◇ image via WikipediaNick Drake
Nick Drake is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Bridget St John, Tia Blake, Bert Jansch, Molly Drake and Bob Dylan. Those roots explain a lot about how Nick Drake arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tim Buckley, Bert Jansch, Joni Mitchell, Judee Sill and Linda Perhacs, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gia Margaret, Eels, Self Esteem, Patrick Watson and Bark Psychosis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 94 connections around Nick Drake, reaching back through Bridget St John and forward to Gia Margaret. 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 Bridget St John, Tia Blake, Bert Jansch and Molly Drake, shares an orbit with Tim Buckley, Bert Jansch, Joni Mitchell and Judee Sill, went on to shape Gia Margaret, Eels, Self Esteem and Patrick Watson. 94 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
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