Only took me about 30 years to find this album by Millie – the very first known Nick Drake cover version – a jaunty rocksteady / ska version of the song “Mayfair” was recorded before Nick’s own version that appears on Nick’s debut album, Five Leaves Left. Must be heard to be believed. – Pat …
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by Facebook… Years ago I argued with a friend over the Nick Drake “Pink Moon” VW commercial. While I don’t like hearing my favorite artists used like that, I did feel that Drake had such a small following before the commercial that anything to bring him …
The first biography of Nick Drake was published in 1986 and written in Danish. But that wasn’t what made the book unique. What made it special was that the author Gorm Henrik Rasmussen had spent time in 1979 and 1980 at Nick’s house interviewing both of his parents, getting an insight into Drake’s life and …
“Road” – Nick Drake. Reboots your system when the trials of being an artist feel heavy. He left this perspective for us. – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days