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Three decades after his death, Nick Drake is recognized as one of the true geniuses of English acoustic 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.

Darker Than The Deepest Sea

The Search for Nick Drake

$38.54

  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    8 March 2007

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Summary

Includes 16 pages of black and white photos. When singer-songwriter Nick Drake died of a drug overdose in the autumn of 1974, he left behind only three well-received but modest selling albums. Today, he is recognised as one of true geniuses of English folk music, with millions of fans worldwide and a regular place in all-time best album lists.

Using many newly discovered documents and all-new interviews with the singer’s friends and associates, Trevor Dann’s book reveals more det…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780749951337
ISBN-10:0749951338
Author:Trevor Dann
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Piatkus Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:8 March 2007
Weight:200g
Dimensions:20mm x 129mm x 196mm
A-Format
Darker Than The Deepest Sea by Trevor Dann - ISBN: 9780749951337
129 × 196 mm
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C-Format
A4
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘excellent’

A haunting tribute to this most passionately adored of musicians - INDEPENDENT on Sunday

Excellent - GUARDIAN

A spirited attempt to get inside Drake’s world - The Sunday TIMES

A bold attempt to unravel the tragic secrets of an enduring, but still elusive, cult hero. Dann is a fan, but he’s not blinkered and goes beyond the usual clichs of Byronesque sensitivity - MOJO

About The Author

Trevor Dann

The former Head of Music Entertainment at the BBC and a producer of Live Aid, Trevor Dann has written for The Times, Q Magazine, Mojo and the Independent. He is a media consultant who presents a weekly show on Classic Gold. He lives near Cambridge.

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