i don't see how you can hear nick drake as anything but beautiful. he's good.

a tiny snippet of his peel session surfaced!

thoughts of mary jane...

pink moon is one of the most beautiful sorrowful albums ever made.

whose tom barman?

sorry, who is tom barman? was he the guy from dEUS?

I read Joe Boyd's book White Bicycle on the weekend. He was Drake's manager and producer for a few years.
Still nursing the guilt.

tom barman is lead singer from belgian band dEUS- see my avatar

I have a ring that I never take off with Nick Drake lyrics etched into the inside. It's very precious to me.

Time has told me
You came with the dawn
A soul with no footprint
A rose with no thorn.

i always figured your avatar was a friend or family member ohyeah.

i love time has told me - such a great song

Don't we have Mrs Nick Drake among us here? I think we do.

Drake used some very interesting guitar string organisations.

Controversial death as well, if i remember correctly.

suicide? not that controversial.

poor old nick.

Never, ever get tired of playing his albums.

I think the controversy was whether it was suicide or not... feh.

oh right, same with elliott smith.

i still reckon elliott smith is superior songwriter.

i love nick drake. He gets lots of listens. I also have a couple of albums where people have covered his songs that are just beautiful.

bollocks.

i prefer elliott too

they want $90 for the $55 tickets too.

: P

These things are usually naff, but the lineup here is amazing. It's like a weird collision of the late '60s and early '70s (Joe Boyd, Danny Thompson from Pentangle, Vashti Bunyan, and Ewan MacColl) with the '80s (Martyn Barker from the Billy Bragg group, and Green Gartside from Scritti Politti), and some '00s piano bar folk.

Agreed, it's as good a lineup as you could hope for. Joe Boyd! As I live and breathe!

But Joe Boyd is just the ''director''.

Well I'm just excited to see him do anything really, after reading White Bicycles.

BBC Four broadcast this when it was performed at the Barbican in January 2010 so you may be able to find it on torrents

Some clips are here
Vashti Bunyan - Which Will
Green Gartside - Fruit Tree

The Songs of Nick Drake: Way to Blue

Synopsis
Filmed at the Barbican in January 2010 and curated by Joe Boyd, producer and general champion of Nick Drake, 90 minutes of performance highlights from a diverse but renowned cast of modern day troubadours.

Presenting their own interpretations of Drake's songs are Vashti Bunyan, Green Gartside, Lisa Hannigan, Scott Matthews, Teddy Thompson, Krystle Warren, Robyn Hitchcock, Kirsty Almeida and Harper Simon.

A celebration of the songs of Nick Drake, the concert features the original orchestrations of Nick's friend, the late Robert Kirby. It includes a house band anchored by Danny Thompson, the legendary bassist who played on Drake's first two albums.

Highlights include Teddy Thompson's version of the timeless River Man, Lisa Hannigan's haunting and compelling version of Black Eyed Dog, Krystle Warren's bluesy take on Time Has Told Me, Robyn Hitchcock's psychedelic spin on Parasite and Neil MacColl's accomplished rendition of the classic Northern Sky.

During his lifetime Nick Drake found little mainstream success, but since his death at the untimely age of 26 in 1974 he has been revered as one of the most influential and important English songwriters of his era.

Music played
Teddy Thompson, Lisa Hannigan, Green Gartside and Danny Thompson — Way to Blue
Kirsty Almeida — Cello Song
Lisa Hannigan — At the Chime of a City Clock
Krystle Warren — Time Has Told Me
Teddy Thompson — Poor Boy
Zoe Rahman and Danny Thompson — One Of These Things First
Neill MacColl — Northern Sky
Robyn Hitchcock — Free Ride
Vashti Bunyan and Kate St John — Which Will
Harper Simon — From the Morning
Lisa Hannigan — Black Eyed Dog
Scott Matthews — Day is Done
Green Gartside — Fruit Tree
Teddy Thompson — River Man
Krystle Warren and Teddy Thompson — Pink Moon
Robyn Hitchcock — Parasite
Way to Blue Band — Voice From the Mountain

Director: Janet Fraser Crook
Producer: Stephanie McWhinnie

From here

the clips are ''Not available in your area''

[Try YouTube[(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTxErzw1-gI)

Try YouTube even

here is the vashti one

i dig that vashti does my favourite one <3

hm this sounds like a bit of a fucked thing, and many of the people involved i have seen already in better contexts

but it would be lovely to hear vashti bunyan sing again

and joe boyd is quite the legend

hm

kate st john seems often to be involved with this sort of thing

tickets are on sale in melb

i think there's some sydney tickets on sale too.

3rd show announced for Melbourne, on the sunday night.

Boys are dumb poopyheads.

exactly... but the third show's still on sale.

tonight-ah

this was good

and not just my opinion

and if you want some tickets to tonight's (otherwise sold out) final gig... call the box office, there's some restricted view seats that they can't sell online - 03 9699 3333