Roky, like Syd Barrett, is one of those musicians who came out of the 60's full of potential, drug-addled, and eventually institutionalized as virtually insane.
His original band, Thirteenth Floor Elevators, were noted as contemporaries to Janis Joplin and rival Texas band, The Moving Sidewalks (later ZZ top). Roky also boasts Willie Nelson as a long-time friend. So why is it that no one knows who he is? Becuase he's pretty much nuts.
Nevertheless, he has produced some truly original music that should be experienced by anyone who has a taste for something off the beaten path.
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