Oh yeah You're gonna hate me for this HUGE background I just
know...
*frightfully sorry* (I love this expression).
In order to have been able to make
this site I have roamed the internet for
hours on end & I have read too many articles to mention. That's why I'd like
to thank all who have put something online about Nick Drake. Anything that I
have found of any interest has been linked to on the Linkspage.
(If I am
missing anything please let me know!)
I thank all the people who have
made websites about Nick & I am very
grateful for the large amount of info on these pages. Pictures in the Picture
Gallery have been collected all over the internet, from the cd-booklets & from
the biography written by Patrick Humphries. I don't know anymore where I all
got them from. So thanks to all the people, all the time they put into it, their
scanners and their photo-editing programmes. Thanks to all the original
photographers (among which; Keith Morris, Julian Lloyd, Nigel Waymouth &
Nick's Family; Please remember, these pictures do have ©).
I'd like to put in an extra special thank you to Keith Morris,
without whom we'd not have at least 80 % of the pictures that exist of Nick
and who has captured Nick's essence in such an amazing way, that it actually
provides us with a look almost within Nick's life and inside Nick himself.
Pay attention to these pictures and you'll 'know' a part of who Nick truly was...
Only a true artist can do that, simply because he 'f��ls'...
Thanks to my own scanner & programmes,
particularly Photoshop,
ImageReady & Dreamweaver, well actually my entire computer! ;)
Then furthermore I'd like to thank
all the people who have provided me
information that has helped me to make this site and/or has helped me in
my
personal love for Nick Drake's enchanting music.
Information sources summary; many
of the sites linked to on the Linkspage,
Patrick Humphries for his outstanding & sometimes very funny biography &
to all the people who have helped him to get that far.
Thanks to all the people in the
musicbusiness who believed in Nick & gave him
a chance, especially Joe Boyd & Robert Kirby, who was also Nick's friend.
Thanks to Nick's friends, for being his friend & for having been there for
him.
Thanks to Nick's parents, Rodney & Molly Drake for giving life to him, for
nurturing him, for teaching him, for supporting him & most of all for loving
him.
Thanks to Nick's sister, Gabrielle Drake for being a great sister throughout
his
life, for supporting him & most of all for loving him.
And last but not least; An overwhelming
thanks to one of the most beautiful
people ever to roam the earth, short in time as it may have been.
A wonderfully gifted, talented & enchanting artist who created music which
description goes beyond words (so I'm not even gonna try).
A very handsome, witty at times,
intelligent, gentle, honest, emotional, beautiful
& wonderful person who's short being here on earth has brought so much of
which I can only say has brightened up my soul & actually has brightened
up
& enriched my entire being (so many years later even!).
The young man who has stolen the
hearts of so many & who's haunting
melodies & beautiful soothing voice creeps into your soul to last there
forever
& to never leave again.
Someone whom I have the utmost
respect for. For his entire being & all that
he has done. I love him for having existed & he's one of the aspects in
my
soul, heart & life that I never want to lose again.
And again last but
not least (even though all I have said still seems insufficient);
a simply wonderful & talented singer, guitarplayer, songwriter & composer...
Nick Drake.
Sincerely, Truthfully & with
lots of Love for the people who have supported
Nick Drake & his music throughout the years & with love for Nick himself
& his music of course. This website is lovingly dedicated to them &
to him.
Falena