Legendary rock n roll pioneer roger kynard roky erickson hails from austin, texas. With byron coley, th floor elevators, evelyn erickson, roky erickson. Jun 01, 2019 in addition to music, roky, who suffered from schizophrenia, is also remembered for his highprofile struggles with the mental illness, which were chronicled in the 2007 documentary youre gonna miss me. A 2005 documentary on ericksons life, youre gonna miss me, screened at sxsw, jumpstarted ericksons career and was followed by rokys first fulllength concert in two decades at the. I finally got around to seeing youre gonna miss me, a 2005 documentary about the musician roky erickson. We wrote all about the life of roky erickson when we first started this blog. Jun 01, 2019 a 2005 documentary on ericksons life, youre gonna miss me, screened at sxsw, jumpstarted ericksons career and was followed by rokys first fulllength concert in two decades at the. You re gonna miss me click to enlarge the great sphinx of 60s garage rock, roky erickson helped launch the psychedelic era with the clangorous th floor elevators but soon became a notorious acid. The thirteenth floor elevators youre gonna miss me has the same label layout, but different title.
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Youre gonna miss me, a 2005 documentary by keven mcalester, outlined ericksons rise, battle with drugs, including lsd, and ultimately. The 63yearold texans battles with mental illness are chronicled in the documentary youre gonna miss me, which showed how far the singersongwriter had deteriorated but ends on a hopeful note, with him getting the therapy and medication he needed. In september 2005, erickson performed his first fulllength concert in 20 years at the annual austin city limits music festival with the explosives. If you think every film about tormented geniuses has to end in tragedy, youre gonna miss me will shock you. Youre gonna miss me is a documentary that unfolds like a mystery story, each anecdote and interview revealing another layer that helps explain who roky.
When i first put the dvd in, i was just totally immersed in rokys world. Roky erickson youre gonna miss mebest of mp3 album download. Dec 02, 2008 roky also made a brief musical appearance with a reunited lineup of the explosives, and a documentary on erickson, you re gonna miss me, premiered at the affiliated south by southwest film festival. You re gonna wake up one morning as the sun greets the dawn. It focuses on roky erickson, the former frontman for the rock band the th floor. Roky erickson, the blueeyed, darkhaired texan who headed the austinbased th floor elevators, a pioneering psychedelic rock band in the 1960s that. Rent youre gonna miss me 2005 on dvd and bluray dvd. Furthermore, in july of 2007 old and new fans witnessed the 2005 documentary youre gonna miss me being released on dvd format. Ive just seen a face was as much a surprise to the band as it was to the audience a oneoff impulse roky broke into one night.
Rent you re gonna miss me 2005 starring roky erickson and evelyn erickson on dvd and bluray. Critic mark deming writes that if roky erickson had vanished from the face of the earth after the th floor elevators released their epochal debut single, youre gonna miss me, in early 1966, in all likelihood hed still be regarded as a legend among garage rock fanatics for his primal vocal wailing and feral harmonica work. A documentary film on the life of roky erickson titled youre gonna miss me has been recently made by director keven mcalester. All the great songs and lyrics from the youre gonna miss me. This burst of activity coincided with the release of i have always been here before. Roky was gifted with a voice that was always ready to explode. You re gonna miss me is a creative, superbly made documentary on the life of austin rock legend roky erickson.
The roky erickson anthology, a twodisc career overview. In fact, his already nebulous mental state was going from bad to worse, as illustrated in the documentary youre gonna miss me. Keven mcalester, director of the roky erickson documentary youre gonna miss me, claims at the end of his liner notes for this soundtrack that what many critics told him all along is, in fact, correct. Youre gonna miss me roky erickson documentary 2006. The film covers ericksons rise to fame, his excessive use of lsd, struggles with schizophrenia, and his 1969 marijuana arrest that led to stays at austin state hospital. Ken taylor, xlr8r four stars film inside out this is the story of roky. Rokys passing was confirmed by his brother bill bentley, who told variety. Roky also made a brief musical appearance with a reunited lineup of the explosives, and a documentary on erickson, youre gonna miss me, premiered at the affiliated south by southwest film festival. The best of roky erickson album ont he webs largest and most authoritative lyrics resource. The band is cited as pioneers of the psychedelic rock genre. Jan 25, 2017 furthermore, in july of 2007 old and new fans witnessed the 2005 documentary youre gonna miss me being released on dvd format. Find roky erickson discography, albums and singles on allmusic. You re gonna miss me is a documentary that unfolds like a mystery story, each anecdote and interview revealing another layer that helps explain who roky erickson was, who he became, and who he is now. Have you seen the documentary of his life, youre gonna miss me.
