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Will the Real Roy Harper Please Stand Up

by Mick Skidmore•November 5, 2008•Comments (5)

When you mention the name Roy Harper to even the most informed US music aficionado, the extent of recognition is usually a response that’s some mixture of “oh yeah, ‘Hats Off to Harper’, that Led Zeppelin song" (which was a tribute), or “he sang lead on Pink Floyd’s ‘Have a Cigar.’” If you look him up in any historical book or biography, critics use all manner of adjectives to describe him: Influential, controversial, idiosyncratic, eccentric, intelligent, poetic (read more)