Sumner Erickson - The Sun Is Always Shining


Sumner Erickson, brother of legendary psychedelic rock pioneer Roky Erickson, plays an original song, The Sun is Always Shining.Sumner recently performed at the 5th Annual Roky Erickson Psychedelic Ice Cream Social.

The concert featured, Roky Erickson and the Explosives, Spoon, Robyn Hitchcock and Peter Buck, Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai, Tommy Hancock, Black lips, Powell St. John, Sumner Erickson of the Texcentrics.The Concert was hosted by radio guru Jack Blood with special guest anti-psychiatry activist and author Leonard Roy Franks and Dr. John Breeding.

The Roky Erickson Trust celebrated electroshock Therapy survivors.

Roky Erickson, Townes Van Zandt, Leonard Franks, Jim Franklin (poster artist for theevent) are all electroshock therapy, ECT survivors.

The Ice Cream Social is co-sponsored this year by the Coalition for the Abolition of Electroshock in Texas (CAEST). Many artists have been hurt over the years by the labels and biological treatments of the mental health system. Roky Erickson, Townes Van Zandt and Jim Franklin are Austin music legends who suffered from psychiatric electroshock, also known as electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT. Families Rock Productions is also a co-sponsor.

Stay tuned for more concert footage.

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Roky Erickson Trust

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Coalition for the Abolition of Electroshock in Texas

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Video footage by Mary Marvel

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Copyright 2007 Sumner Erickson. All Rights Reserved.







Channel: Music
Uploaded: May 23, 2007 at 12:07 am
Author: psychetruth

Length: 00:06:21
Rating: 4.36
Views: 3079

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Video Comments:
closetome (August 3, 2008 at 9:26 pm)
great stuff. joy to watch
khunthate (July 6, 2008 at 11:07 pm)
really really really bad
austinitesince1979 (March 12, 2008 at 3:29 pm)
I can dig it.
icesk8grl73 (December 31, 2007 at 11:16 pm)
i know a kid named sumner, bahahahaha just seeing this omg...bahahahaha
closetome (December 28, 2007 at 1:56 pm)
Love it!
Chipmunkapublishing (September 3, 2007 at 11:19 am)
Empowering Mental health Survivors again well done. Send your story in to Chipmunka. We want to help you to empower others !!
reganatf (May 23, 2007 at 11:36 pm)
Cool song!
atomic811 (May 23, 2007 at 2:36 am)
the woman in the green is his mom rocking out :)
dan18rx (May 23, 2007 at 2:19 am)
lol ok..
psychetruth (May 23, 2007 at 12:41 am)
Listen to the words on this one. They are very cool!

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