Blog, garage rock, in memoriam, music, psychedelic, rock. Here, roky sounds like early van morrison, circa them, only with twoton balls casting his hell fire vocals upon your ears. Youre gonna miss me hollywood reporter the dvd is available here. Roky erickson youre gonna miss me mp3 download and lyrics. Youre gonna miss me a documentary about the musician roky. You re gonna look around in your mind, girl, you re gonna find that im gone. Fans should be warned that the film isnt a music video or a retrospective of any kind, and so shouldnt be approached as such. Roky erickson youre gonna miss me bop pills oueche. Roky erickson the lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the psychedelic band the th floor elevators has died the legendary rocker, born roger kynard erickson, passed away on friday may 31 in austin at the age of 71. According to myth, tommys jug was tuned by the amount of marijuana stored in it. Youre gonna miss me click to enlarge the great sphinx of 60s garage rock, roky erickson helped launch the psychedelic era with the clangorous th floor elevators but soon became a notorious acid. Rent youre gonna miss me 2005 on dvd and bluray netflix.
If roky erickson had vanished from the face of the earth after the th floor elevators released their epochal debut single, you re gonna miss me, in early 1966, in all likelihood hed still be regarded as a legend among garage rock fanatics for his primal vocal wailing and feral harmonica work. Roky erickson is the subject of a heralded recent documentary feature, youre gonna miss me. Roky was convinced that he was an alien and that humans were zapping his mind. It focuses on roky erickson, the former frontman for the rock band the th floor elevators. Sep 20, 2007 the soundtrack to the 2005 documentary of the same name, you re gonna miss me attempts to economically anthologize roky erickson, a man whose vast, scattered output all but defies anthologizing. Youre gonna wake up one morning as the sun greets the dawn. Youre gonna miss me is a creative, superbly made documentary on the life of austin rock legend roky erickson. In the late 60s he put out the two classic psychedellic rock albums the psychedellic sounds of the th floor elevaters 1966 and easter everywhere 1967 two other albums followed but werent that great. Youre gonna miss me a documentary about the musician. Youre gonna miss me is an american documentary film by keven mcalester.
Contrary to most reports, youre gonna miss me is not a rock documentary on a seminal figure scrambled egg, psychedelic pioneer. Roky erickson, the psychedelic lodestar who helmed the th floor elevators and wrote one of garage rocks original anthems, you re gonna miss me, died on friday at the age of 71. The thirteenth floor elevators youre gonna miss me 1967. Yellow twocolor labels with black printing and green ia label imprint.
It was reissued nationally on international artists, in may 1966. Jun 07, 2007 early in the documentary you re gonna miss me, the films subject, the psychedelic rocker and drugdamaged schizophrenic roky erickson, ambles through his austin, tex. The 2005 documentary youre gonna miss me specifically credits tommy hall with coining the term psychedelic rock, although artists such as the holy modal rounders and the deep had described their music as psychedelic earlier. The thirteenth floor elevators youre gonna miss me. This disc is a best of compilation of roky s hardrock years from the mid 70s to mid 80s my personal favorite era of his entire career. Find roky erickson discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. Hailing from austin, texas, the members of th floor elevators were one of the first artists to describe their music as psychedelic. Roky erickson and the explosives halloween live 19791981 us. Pollstar roky erickson, psych rock pioneer and leader of. Reviewers have suggested that keven mcalesters documentary is not only a great rock n roll story, but a challenging portrait of mental illness and an affecting family drama. The band rattled to the middle of the hot 100 in 1966 with youre gonna miss me, anchored by roky ericksons unforgettable yelping vocals, stacy sutherlands guitar, and tommy halls electric jug runs. Billy gibbons youre gonna miss me documentary, 2005.
My favorite song of theirs is the haunting orgasmic holler fest that is youre gonna miss me. This soundtrack of all original material by erickson in his various guises as lead singer of the th floor elevators and as a solo artist is terrific. Early in the documentary youre gonna miss me, the films subject, the psychedelic rocker and drugdamaged schizophrenic roky erickson, ambles through his austin, tex. Feel free to let me know if you think ive made a mistake. You re gonna miss me hollywood reporter the dvd is available here. Documentary about rock pioneer roky erickson, detailing his rise as a psychedelic hero, his lengthy institutionalization, his descent into poverty and filth, and his brothers struggle with their religious mother to improve rokys care. Pioneering psychedelic rocker roky erickson of the th. Kevin mcalesters documentary discloses precisely why and how rokys early status as an icona maverick rock genius as demonstrated by his band, the th. You re gonna miss me is an american documentary film by keven mcalester. Lyrics to you re gonna miss me, by the th floor elevators roky erickson isnt gone. Haunt, im gonna free her, burn the flames, for you, im a demon, before in the beginning, the chimes of freedom, lay down your weary tune, will the circle be unbroken, colors, splash 1 lyrics, hide behind the sun, baby let me follow you down, you drive me crazy, hasnt anyone told you, when my ship comes in, youre gonna miss me lyrics.
