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Old 10-17-2017, 08:13 PM
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I post this in case some of you have not really heard of Nick Drake.
He lived a short life in England. He picked up the guitar in his late teens, and created three albums in his short life. He was not at all well known back then, and he became frustrated. His guitar playing still astounds people today. His strings sound archaic and no one is quite sure what guitar(s) he used. He employed alternate tunings, and his songs bear fruit to repeated listening. His stories are whimsical, sad, wise and wistful. My favorite album would be 'Five Leaves Left;' it is mostly just acoustic guitar with dashes of strings.
Nick Drake- so missed.

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Old 10-17-2017, 10:03 PM
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I post this in case some of you have not really heard of Nick Drake.
He lived a short life in England. He picked up the guitar in his late teens, and created three albums in his short life. He was not at all well known back then, and he became frustrated. His guitar playing still astounds people today. His strings sound archaic and no one is quite sure what guitar(s) he used. He employed alternate tunings, and his songs bear fruit to repeated listening. His stories are whimsical, sad, wise and wistful. My favorite album would be 'Five Leaves Left;' it is mostly just acoustic guitar with dashes of strings.
Nick Drake- so missed.
Almost all of us know of Nick Drake here. Good stuff...
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I post this in case some of you have not really heard of Nick Drake.
He lived a short life in England. He picked up the guitar in his late teens, and created three albums in his short life. He was not at all well known back then, and he became frustrated. His guitar playing still astounds people today. His strings sound archaic and no one is quite sure what guitar(s) he used. He employed alternate tunings, and his songs bear fruit to repeated listening. His stories are whimsical, sad, wise and wistful. My favorite album would be 'Five Leaves Left;' it is mostly just acoustic guitar with dashes of strings.
Nick Drake- so missed.
Check out this clip, I think you'll like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzdQE3fJW2E

Also, 2 other great British acoustic guitar players you might like are Bert Jansch and John Martyn.
Sadly both are also no longer alive.
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I post this in case some of you have not really heard of Nick Drake.
He lived a short life in England. He picked up the guitar in his late teens, and created three albums in his short life. He was not at all well known back then, and he became frustrated. His guitar playing still astounds people today. His strings sound archaic and no one is quite sure what guitar(s) he used. He employed alternate tunings, and his songs bear fruit to repeated listening. His stories are whimsical, sad, wise and wistful. My favorite album would be 'Five Leaves Left;' it is mostly just acoustic guitar with dashes of strings.
Nick Drake- so missed.
Use the search engine here. Type in Nick Drake. Have at it, there are tons of references on many topics, from Nick Drake songs in movies to his guitars and method of playing.

Now if you had mentioned a truly overlooked star like Jimmie Spheeris........
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Now if you had mentioned a truly overlooked star like Jimmie Spheeris......

There you go. Now I’ll have to dig out the vinyl and give it a spin. Thanks for the reminder.

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Now if you had mentioned a truly overlooked star like Jimmie Spheeris........


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Check out this clip, I think you'll like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzdQE3fJW2E

Also, 2 other great British acoustic guitar players you might like are Bert Jansch and John Martyn.
Sadly both are also no longer alive.
Wow! That's a great video, thanks for posting it. Josh Turner is so talented!
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And check out Josh Turner's cover of Nick Drake's "Three Hours", which he posted just a few days ago:

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