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Roger Kynard Erickson (15.07.1947 - 01.05.2019)
Years Active: 1964 – 2019
Associated Acts: 13th Floor Elevators
Vocal Range: F2 - G5
{Album Ranges}
with The 13th Elevators:
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (1966): D3 - G5
Easter Everywhere (1967): G2 - F5
Bull of the Woods (1969): C3 - B4
as Roky Erickson And The Aliens:
Roky Erickson And The Aliens (1980): C♯3 - E3 - D5
Don't Knock the Rok (2004): B2 - C♯5 - E5
Solo-credited:
Clear Night For Love (1985): E3 - D5
Don't Slander Me (1986): E3 - E5
Gremlins Have Pictures (1986): B♭2 - C♯5
The Holiday Inn Tapes (1987): G♯2 - F4
Openers (1988): C♯3 - E♭5
Never Say Goodbye (1999): F2 - G4
True Love Cast Out All Evil (2010): G♯2 - A4
with The 13th Elevators:
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (1966): D3 - G5
Easter Everywhere (1967): G2 - F5
Bull of the Woods (1969): C3 - B4
as Roky Erickson And The Aliens:
Roky Erickson And The Aliens (1980): C♯3 - E3 - D5
Don't Knock the Rok (2004): B2 - C♯5 - E5
Solo-credited:
Clear Night For Love (1985): E3 - D5
Don't Slander Me (1986): E3 - E5
Gremlins Have Pictures (1986): B♭2 - C♯5
The Holiday Inn Tapes (1987): G♯2 - F4
Openers (1988): C♯3 - E♭5
Never Say Goodbye (1999): F2 - G4
True Love Cast Out All Evil (2010): G♯2 - A4
Significant High Notes:
G5 ("Fire Engine", "Roller Coaster" live Houston Music Theater 18/02/1967, "Thru the Rhythm", "Tried to Hide" Take 7 Headstone: The Contact Sessions, "You're Gonna Miss Me" Take 6 Headstone: The Contact Sessions)
F♯5 ("Fire Engine", "Monkey Island", "Thru the Rhythm", "Tried to Hide" Take 7 Headstone: The Contact Sessions, "You Can't Hurt Me Anymore", "You Really Got Me" live Avalon 1966)
F5 ("Before You Accuse Me" live Avalon 1966, "Don't Slander Me" live Austin 16/06/1984, "Earthquake", "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" Headstone: The Contact Sessions, "(I Got You) I Feel Good" live La Maison Ballroom 1966, "Roll Over Beethoven" live Avalon 1966)
E5 ("Angel Baby", "Before You Accuse Me" live Texas 1984, "Crazy Crazy Mama", "Don't Slander Me" live Austin 16/06/1984, "Gloria" live New Orleans Old World Night Club 16/03/1966, "I'm Down" live New Orleans Old World Night Club 16/03/1966, "Kingdom of Heaven", "Roller Coaster", "Money Honey", "Monkey Island", "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place" Headstone: The Contact Sessions, "The Word" live Avalon 1966, "You Can't Hurt Me Anymore", "You're Gonna Miss Me")
E♭5 ("Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" Headstone: The Contact Sessions, "(I Got You) I Feel Good" live La Maison Ballroom 1966, "We Sell Soul")
D5 ("Can't Be Brought Down" 1986 version, "Fire in My Bones", "Livin' On" Alternate full take version, "Starry Eyes", "Two-Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)", "You Can't Hurt Me Anymore")
C♯5 ("Can't Be Brought Down", "Devotional Number One", "Heroin", "Hushabye")
C5 ("The Beast" The Reunion Concert, "Before You Accuse Me", "Can't Be Brought Down", "The Damned Thing", "Earthquake", "Fire in My Bones", "If You Have Ghosts", "It's You (I Don't Ever Want to Come Down)", "I've Got Levitation", "Slide Machine", "We Sell Soul", "The Word" live Avalon 1966)
B4 ("Bermuda", "Bo Diddley's a Headhunter" live Dallas 1979, "Crazy Crazy Mama", "Don't Slander Me", "Gloria" live New Orleans Old World Night Club 16/03/1966, "The Haunt", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Heartstrings", "Heroin", "Hushabye", "John Lawman", "Love Is Strange", "Never Another", "Night of the Vampire", "Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)", "Stand By Me", "Stand For The Fire Demon", "Thru the Rhythm", "Two-Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)", "Wake Up to Rock n' Roll", "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place" Headstone: The Contact Sessions)
B♭4 ("The Beast", "Before You Accuse Me", "I'm a Demon", "Maxine" live Austin 1973, "Money Honey", "Roll Over Beethoven" live Avalon 1966, "Warning")