Feb 09, 2009 all in all a sad story and for those interested its worth checking out the documentary about roky called you are going to miss. Kbps stands for kilobits per second and the number of kbps represents the audio quality of the mp3s. His family relocated to austin where roky, always a rebel and iconoclast. Youre gonna miss me is a documentary that unfolds like a mystery story, each anecdote and interview revealing another layer that helps explain who roky erickson was, who he became, and who he is now. His attorney prepared a document declaring that roky was, in fact, an alien. Roky erickson youre gonna miss mebest of mp3 album. Youre gonna miss me is a song by the american psychedelic rock band the th floor elevators, written by roky erickson, and released as the groups debut single on contact records, on january 17, 1966. Erickson was the leader of the th floor elevators heres a 1960s video of the band, a. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. The soundtrack to the 2005 documentary of the same name, youre gonna miss me attempts to economically anthologize roky erickson, a man. Youre gonna miss me excellent documentary about roky.
Youre gonna miss me roky erickson documentary 2006 one. When roky was released from prison in the year 1972, he was a proud, card carrying member of the incredibly insane. Ericksons sinuous lead guitar and wailing vocals didnt. Roky erickson youre gonna miss me the best of roky. Roky lived in so many worlds, you couldnt keep up with him. Roky got his start with a band that eventually became the th floor elevators, in the later part of the sixties. Their lyrics and sleeve notes openly and religiously endorsed the use of drugs particularly lsd to alter human consciousness for the better. Roky is survived by his brothers, sumner and bill, and son jegar. You re gonna miss me follows roky erickson, the lead singer of the th floor elevators and maybe the most influential 1960s pop star that most folks havent heard of. Critic mark deming writes that if roky erickson had vanished from the face of the earth after the th floor elevators released their epochal debut single, you re gonna miss me, in early 1966, in all likelihood hed still be regarded as a legend among garage rock fanatics for his primal vocal wailing and feral harmonica work. He was a founding member of the th floor elevators and a pioneer of the psychedelic rock genre.
This documentary, directed by kevin mcalester, is about as perfect as any can be. Roky erickson roky erickson born roger kynard erickson on july 15, 1947 is an american singer, songwriter, harmonica player and guitarist from texas. I was lucky to have seen roky perform four times since 1993. You re gonna miss me is a song by the american psychedelic rock band the th floor elevators, written by roky erickson, and released as the groups debut single on contact records, on january 17, 1966. I felt, in turn, amazement, disgust, pity, jealousy, humor and redemption. This disc is a best of compilation of rokys hardrock years from the mid 70s to mid 80s my personal favorite era of his entire career.
Documentary about rock pioneer roky erickson, detailing his rise as a psychedelic hero, his lengthy institutionalization, his descent into poverty and filth, and his brothers struggle with their religious mother to improve roky s care. Recorded in 1966 when erickson was 19, but written when he was 15. A film about roky erickson 2007 posted by lastofmykind. Roky erickson, psych rock pioneer and leader of the th floor elevators, dead at 71. This was all before his symptoms started manifesting in a major and disruptive way. Jan 26, 2009 i finally got around to seeing you re gonna miss me, a 2005 documentary about the musician roky erickson.
Pioneering psychedelic rocker roky erickson of the th floor. Rent youre gonna miss me 2005 starring roky erickson and evelyn erickson on dvd and bluray. Erickson was the leader of the th floor elevators heres a. Documentary about rock pioneer roky erickson, detailing. The music erickson made with the elevators allows a wimp like me to get a glimpse of the kind of conviction needed to stretch your mind as far as itll go where the possibility of floating away. May 15, 2012 youre gonna miss me excellent documentary about roky erickson. Youre gonna miss me follows roky erickson, the lead singer of the th floor elevators and maybe the most influential 1960s pop star that most folks havent heard of. You didnt realize oh youre gonna miss me, baby oh youre gonna miss me, baby oh youre gonna miss me, child, yeah, yeah i gave you the warning but you never heeded it how can you say you miss my. Roky also made a brief musical appearance with a reunited lineup of the explosives, and a documentary on erickson, you re gonna miss me, premiered at the affiliated south by southwest film festival. Its also the title of a 2007 documentary depicting.