While writing a massive piece on Nick Drake for Anglotopia, I went down an odd rabbit hole involving the guitars he played.
The guitar on the cover of Bryter Layter, which people assumed for decades was his primary guitar, was just a prop that belonged to the photographer.
Strangely, it had previously belonged to Eric Clapton, but was abandoned when the photographer moved into one of Clapton's old flats. A young lad named Nick Laird-Clowes wound up buying it for £100 a few years later. About a decade later, he'd start to regain interest in Drake's music after dedicating this song to him:
Laird-Clowes still owns the guitar.
The guitar Drake really used on his records was a Martin D-28. He sold it after retiring from music in 1972. What happened isn't clear, but the most plausible theory is that he sold it to friend John Martyn. Notably, around the same time Drake retired, Martyn switched from playing a Yamaha FG series to a D-28 identical to what Nick would have used around the same time.
The guitar on the cover of Bryter Layter, which people assumed for decades was his primary guitar, was just a prop that belonged to the photographer.
Strangely, it had previously belonged to Eric Clapton, but was abandoned when the photographer moved into one of Clapton's old flats. A young lad named Nick Laird-Clowes wound up buying it for £100 a few years later. About a decade later, he'd start to regain interest in Drake's music after dedicating this song to him:
Laird-Clowes still owns the guitar.
The guitar Drake really used on his records was a Martin D-28. He sold it after retiring from music in 1972. What happened isn't clear, but the most plausible theory is that he sold it to friend John Martyn. Notably, around the same time Drake retired, Martyn switched from playing a Yamaha FG series to a D-28 identical to what Nick would have used around the same time.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
