Nick Drake ' Riverman'

Cookie

Heard this most haunting, beautiful, song today on the radio today. Tried to access it on You Tube, but the video would not play properly, so I gave up. I have never heard of the guy, so I am relying on my fellow Londoners to help. Are any of you fans?

Jim

Nick Drake is one of the greatest british singer guitar song writers ever.

Genuis but he had a troubled mind and life but great artist.

I love the songs "The Day is Done"

and Things Behind The Sun.

Amazing music.

What a great find for you.

Nick10

It's a great track. This link appears to be working OK for me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idcaRTg4-fM

(Waiting for the yawn).

Glyn

I'm very jealous that you are just finding out about him. He made 3 albums before he died in 1974 and almost all of the songs are great.

If you're searching around on YouTube, there is a fairly lengthy documentary called "A Skin Too Few" that tells his (quite sad) personal story and is illustrated with some lovely pastoral images to accompany the music.

Perfect soundtrack for a stroll down the Parkland Walk.

Ian

Ahhh Nick Drake. I'm also a fan. "One of these things first" is my personal favourite. The record store at the bottom of Crouch Hill as you go into Crouch End usually has one or two of his albums in stock.

Cookie

Thank goodness for you guys. I cried when I heard 'The Riverman,' It is so heartbraking.

Ian

I'll Yawn on tosscat's behalf

Here's my song pick

Jim Pennington

if you like the edge in Nick Drake then try Tim Hardin as well - both play exquisite tunes to slit your wrists to - but Nick certainly uses a rustier razor

http://youtu.be/KyLNI6F8IAY

paperfriend

better late than never

nick_m

Nick Drake became much more famous after his death; a bit like many famous painters. Do we know of other contemporary musicians who shared the same fate?

Emma

That woman who done a version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow which basically became a hit because she died. Yuk.

Oh, also Laura Nyro maybe.

Cookie

Finally managed to access 'Riverman' on youtube just now. It is even better than I remember! Noticed that Nick Drake's voice has a strong Colin Blunstone element to it.

David

He was fantastic - any players out there its worth studying his various detunings of the strings for those lovely resonant chords he plays. He influenced so much too - how about Paul Webb of Talk Talk with Beth Gibbons paying homage to the beautiful 5/4 swing of Riverman with a track called 'Drake'?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N93B1JGbw7M

Pink Moon's my favourite album but impossible to choose a single song.