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There are so many interesting stories about this tragic figure.

Apparently, in Floyd's early days, Barrett had a lot of hangers-on that were absolutely convinced that he was a trancendent genius, but only while on acid. To deal with this, they would dose his coffee, his water, his booze with LSD. This obviously had an effect on his mental well-being.

While Pink Floyd was recording "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" for the WISH YOU WERE HERE album, the first song expressly about Syd (although one could make that claim about "Fearless" as well), Syd actually showed up at the Abbey Road studios. They hadn't seen him since just before SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS had been released. Roger Waters was completely taken aback, and began crying. The band told Syd that they would finish recording this track, and he should wait for them outside the studio so they could catch up with old times. When they finished the song, Syd was gone, and they never heard from him again (as far as I know).

A good read for Floyd fans would be "A Saucerful of Secrets" by Nicolas Shaffner.