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Roy Harper

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Forfans of british folk-rock and progressive folk, 60s–70s singer-songwriters, and listeners into pink floyd and led zeppelin lore.
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Folk Author's Song Psychedelia

The Profile

Roy Harper is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist born in Manchester in 1941. Active since the mid-1960s, he’s acclaimed for expansive, poetic folk albums like Stormcock and Flat Baroque and Berserk. He sang lead on Pink Floyd’s Have a Cigar and inspired Led Zeppelin’s dedication Hats Off to (Roy) Harper.

Led Zeppelin dedicated “Hats Off to (Roy) Harper)” to him; he sang lead on Pink Floyd’s “Have a Cigar”; Jimmy Page (as S. Flavius Mercurius) plays on Stormcock; Mojo magazine inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2005.

DeBaser’s reviews paint Roy Harper as a singular English singer-songwriter with a fearless, anti-establishment voice and dazzling guitar work. Key praise lands on Stormcock, Flat Baroque and Berserk, Folkjokeopus, and HQ, with Man & Myth hailed as a late-period gem. His revered voice and long-form compositions stand out, alongside famous links to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.

Notable Quotes

❝ Well you can lead a horse to water
But you're never gonna make him drink
And you can lead a man to slaughter
But you're never gonna make him think
❝ the merry consumer who ends up being the food at a bigger feast
❝ And that voice, damn what a voice! Everything is perfect, a sonic paradise.
❝ They called him Roy because he always asked for cigarettes, long beard and guitar chords like an orchestra.
❝ Roy Harper was, undoubtedly, one of the most distinctive British singer-songwriters of his generation.
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