My Little Red Book/Interstellar Overdrive (Pink Floyd)

[Chris M]

Quick question for Johnny..

I was wondering if you were aware "My Little Red Book" was a major inspiration to Syd Barrett during the very early stages of the Pink Floyd?

Early Floyd manager Peter Jenner recalls that the riff to Interstellar Overdrive came about when he was trying to hum My Little Red Book to Syd Barrett only he hummed it incorrectly. Syd tried to followed Jenner's humming and used it as the basis for the opening riff to "Interstellar Overdrive".

A long shot but did you happen to catch the Syd Barrett model Floyd in LA or SF in November of 1966?

Cheers!
Chris

[Johnny Echols]

No I was unaware of any Pink Floyd connection to My Little Red Book, and I never had the pleasure of seeing them live. One can become so involved in their own little insular world, that they fail to notice there's a larger one outside. JE.