Tommy Hall 13th Floor Elevators

The guru of 60s psychedelic rock doesn t drink alcohol.

Tommy hall 13th floor elevators.

Tommy hall born september 15 1942 is an electric jug player from texas. Roky erickson a guitarist and singer in the 13th floor elevators a foundational psych rock group from texas died on friday. Tommy hall is nursing a coke at a corner table at san francisco s hemlock tavern. Tommy is considered by many to be the best lyricists of his time.

Tommy hall and his 13th floor elevators were the first psychedelic band in history and helped bring in this psychedelic era. The 13th floor elevators the group that was to be known as the 13th floor elevators formed in late 1965 as a merging of members from two obscure texas bands. A visual history in the mid 1960s the 13th floor elevators thundered out of texas with electrified fury lysergic vision and intricate iconography. Hall s ex wife clementine keeps in contact and visits him regularly.

Tommy hall is also the band s primary lyricist and philosopher. It s a stark and solitary image but not necessarily a reclusive existence for the 13th floor elevators visionary. Tommy hall the guru of 60s psychedelic rock is a fascinating figure in musical history. Booze brings you down and hall believes you should always.

The cause of death was not immediately announced but erickson had a. He was a founding member of the 13th floor elevators. A quest for pure sanity the psychedelic poetry of tommy hall 13th floor elevators all contents 2001 patrick lundborg and used with permission from the lama reviewswebsite i. He was a founding member of the american psychedelic rock band the 13th floor elevators.

The band was together from 1965 to 1969 and during that period released four albums and seven singles for the international artists record label.