Roky Erickson

Okkervil River's Amplifiers Apparently Look Like Bombs

Terrorism paranoia has struck again — this time in the form of some very suspicious sound equipment and a rental van driver who just may have been up to something. That might sound like an article from a bad tabloid, but Okkervil River were caught up in some of that panic on Tuesday (May 25) night. They were touring as psychedelic rocker Roky...
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Roky Erickson With Okkervil River — True Love Cast Out All Evil

Roky Erickson's story has been brought to the forefront over the last few years. That culminated in the You're Going To Miss Me documentary, which detailed his time with psych pioneers the 13th Floor Elevators in the '60s, his subsequent mental health and personal issues, his eventual emotional rescue by his younger brother and son, and Erickson's...
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Roky Erickson With Okkervil River's True Love Cast Out All Evil

Okkervil River Are Roky Erickson's New Backing Band

Psychedelic rocker Roky Erickson hasn't released an album in 14 years, but that will change on April 20 when Anti- Records issues True Love Cast Out All Evil, which will feature Okkervil River as his backing band. The disc includes unreleased tracks Erickson wrote throughout his over 40-year career. Some of them touch on "confessional...
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SXSW 2008

Photographer: 
Steve McLean
Venue: 
Various Venues
City: 
Austin, TX
Date: 
March 15, 2008
 Roky Erickson
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