Roky Erickson: The Escape Artist

“I’m just fine,” says Roky Erickson in response to the standard polite inquiry. This is anything but mundane stuff for the former singer of the 13th Floor Elevators, the drug-addled Texas combo credited with being the world’s first psychedelic rock band. The 56-year-old Erickson, institutionalized decades ago as a paranoid schizophrenic, is back on his … Continue reading Roky Erickson: The Escape Artist