The cult of Nick Drake continues to rise. Patrick Humphries, who helped kick off the obsession by writing the first biography of the singer-songwriter, reflects on the adoration of an artist whose LPs were ignored when he was alive, and assesses what he means today
Patrick Humphries reflects on when he wrote his book and what happened since:
"So, nearly 40 years on from Nick Drake’s sad, solitary death, what is left?
One song from Aix hasn’t emerged; some bedroom demos remain; alternate takes; BBC sessions; tantalizing news that home movies of Nick in France, 1965, may have come to light…
Then along comes a film clip: tall figure loping across the field at a 70s rock festival – and then gone. The internet went into meltdown; it was him, the only moving footage of the adult Nick Drake. But no one can say for certain".
article on Nick Drake in Dec 12 issue of Record Co
Posted - 28/11/2012 : 23:57:54
