Darker Than the Deepest Sea: The Search for Nick Drake

Darker Than the Deepest Sea: The Search for Nick Drake
by Trevor Dann

Darker Than the Deepest Sea: The Search for Nick Drake
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Author: Trevor Dann
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-11
ISBN: 0306815206
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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Book Review: Very interesting, yet hollow.
Summary: 4 Stars

What music! Nick is in our souls. His music is a gift of beauty. Some people are just too sensitive for this world, to sheltered to live in this world, and absolutely detached from reality helped along by drugs. Ego driven, believing in beauty, a friend you wish you would have known and protected. Nick. We miss you - great soul. Just listen to the music and you will know all.

The interesting thing for me was the way the book took me into a dream-like state where Nick peered out from behind trees, skirted around corners, always close by and watching - a ghost. My impression of the book was less about Nick and more about the lack of sensitivity of people, along with the author's subjective view of Nick's life as seen though the eyes of someone who actually knew him very little. The author ties together shadows of a dead poet's journey then leaves the rest for you to extrapolate with sometimes emotionally jarring results. Make you own decision.

Summary of Darker Than the Deepest Sea: The Search for Nick Drake

When Nick Drake (1948-1974) died of a drug overdose at twenty-six, he left behind three modest-selling albums, including the stark Pink Moon and the lush Bryter Layter. Three decades later, he is recognized as one of the true geniuses of English acoustic music. Yet Nick Drake--whose music was as gentle and melancholy as the man himself-- has always maintained a spectral presence in popular music. This groundbreaking biography reconstructs a vanished life while perfectly capturing the bohemian scenes surrounding the music business in London in the late '60s and early '70s. Using many newly discovered documents and all-new interviews, Trevor Dann reveals more detail on Nick Drake than ever, from his upbringing in a quintessentially English village, through his hash-fueled school days at Cambridge University, to the missed opportunities and mismanagement that defined his career. Friends and colleagues describe the difficulties that he faced as each new album was released, only to fail, and the insidious despair that consumed him. Complete with discography and rare photos, Darker Than the Deepest Sea is essential reading for anyone who has been moved by Nick Drake's unforgettable blend of beauty and sadness.

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