The Cracked Ballad of Sid Barrett

The cracked ballad of Sid Barrett managed to be a remarkable piece of writing with a sense of sympathy for its subject and understanding of his music. But it was also a less than accurate piece of journalism, which led to a lot of myths and disinformation being propagated. He briefly visited his old bandmates in the studio in 1975, while they were recording the album Wish You Were Here,. Some say even during the recording of the song Shine on You Crazy Diamond, which was written specifically about Barrett - though Nick Mason claims otherwise. For the next 31 years, Barrett made no public appearances. The last time he ever voluntarily spoke to a journalist, other than telling them to go away, was in