Which one's Pink? ;-) But seriously, if any of the band members met either one of the jazz legends that made up their namesake, they did not say so in any official capacity.
A founder member of the group Sid Barrett came made up the name 'The Pink Floyd Sound' after two blues musicians called Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, this was later shortened to 'The Pink Floyd' then to 'Pink Floyd'
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They were named for the Blues musicians Pinkey Anderson, and Floyd Council
The name 'Pink Floyd' was thought up of on the spot by founding member and original frontman Syd Barrett. They had been calling themselves 'The Tea Set' in their early gigs, but as it happened another band with the same name went on stage before the Floyd using the same name. Pink Anderson and Floyd Council were two unrelated African-American Blues musicians from the Depression Era.
pink Floyd
A founder member of the group Sid Barrett came made up the name 'The Pink Floyd Sound' after two blues musicians called Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, this was later shortened to 'The Pink Floyd' then to 'Pink Floyd'
Floyd Council group is Pink Floyd
Floyd council
They were named for the Blues musicians Pinkey Anderson, and Floyd Council
Pink Floyd. Saying THE Pink Floyd will get you beat up.
The name 'Pink Floyd' was thought up of on the spot by founding member and original frontman Syd Barrett. They had been calling themselves 'The Tea Set' in their early gigs, but as it happened another band with the same name went on stage before the Floyd using the same name. Pink Anderson and Floyd Council were two unrelated African-American Blues musicians from the Depression Era.
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Pink Floyd.
The musical by Pink Floyd was titled The Wall
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Pink Floyd
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