A4 ("Angel Baby", "Baby Blue", "Bloody Hammer", "Bumble Bee Zombie", "Can't Be Brought Down", "Click Your Fingers Applauding The Play", "Don't Shake Me Lucifer", "Dust", "Fire Engine", "Fire in My Bones", "Goodbye Sweet Dreams" 2010 version, "The Haunt", "Heroin", "If You Have Ghosts", "It's You (I Don't Ever Want to Come Down)", "I've Got Levitation", "Livin' On", "Love Is Strange", "Money Honey", "Monkey Island", "Never Another", "Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)", "Reverberation", "Roller Coaster", "She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)", "Slide Machine", "Slip Inside This House", "Sputnik", "A Teenager in Love", "Things That Go Bump in the Night", "True Love Cast Out All Evil" 2010 version, "When You Get Delighted", "White Faces", "The Wind and More", "The Word" live Avalon 1966, "You Really Got Me" live Avalon 1966)
G♯4 ("Bo Diddley's a Headhunter" live Dallas 1979, "Bumble Bee Zombie", "Heartstrings", "Hushabye", "I Think of Demons", "It's A Cold Night For Alligators", "A Teenager in Love", "Thank God For Civilization", "We Sell Soul")
G4 ("Ain't Blues Too Sad", "Angel Baby", "Baby Blue", "Burn the Flames", "Crazy Crazy Mama", "Dust", "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" Headstone: The Contact Sessions, "Gloria" live New Orleans Old World Night Club 16/03/1966, "Heartbreak Hotel", "(I Got You) I Feel Good" live La Maison Ballroom 1966, "I Had To Tell You", "I'm Down" live New Orleans Old World Night Club 16/03/1966, "I've Got Levitation", "I've Never Known This 'Til Now", "Kingdom of Heaven", "Livin' On", "Mine Mine Mind", "Night of the Vampire", "One Last Kiss", "Pushing and Pulling", "Roller Coaster", "Slip Inside This House", "Stand For The Fire Demon", "Starry Eyes", "Unforced Peace", "Wake Up to Rock n' Roll", "White Faces", "You Don't Know", "You're Gonna Miss Me")
Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("Burn the Flames", "Dust", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Heartstrings", "Hushabye", "I Have Always Been Here Before", "I Think of Demons", "I'm Gonna Love You Too", "I've Never Known This 'Til Now", "Kingdom of Heaven", "Mighty Is Our Love", "Never Another", "Realize You're Mine", "Reverberation", "Roller Coaster" Headstone: The Contact Sessions, "Song to Abe Lincoln", "Starry Eyes", "Sweet Honey Pie", "Take Good Care of My Baby", "Thru the Rhythm", "True Love Ways", "Wait For You", "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place" Headstone: The Contact Sessions, "You Can't Hurt Me Anymore", "You Drive Me Crazy", "You're Gonna Miss Me")
E♭3 ("@2 Gone and Number", "Anthem", "Baby Blue", "Be and Bring Me Home", "Bring Back The Past", "Burn the Flames" Gremlins Have Pictures, "I Have Always Been Here Before" Mine, Mine, Mind, "I Love The Living You", "Think of as One", "True Love Cast Out All Evil", "True Love Ways", "When You Get Delighted", "You're Gonna Miss Me" 1965 version)
D3 ("Ain't Blues Too Sad" 2010 version, "Bashful Bob", "Be and Bring Me Home" 2010 version, "Birds'd Crash", "Devotional Number One", "Dr. Doom", "Forever", "I Am", "I Had To Tell You", "I Love The Blind Man", "I'm Gonna Free Her", "I've Never Known This 'Til Now", "Livin' On", "One Last Kiss", "Splash 1", "Take Good Care of My Baby", "Take That Girl", "You're the One")
C♯3 ("Birds'd Crash", "Loving Isn't A Part Time Thing", "The Singing Grandfather", "Stand For The Fire Demon", "The Times I've Had", "True Love Cast Out All Evil", "What to Do")
C3 ("Be and Bring Me Home" 2010 version, "Dr. Doom", "Goodbye Sweet Dreams" 2010 version, "I Pledge Allegiance", "May the Circle Remain Unbroken", "Please Judge" Acoustic version, "Right Track Now", "True Love Cast Out All Evil" 2010 version, "True Love Ways")
B2 ("Bring Back The Past", "God Is Everywhere", "Heartbreak Hotel", "I Love The Blind Man", "May the Circle Remain Unbroken" The Holiday Inn Tapes, "One Last Kiss", "The Singing Grandfather", "True Love Ways", "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place" Headstone: The Contact Sessions, "You're An Unidentified Flying Object")
B♭2 ("Burn the Flames" Gremlins Have Pictures, "I Pledge Allegiance", "Never Say Goodbye", "Please Judge" Acoustic version, "True Love Cast Out All Evil" 2010 version)
G♯2 ("God Is Everywhere", "True Love Ways")
G2 ("I Had To Tell You", "Right Track Now")
F2 ("Never Say Goodbye")
{Questionable Notes}
G♯5 ("Fire Engine" live Houston Music Theater 18/02/1967 [1])
E5 ("Stand By Me" [5])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
G♯5 ("Fire Engine" live Houston Music Theater 18/02/1967 [1])
E5 ("Stand By Me" [5])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.