For the British poet and mystery writer, see Nick Drake (poet). For the American racing driver, see Nick Drake (racing driver).
Nick Drake
Drake in 1969
Background information
Birth name
Nicholas Rodney Drake
Born
(1948-06-19)19 June 1948 Rangoon, Burma
Died
25 November 1974(1974-11-25) (aged 26) Tanworth-in-Arden, England
Genres
Folk
chamber folk[1]
folk-pop[2]
Instrument(s)
Guitar
vocals
Years active
1967–1974
Labels
Island
Website
brytermusic.com
Musical artist
Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) was an English singer-songwriter. An accomplished acoustic guitarist, Drake signed to Island Records at the age of twenty while still a student at the University of Cambridge. His debut album, Five Leaves Left, was released in 1969, and was followed by two more albums, Bryter Layter (1971) and Pink Moon (1972). While Drake did not reach a wide audience during his brief lifetime, his music found critical acclaim and he gradually received wider recognition following his death.
Drake suffered from depression and was reluctant to perform in front of live audiences. Upon completion of Pink Moon, he withdrew from both performance and recording, retreating to his parents' home in rural Warwickshire. On 25 November 1974, Drake was found dead at the age of 26 due to an overdose of antidepressants.
Drake's music remained available through the mid-1970s, but the 1979 release of the retrospective album Fruit Tree allowed his back catalogue to be reassessed. Drake has come to be credited as an influence on numerous artists, including Robert Smith of the Cure, Peter Buck of R.E.M., Kate Bush, Paul Weller, Aimee Mann, Beck, Robyn Hitchcock and the Black Crowes. The first Drake biography appeared in 1997; it was followed in 1998 by the documentary film A Stranger Among Us.
^Terich, Jeff (21 January 2014). "Review: Nick Drake - Tuck Box". American Songwriter. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^Christgau, Robert (26 March 2019). "Xgau Sez". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
director of Wolseley Engineering. Nick's older sister, Gabrielle Drake, became a successful screen actress. Both of Drake's parents wrote music. Recordings...
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Rodney Shuttleworth Drake (1908 - 1988) and amateur songwriter Molly Drake. She is the sister of songwriter and composer NickDrake. Her father was an...
musician. She is known as the mother of actress Gabrielle Drake and musician NickDrake. Molly Drake never released any official publications of her poetry...
by the English musician NickDrake, released in the UK by Island Records on 25 February 1972. It was the only one of Drake's studio albums to be released...
Celebration of NickDrake", with its screening of Their Place: Reflections On NickDrake, "a series of short filmed homages to NickDrake" (including Ledger's)...
Bryter Layter is the second studio album by English folk singer-songwriter NickDrake. Recorded in 1970 and released on 5 March 1971 by Island Records, it was...
sections for rock and folk music. He was best known for his work on the NickDrake albums, Five Leaves Left and Bryter Layter, but also worked with Vashti...
NickDrake (1948–1974) was an English folk musician who recorded 66 songs during his short career. Of those 66, only 31 were officially released during...
"Northern Sky" is a song from the English singer-songwriter NickDrake's 1971 album Bryter Layter, produced by Joe Boyd. During the recording sessions...
Five Leaves Left is the debut studio album by English folk musician NickDrake. Recorded between 1968 and 1969, it was released in 1969 by Island Records...
originals and covers with a partner in a cabaret in Aix. After one show NickDrake introduced himself and asked if Frederick would like to get together to...
of Otis Redding, Ryan Adams, Beck, Pink Floyd, The Band, Van Morrison, NickDrake and Tim Buckley. LaMontagne was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1973...
singer NickDrake. It was also included as the fourth disc of the 1987 version of the NickDrake box set Fruit Tree. All songs written by NickDrake, except...
Venom. This was released as a picture disc with 700 copies featuring the "NickDrake" cover, and 300 in the "Venom" style cover. "Rad Company interview with...
is the second listed song from NickDrake's 1969 album Five Leaves Left. According to Drake's manager, Joe Boyd, Drake thought of the song as the centrepiece...
year. Selway contributed a cover of the NickDrake song "Fly" to The Endless Coloured Ways – The Songs of NickDrake, a tribute album featuring various artists...
the UK, along with other folk and pop luminaries of the time such as NickDrake, Paul Simon, and David Bowie, among others. In 1974 she was voted fifth...
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