Any Nick Drake fans???

[aquaman]

[HEyHEY]

1. Yeah... he good

[MirrorAshes]

Oh yeah...

a true genius...

[leftofthedial]

2. yes

since he was still alive.

remarkably influential on songwriters of many different styles.

[enigmatic]

3. You knew I was going to answer yeas, right?

Heh:)

[aquaman]

4. Ha......

Nick Drake or Bay City Rollers, I know that you will be there!!!

[enigmatic]

8. Hahahaha!

Long-live Les McKeown!!

[aquaman]

10. LOL

God, I wished you lived closer so we could drink beer and listen to music and make fun of other people. :)

[enigmatic]

11. Visit anytime, bro...

I need a drummer to put a backbeat to my weird-ass folk music I'm doing now...

[aquaman]

16. God, drums,

I love them, sold mine, but should get a new set since we live out in the boonies.

[Redstone]

5. Yes. has he recovered from

the car accident yet?

Redstone

[aquaman]

6. Huh?

[Redstone]

13. Maybe I was thinking of another English folk singer.

Redstone

[progmom]

7. right here

:hi:

[aquaman]

9. progmom....

you seem to be popular around here, even more popular than Nick Drake.

[progmom]

12. pshaw

How amazing is it that a VW commercial got so many people turned on to his music???

[aquaman]

14. Shit...

That commercial made me want to buy I new VW. I do have a 1972 cherry red super beetle. So, I think about Nick a lot.

[progmom]

15. i did buy one

i got a cabriolet after they started airing the commercial. and of course i played pink moon all the time. ;)

[aquaman]

17. lol,

that is great.....good car???

[Ready4Change]

18. Nother here.

Bought an album with "Pink Moon" on it, plus a different convertible (Miata) as that commercial reminded me of back when I drove around on summers nights in my old MGB.

(And if anyone here knows me in real life, they now know EXACLY who I am.)

[aquaman]

19. I have a 1991 Miata

That car will not die, good car.

[Ready4Change]

20. 2002 here

Pretty good so far. Lotta fun, not much trouble. Occasional top down drives keep me sane.

[I Have A Dream]

21. I love the "Pink Moon" album.

His sound is so haunting. I'm not a music expert, but I think he used a lot of open tuning to get that sound.

How sad that he died so young.

[aquaman]

22. Buy this book to learn about Nick Drake

From Publishers Weekly
English singer/songwriter Nick Drake was a nearly unknown cult figure when he died from an overdose of antidepressants in 1974, but the number of his admirers has grown steadily ever since. Musicians in particular are drawn to his delicate, melancholy folk tunes and to the legend of his depressive isolation and suicide at age 26. Humphries, Drake's first biographer, faced difficult working conditions without the cooperation of Drake's producer, Joe Boyd, or of Drake's family, and without even permission to quote Drake's lyrics. Still, he has done his legwork, although exact causes of Drake's decline remain unclear. Interviews with schoolboy chums reveal that, far from being withdrawn, Drake engaged in normal boyish hijinks. And although he was frustrated by his lack of success, it appears that Drake was doomed to obscurity by his own refusal to allow Island records to promote him, rather than by the indifference of the music world. Futhermore, although Drake certainly was drawn into the drug culture surrounding the London music scene of the late '60s, his involvement was apparently not enough to explain his downfall. Though a skillful and engaging writer, Humphries tends to go overboard with setting the scene: he manages to discuss the sinking of the Titanic, the British role in Burma and the Brontes before getting to Drake's birth. Although unable to solve the mystery of his death, Humphries does manage to make the singer seem more human, albeit at the expense of Drake's romantic myth. Photos.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

[I Have A Dream]

23. Thanks for the information & reference. n/t

[aquaman]

24. Your welcome........

Sad story though, get ready.

[leftofthedial]

25. he used many different tunings

a different tuning on almost every song. This made live performances challenging.

I think "Five Leaves Left" is brilliant. "Time Has Told Me" . . .

[Madrone]

26. I adore Nick Drake.

Truly tragic - he was.