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Nick Drake
British musician · United Kingdom · Musicians · Lived 1948 to 1974 · aged 26
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Something wrong?An English guitarist whose three albums in the early seventies sold almost nothing, then died at twenty-six - and became, decades later, one of the most quietly revered figures in folk music.
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Pink MoonAlbum1971
Bryter LayterAlbum1969“Going to see the river man, Going to tell him all I canAbout the planFor lilac time. If he tells me all he knows'Bout the way his river flows, And all night showsIn summertime.”In their wordsRiver Man“Going to see the river man. Going to tell him all I canAbout the banOn feeling free. If he tells me all he knowsAbout the way his river flows, I don't supposeIt's meant for me.”In their wordsRiver Man“Fame is but a fruit tree: So very unsound. It can never flourishTill its stalk is in the ground. So men of fameCan never find a wayTill time has flownFar from their dying day.”In their wordsFruit Tree“Life is but a memory, Happened long ago. Theatre full of sadnessFor a long forgotten show. Seems so easyJust to let it go on byTill you stop and wonderWhy you never wondered why.”In their wordsFruit Tree
Five Leaves LeftAlbum, 19691948Born19 June 1948Also in Deutsch
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Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, where Drake was raised
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where Drake studied English literature![The grave where Drake's ashes are buried with those of his parents.[80] The gravestone is inscribed with the epitaph "Now we rise / And we are everywhere", taken from the lyrics of "From the Morning", the final song on Drake's final album, Pink Moon.[80]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Drake%27s_Family_Grave_Gravestone.jpg/1280px-Drake%27s_Family_Grave_Gravestone.jpg)
The grave where Drake's ashes are buried with those of his parents.[80] The gravestone is inscribed with the epitaph "Now we rise / And we are everywhere", taken from the lyrics of "From the Morning", the final song on Drake's final album, Pink Moon.[80]In their own words 4
Going to see the river man, Going to tell him all I canAbout the planFor lilac time. If he tells me all he knows'Bout the way his river flows, And all night showsIn summertime.
Going to see the river man. Going to tell him all I canAbout the banOn feeling free. If he tells me all he knowsAbout the way his river flows, I don't supposeIt's meant for me.
Fame is but a fruit tree: So very unsound. It can never flourishTill its stalk is in the ground. So men of fameCan never find a wayTill time has flownFar from their dying day.
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PMPink Moon
BLBryter Layter
FLFive Leaves LeftFamily
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Nicholas Rodney Drake signed to Island Records at twenty while still at Cambridge and released Five Leaves Left in 1969. Two more albums followed: Bryter Layter in 1971 and Pink Moon in 1972. He suffered from depression, avoided live performance, and after Pink Moon withdrew entirely, retreating to his parents' home in rural Warwickshire. On 25 November 1974, he died from an overdose of antidepressants. The 1979 retrospective Fruit Tree allowed his work to be reassessed; the first biography appeared in 1997, followed by two documentary films at the turn of the century.
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