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New York, NY (May, 2007) — This summer, Palm Pictures releases the highly anticipated and critically
acclaimed film YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME , the life of musical pioneer Roky Erickson, on DVD. Directed by
Keven McAlester and recently nominated for a 2007 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary, this
riveting film details the rise and fall of rock legend Roky Erickson, whose band, The 13th Floor Elevators,
coined the 1960’s term “psychedelic rock.” The Original Soundtrack by Roky Erickson for YOU’RE GONNA
MISS ME will be released this summer, featuring classic songs from The 13th Floor Elevators, and Roky
Erickson and the Aliens. The 12-track CD also features mesmerizing solo acoustic performances from Roky,
available exclusively on this soundtrack.
The DVD will hit stores on July 10th
“YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME charts his wonderful transformation as the reclusive, troubled Erickson
re-enters his spiritual and artistic life after his younger brother takes legal custody of him. If you
think every film about tormented geniuses has to end in tragedy, YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME will
shock you.” – Ken Taylor, XLR8R
YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME DVD –Special features:
The Ultimate Roky Experience, an Hour and a half of ROKY RARITIES:
*Historic, Uncut Live Performances of: “COLD NIGHT FOR ALLIGATORS” & Intimate Acoustic Performances of
“BLOODY HAMMER,” “STARRY EYES,” “RIGHT TRACK NOW,” “DON’T SLANDER ME,” and many more
*The Complete “I KNOW THE HOLE IN BABY’S HEAD” and other readings by Roky
*The Collected Works of EVELYN ERICKSON
*POSTSCRIPT: Austin City Limits Festival Documentary (2005)
*POSTSCRIPT: Roky’s Emancipation Hearing (2007)
*DELETED SCENES & EXTRA DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE
YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME SOUNTRACK - Track Listing:
You’re Gonna Miss Me
Fire Engine
Starry Eyes
Bloody Hammer
Two Headed Dog
For You *
Mine Mine Mind
Unforced Peace
You Don’t Love Me
The Wind and More
Cold Night for Alligators
Goodbye Sweet Dreams *
*exclusively available on this soundtrack
ROKY ERICKSON US TOUR DATES
NY Times : Jon Pareles - It’s the sound of a man plunging into unknown territory with pride and desperation, knowing he might never return. And it still had that raw tone as he sang “Don’t
Shake Me Lucifer,”“The Beast,”“I Think Up Demons,”“Bermuda” (about the Bermuda Triangle) and “Bloody Hammer,” which insists, “I never hammered my mind out.” The songs were filled with
demons, but the music was ready to wrestle them down.
Rolling Stone: David Fricke “Erickson is alive, well and in the midst of an astonishing ressurection….he sang like a man reborn”
NY Newsday: “Erickson has lost little of his mojo”
The Village Voice: “…Simple awe-inspriring”
June
2 Castle Clinton - Battery Park, NYC
August
4 Lollapalooza Chicago, IL
September
3 Bumbershoot Seattle, WA
6 MusicFest NW Portland, OR
Film Synopsis:
In Austin, Texas, a 53-year-old man sleeps to the melody of four radios, three televisions, two amps, a radio scanner, and a Casio keyboard, all playing at the same time. Loudly. He has three teeth and his hair is matted into one huge dreadlock.
This is the story of Roky Erickson: manic frontman for the legendary band The 13th Floor Elevators, creators of psychedelic music and muse to Janis Joplin. YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME is a disturbingly intimate portrait of an imploding family and the struggle between modernized medicine and religion.
Known for his colossal heroin & LSD binges, struggles with schizophrenia, and an unthinkable term at Rusk Hospital for the Criminally Insane, Roky went missing from the world. YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME reveals the shocking & triumphant truth behind one of Rock’s great mysteries.
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