Dans son Fan Club consacré à Roky Erikson, Phil nous a parlé de l'article consacré à cet artiste qui a été à ses yeux le mieux écrit. Le voici en version originale et en dessous avec la traduction que Phil a faite. Bonne lecture et merci à Phil et Jeff Smith. Roky par Jeff Smith. Roky Erickson was the alpha and omega of psychedelic rock. Sure, there are others who produced what you may consider “trippier” and more intricate recordings but in Roky’s music you find something infinitely more primal - the sound of not only a man’s brain but also his heart being thrust through time and space, encountering demons and monsters along the way while trying to make sense of the seen and unseen world around him. His voice was haunting. It was the sound of a man being thrown down a well, singing arcane lullabies to himself in the knowledge that his fears, real and imagined, could not harm him if he confronted them. A lot of folks may have considered Roky a burn out — and institutionalization,...