From The Morning - Harper Simon - Nick Drake

edit from the concert film
The Songs of Nick Drake: Way to Blue http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s06v5
Download load the full concert at Veoh
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/music/watch/v20026104mfszMzCr - you do need the Veoh software to download it but it is harmless and can be uninstalled when you are finished.

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.

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[aricandisgood]

Nick Drake was great because he worked with what he had. We love Nick Drake because he sounds like Nick Drake and no one else.

[bgierat]

I agree about Nick's voice....it added a whole other layer that is hard to duplicate.

He music was this special delicate offering of someone's soul....how the hell does one do that? Incredible talent Nick was.

[hello1992ful]

Showoff



[finbar21]

shit

[richardwilson1234]

Ermm, why wasn't this included in the bbc4 concert broadcast? or did I fall asleep halfway through it. .... I'm assuming this is the son of one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

[rlpigott]

Nick Drake was truly an original !! the fact that we all want to emulate him so many years later says it all !!! he was one of Gods gifts to us all !!!

[1mhornsby]

How can you play the guitar this well using only the index finger and thumb? The rest of us may as well give up. Supertalented, obviously in the genes, thank god his voice is a bit dodgy!

[yelloweyeball]

i think one of the things that made this song was nick's very own voice. he was troubled, true, but he had an authority in his voice on the original that gave the gentle lyrics the power of almost a spiritual manifesto.