Have “we” located the Nick Drake guitar?

[Rainer]

 

[chazmo]

Oooh, very interesting! A first-hand account that Drake may have actually used a Guild M-20!!! That's pretty good evidence in my book.

Who is Phillip Tanswell?

 

[Fender1980]

Wow! Great story.

I believe I saw on another music forum of someone that saw him perform once. They provided considerably less information...pretty much a "I know I saw him because I was there but wasn't there to see him specifically".

 

[Rainer]

I lived in London from 1974 to 77 and made a living playing in the tube stations and pubs in the evening. Didn't have the chance to meet one of those two. I remember hearing amazing musicians in the underground and playing with some of them. Funny thing was it never were English men. Canadians, Americans and Australians. Great memories.

 

[Rainer]

Oooh, very interesting! A first-hand account that Drake may have actually used a Guild M-20!!! That's pretty good evidence in my book.

Who is Phillip Tanswell?

Don’t know who he is but having spend a few years in London a little later it was easy meeting some known folk players. I remember Tim Hardin in "my pub" where we lived in those days.

 

[zulu]

Forget the M-20. I've been searching for years for the awesome shoes on that album cover.

 

[Rainer]

Forget the M-20. I've been searching for years for the awesome shoes on that album cover.

Shoes, guitare…who minds. He left an amount of beauty and talent in just three albums. Far above his moment. No surprise he was compared to Van Gogh. Btw the shoes as the guitar seemed to belong to the photographer…so my choise would have benne the guitar. Shoes are common but not this instrument

 

[wileypickett]

"Without pictures it didn't happen," to quote the Bard.

I did some shows with Michael Chapman some years ago, who had a storage locker (namely his head) of amazing stories. He was not only one of the few people to see Drake perform live but shared the stage with him -- I think at a festival. What impressed Chapman was that Drake played in the most unusual open tunings he'd ever heard (Michael invented a few himself), and was an absolute magician.

The problem -- and this may be why Drake performed so little and finally stopped altogether -- was that he was so low-key and soft-spoken that the rowdier elements of the audience paid him no attention. People were laughing and chattering and walking around. Drake played his set and left.

 

[walrus]

"Without pictures it didn't happen," to quote the Bard.

This.

 

[RBSinTo]

If by "we" they mean "us", I have to admit, I didn't even know (or care) that Mr. Drake's guitar was lost, and don't take any credit for helping to look for it.
RBSinTo

 

[txbumper57]

Just to clear up the mystery, I have been using the Nick Drake guitar for a boat paddle on my uumpa luumpa powered Willy Wonka river/tunnel boat for years now.

 

[Westerly Wood]

Just to clear up the mystery, I have been using the Nick Drake guitar for a boat paddle on my uumpa luumpa powered Willy Wonka river/tunnel boat for years now.

TX! man good to see you. And what a perfect re-entrance to LTG.

 

[E-Type]

If by "we" they mean "us", I have to admit, I didn't even know (or care) that Mr. Drake's guitar was lost, and don't take any credit for helping to look for it.
RBSinTo

By "we", I meant the collective wisdom of the Internet. By adding the quote marks, I was indicating that "we" should not be taken literally (as is the modern understanding of quotes used that way). I also should have put "the Nick Drake guitar" in quotes as well, as "we" have also pretty much determined that the M20 did not belong to Nick. I am sorry if I have caused you any distress in thinking that readers might blame you for the post's content!

 

[walrus]

Just to clear up the mystery, I have been using the Nick Drake guitar for a boat paddle on my uumpa luumpa powered Willy Wonka river/tunnel boat for years now.

Ah, you must be the "River Man" he sings about!

 

[plaidseason]

"Without pictures it didn't happen," to quote the Bard.

I did some shows with Michael Chapman some years ago, who had a storage locker (namely his head) of amazing stories. He was not only one of the few people to see Drake perform live but shared the stage with him -- I think at a festival. What impressed Chapman was that Drake played in the most unusual open tunings he'd ever heard (Michael invented a few himself), and was an absolute magician.

The problem -- and this may be why Drake performed so little and finally stopped altogether -- was that he was so low-key and soft-spoken that the rowdier elements of the audience paid him no attention. People were laughing and chattering and walking around. Drake played his set and left.

Michael Chapman was another magician. Just brilliant and alive.

 

[RBSinTo]

By "we", I meant the collective wisdom of the Internet. By adding the quote marks, I was indicating that "we" should not be taken literally (as is the modern understanding of quotes used that way). I also should have put "the Nick Drake guitar" in quotes as well, as "we" have also pretty much determined that the M20 did not belong to Nick. I am sorry if I have caused you any distress in thinking that readers might blame you for the post's content!

Apology accepted.
RBSinTo

 

[davidbeinct]

Michael Chapman was another magician. Just brilliant and alive.

You just made me google him. Amazing player.

 

[wileypickett]

You just made me google him. Amazing player.

He was also one of the funniest human beings I've ever known -- a joy to be around.

He never really caught on in the States the way he did in the UK and Europe. In the States he might be best known for David Bowie nicking his guitarist, Mick Ronson, for the Spiders From Mars / Ziggy Stardust band.

If you're curious, here's a good overview, though it barely scratches the surface of his amazing life and careeer:

Michael Chapman: the man who connects Elton, Bowie, Nick Drake and Sonic Youth

This cult guitar great’s career stretches from smoking joints with Drake to inspiring Thurston Moore to form a band – plus at least one gig with a drunk bear

www.theguardian.com

 

[plaidseason]

He was also one of the funniest human beings I've ever known -- a joy to be around.

He never really caught on in the States the way he did in the UK and Europe. In the States he might be most known for David Bowie nicking his guitarist, Mick Ronson, for the Spiders From Mars / Ziggy Stardust band.

If you're curious, here's a good overview, though it barely scratches the surface of his amazing life and careeer:

Michael Chapman: the man who connects Elton, Bowie, Nick Drake and Sonic Youth

This cult guitar great’s career stretches from smoking joints with Drake to inspiring Thurston Moore to form a band – plus at least one gig with a drunk bear

www.theguardian.com

We gotta hang out more!