◇ image via WikipediaNick Drake
Nick Drake is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Judee Sill, Bridget St John, Tia Blake, Bert Jansch and Molly Drake. Those roots explain a lot about how Nick Drake arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tim Buckley, Jackson C. Frank, Bert Jansch, Joni Mitchell and Judee Sill, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gregory and the Hawk, Eels, Giusy Ferreri, Erlend Øye and Old Ideas, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 98 connections around Nick Drake, reaching back through Judee Sill and forward to Gregory and the Hawk. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Nicholas Rodney Drake was an English musician. 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). He did not reach a wide audience during his lifetime, but found acclaim and wider recognition following his death.
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Nick Drake connections
Nick Drake grew out of Judee Sill, Bridget St John, Tia Blake and Bert Jansch, shares an orbit with Tim Buckley, Jackson C. Frank, Bert Jansch and Joni Mitchell, went on to shape Gregory and the Hawk, Eels, Giusy Ferreri and Erlend Øye. 98 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Nick Drake
Sounds and acts that shaped Nick Drake.
Artists similar to Nick Drake
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Nick Drake.
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Bands Nick Drake shaped
Where the influence of Nick Drake travelled next.
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