"I never held emotion in the palm of my hand
 Or felt sweet breezes in the top of a tree"
- Nick Drake from the album Way To Blue (An Introduction To Nick Drake)


Nick Drake (19 Jun 1948 – 25 Nov 1974) was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. His primary instrument was the guitar, though he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, and saxophone. Although he failed to find a wide audience during his lifetime, Drake's work has grown steadily in stature, to the extent that he now ranks among the most influential English singer-songwriters of the last 50 years.

On 25 November 1974, Drake died from an overdose of amitriptyline, a prescribed antidepressant; he was 26 years