Fathers and Sons

In an interesting feature on the Syd Barrett website, ‘produced and authorised by the Barrett family to remember Syd’, people write short reflections on individual songs by the great man. I was delighted to be asked by the family to choose a song, then write my own piece about it and what it means to me. The result can be found here: http://www.sydbarrett.com/i-never-lied-to-you/

It’s worth looking up, if only for the family photo of a very young Syd (still then known as Roger) with his father, Max. Syd’s niece Ginny wrote to me, “I love the photo of Max and Rog; Rog’s hand on Max’s arm seems to be in a firm grip”. It does indeed.

And since in the piece I also mention my own dad, here’s an early photo of me with a similarly firm grip on him, on what looks like a typically damp summer’s day in South Wales, with the very young me appearing to be channeling Norman Wisdom.