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Richard Morton Jack interviewed over 200 people when assembling what\\u2019s unquestionably the best, most colourful, comprehensive, revealing and accurate portrait of Nick Drake ever published. We talked to him about \\u2018Nick Drake: The Life\\u2019 at a live podcast recording at 21Soho on September 25 and explored various remote corners of this sad, surprising and eternally gripping story, among them \\u2026.

\\u2026 the fate of the tape of the 20-year old Drake playing for the Stones in Morocco in 1969.

\\u2026 what the press and public made of Five Leaves Left, Bryter Layer and Pink Moon when released and Joe Boyd\\u2019s reaction to their eventual success.

\\u2026 the early school days of the head boy who won a cup for \\u201cGeneral Efficiency\\u201d.

\\u2026 his obsession with Francoise Hardy and the disastrous day he met her.  

\\u2026 the peaks and troughs of his live performances including the time he played an event for a Birmingham rugby team supporting Genesis (required to play the Hokey-Cokey).

\\u2026 Kirstie Clegg, his on-off girlfriend from 1969.

\\u2026 Drake\\u2019s uncelebrated fondness for TV sitcoms and Benny Hill.

\\u2026 Peter Paul And Mary and other unlikely staples of his early repertoire.

\\u2026 and the events that helped re-boot his legacy.

Order Richard\\u2019s highly recommended book here \\u2026

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nick-Drake-Richard-Morton-Jack/dp/1529308089

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