The album WISH YOU WERE HERE is a concept album centered around the breakdown and departure of Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd. It was mostly written by Roger Waters who had been childhood friends with Barrett. During the recording of SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND Syd showed up at the Abbey Road studio with a shaved head and eyebrows. He had gained so much weight that he was unrecognizable to members of the band who thought he was an EMI employee. When Waters realized who the visitor was he started to cry, upset at how his friend had deteriorated. Syd offered his services to help on the album, but when listening to the track SHINE ON he failed to make any connection to the song that was ironically about him – Syd Barrett is the crazy diamond.
When he left the studio that day it was the last time any of his band mates saw him until his death in 2006.
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