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I got:

Syd Barrett

Daniel Johnston

Roky Erickson

 

Folks of that ilk.

Who else can we add to the list?

 

I was thinking maybe:

Brian Wilson

Emitt Rhodes

?

 

But for some reason they just don't seem to fit into the same bucket. They don't have that same mystique. Either too visible (Wilson) or not a rabid enough cult (Rhodes)

 

Who else you got?

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nick drake?

 

This is going to be one really uplifting mix, huh?

 

There are a lot of fun songs that these folks have made.

First tracks:

Syd Barrett - "Here I Go"

Roky Erickson - "Two-Headed Dog"

Daniel Johnston - "Speeding Motorcycle" (live)

 

Someone else recommended Skip Spence. I know that name, but can't think of the songs. What was the band that he was in?

 

I thought of the Jeff Mangum thing, too. But for the same reasons that you mentioned, I probably won't include him unless I get desperate.

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Someone else recommended Skip Spence. I know that name, but can't think of the songs. What was the band that he was in?

 

he was in moby grape and jefferson airplane. his solo album, oar, he wrote when he was in bellevue after attacking one of his band mates with an axe.

 

little hands might be a good choice of song to include.

 

or an upbeat song omaha which he wrote in moby grape

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Tell me about this one.

 

Genius british acoustic guitarist, probably best known (thanks to Simon & Garfunkel) for writing "Anji", a staple of the folk guitar repertoire, sidelined for years by drug addiction, resurfaced in recent years, died last month. That's pretty much all I know about him. I wish I was more familiar with his music.

 

http://www.daveygraham.moonfruit.com/

 

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Can Phil Spector produce this thing?

 

I got Jeff Mangum playing a Phil Spector tune.

:dancing

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Nico

Scott Walker (reclusive genius, does that count?)

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