers @rokyericksonTM: 'I've never been so close to a genius' - 7 years ago

@SchweinbergHere: RT @TitusAndronicus: Deadass, I am getting tight reading all these Roky Erickson “tributes,” wherein it seems these writers are tripping al… - 7 years ago

@txmusicoffice: Austin music world remembers @rokyericksonTM: 'I've never been so close to a genius' - 7 years ago

@KALXNow: 3:40pm "Mine Mine Mind" by Roky Erickson and the Aliens - 7 years ago

@kalxplaylist: 3:40pm Mine Mine Mind - Roky Erickson and the Aliens - Roky Erickson and the Aliens(CBS) - 7 years ago

@Scarpenter_67: RT @Passionweiss: RIP Roky Erickson, who defined early psychedelia and briefly found infinity though the raw power of distortion and enough… - 7 years ago

@DredScott: The original "keep Austin weird" guy. - 7 years ago

@dominicumile: Erickson’s Elevators "often worked to induce a kind of hallucinatory state by playing at deafening volumes and with… - 7 years ago

@alvarolex: Muere Roky Erickson, el gran damnificado de la psicodelia tejana - 7 years ago

@hughkeogh: @AtomicBoogie Pleasant vehicle, will usher in an era of happiness and prosperity which God knows is needed what wit… - 7 years ago

@WorkInjuryLaw: Roky Erickson dead: The 13th Floor Elevators singer, psychedelic rock pioneer was 71 - 7 years ago

@WWeappa: Roky Erickson, frontman with the 13th Floor Elevators whose career was derailed by struggles with mental illness –… - 7 years ago

@D_C_Haiku: Roky Erickson, 71: - 7 years ago

@DallianceRecs: RT @capturedtracks: Very "mood" much "vibes" ft. @gia_margaret, @mannequinpussy, @IANSWEETWEET, @jai_paul, @moise__, @dardisku, + the lat… - 7 years ago

@CMehenna: RT @olivier_lamm: RIP Roky Erickson, fondateur des 13th Floor Elevators et seul musicien sur la planète a mériter à 100% l’appellation rock… - 7 years ago

@earpro1: Three-Eyed Man: Remembering Psychedelic Seer Roky Erickson - 7 years ago

@joejanecek: RT @vulture: As frontman for the 13th Floor Elevators, Erickson birthed the very idea of psychedelia in the 1960s - 7 years ago

@manholekuya: ロッキーエリクソンの弾き語り、いいなぁ〜 Roky Erickson - Never Say Goodbye - 7 years ago

@freemancrouch: RT @austin360: "His career was like no other. Attention must be paid... Let’s get going on that statue," @joegross writes of the late Roky… - 7 years ago

@deadmanradio: Roky Erickson, the man who made Austin weird - 7 years ago

@deadmanradio: Roky Erickson Was the Patron Saint of Psychedelic Escape - 7 years ago

@deadmanradio: Remembering Roky Erickson In 13 Songs - 7 years ago

@GenAdmShow: RT @stephenmdeusner: I picked 13 great Roky Erickson songs for @stereogum and let me tell you, it's hard to pick just 13 Roky Erickson song… - 7 years ago

@austin360: "I’m so glad he was able to share his gift with us for as long as he could.” - 7 years ago

@KXSFspins: Carolyn is playing Roky Erickson — Mine Mine Mind — - 7 years ago

@Robbiezombie: RT @Robbiezombie: Roky Erickson - Night of the Vampire - 7 years ago

@905jadedhipster: RT @TheStromboShow: LISTEN: @Strombo honours the late Roky Erickson, "One of the first I heard as a kid that took me into another world. An… - 7 years ago

@nickorodriguez: RT @futurofm: A los 71 años falleció Roky Erickson, líder y miembro fundador de The 13th Floor Elevators - 7 years ago

@moctxezuma: RT @amandapetrusich: Here's my @NewYorker Postscript for the psych-rock pioneer Roky Erickson, a bighearted dude with vision to spare. Rest… - 7 years ago

@NicolaAlocci: RT @nlyonne: Spent a lot of time with Roky in Austin once upon a time. Always such a huge fan of this legend who will be deeply missed. “A… - 7 years ago

@IkonicEvil: THE SAUCE ▫️ Episode 4, The Roky Erickson Tribute, is now available ....Promise 😉 ▫️ See you on Friday for WEEKEND… - 7 years ago

@craggstaruk: Pioneering psychedelic rocker Roky Erickson dies at 71 - 7 years ago

@SensoryProtest: RT @alexrobertross: This @Passionweiss piece on Roky Erickson is one of the best things I've read so far this year. - 7 years ago

@TheQuirkyNinja: RT @nytimesarts: "More than almost any other psychedelic rocker, Roky walked a fine line between inspiration and insanity" - 7 years ago

@brokenglass389: RT @ville0096: Chelsea Wolfeが先日逝去した米SSW、Roky Ericksonの「Night Of The Vampire」を追悼カヴァー。サイケデリックでエーセリアルな響きを含んだ彼女の歌声と旋律が荘厳で美しい。音源としてリリースして欲しい位の素晴… - 7 years ago

@ville0096: Chelsea Wolfeが先日逝去した米SSW、Roky Ericksonの「Night Of The Vampire」を追悼カヴァー。サイケデリックでエーセリアルな響きを含んだ彼女の歌声と旋律が荘厳で美しい。音源としてリリース… - 7 years ago

@mattotcha: The Pure Weirdness of the Psychedelic-Rock Icon Roky Erickson | The New Yorker - 7 years ago

@TheVocalati: RT @nytimesarts: "More than almost any other psychedelic rocker, Roky walked a fine line between inspiration and insanity" - 7 years ago

@joffaloff: RT @amandapetrusich: Here's my @NewYorker Postscript for the psych-rock pioneer Roky Erickson, a bighearted dude with vision to spare. Rest… - 7 years ago

@theRSL: Roky Erickson's exit from this world does nothing to diminish his deep, lasting impact to the music community. He s… - 7 years ago

@caldawson93: RT @Passionweiss: Wrote a tribute to Roky Erickson of the 13th Floor Elevators, the greatest alien in our midst, the furthest one out, who… - 7 years ago

@brokendowngolf: - 7 years ago

@NTSlive: For the next hour, tribute is paid to psychedelic rock forerunner, & perennial outsider Roky Erickson, who passed a… - 7 years ago

@scottrlevine: Roky Erickson, 71, Revered Figure of Psychedelic Rock, Dies - 7 years ago

@URKO_SS: AUSTIN TERROR FEST. La tierra de Roky Erickson. Enough said! Lightning Bolt?!?! Bongzilla?! Need this. - 7 years ago

@book_wooden: RT @GBHBL_Official: RIP Roky Erickson - thanks for giving us one of the most iconic scenes in horror: - 7 years ago

@SandyFalstaff: RT @dusttodigital: R.I.P. Roky Erickson, July 15, 1947 — May 31, 2019. Here he is singing "You're Gonna Miss Me" with the 13th Floor Elevat… - 7 years ago

@Pixel767: RT @nytimesarts: "More than almost any other psychedelic rocker, Roky walked a fine line between inspiration and insanity" - 7 years ago

@rfosterdesign: RT @nytimesarts: "More than almost any other psychedelic rocker, Roky walked a fine line between inspiration and insanity" - 7 years ago

@bigdaddylilcity: Chelsea Wolfe Pays Tribute To Roky Erickson, Covering "Night Of The Vampire": Watch - 7 years ago

@Mduggan900: RT @nytimesarts: "More than almost any other psychedelic rocker, Roky walked a fine line between inspiration and insanity" - 7 years ago