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Eddie on new Nick Drake tribute

raindog80raindog80 Reggio Emilia, Italy Posts: 1,188
edited June 2011 in The Porch
http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i4edf08b57868094d5f5203546d396d50

Schulhof announced during the discussion that Evergreen has signed a deal with Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records label to release a Nick Drake tribute album, featuring covers by Johnson, Dave Grohl, Eddie Vedder and Norah Jones.

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  • eldarion75eldarion75 Posts: 2,488
    edited January 2009
    Nick drake is the most secret, underrated genius songwriter. Beautiful songs and amazing guita playing. You'll hear a lot of him when you listen to Ed's work on Into the Wild. So brilliant.
    Get 5 Leaves left and Pink Moon.
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  • Grateful JamGrateful Jam Posts: 81
    nice find! That has huge potential!
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 95,241
    thanks! :)
  • PJ Fan est. 1990PJ Fan est. 1990 Posts: 1,788
    i can see vedder singing that song on the garden state sound track...i think it's called "one of these things first"

    "i could have been a sailor, could have been a boat..." that's the first lyric...i think


    i could also hear Johnson doing that one too
  • SOLAT319SOLAT319 Posts: 4,601
    raindog80 wrote:
    http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i4edf08b57868094d5f5203546d396d50

    Schulhof announced during the discussion that Evergreen has signed a deal with Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records label to release a Nick Drake tribute album, featuring covers by Johnson, Dave Grohl, Eddie Vedder and Norah Jones.

    I wonder which song Vedder will do. Jack probably should do Pink Moon. It'd be uncanny.
    I have no patience for bad music and stupid people...

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  • OkOk Posts: 2,144
    wow - this is pretty cool. wasn't familiar with Drake, but after checking him out, i'm diggin it. thanks! :mrgreen:
  • Random_HeroRandom_Hero Posts: 380
    I work with Autistic adults, and every night before going to sleep we do like a "mellow" get ready for bed routine. This consists of massage time for the guys to help with the different degrees of sensory levels that they deal with. During this time we also play the Nick Drake cd Pink Moon. It really helps to calm and mellow them. I have even begun to sneak in my own "mellow" PJ cd's and Ed's into the wild... but nothing seems to calm these guys like the voice and songs of Nick Dreak. I cant wait to see if this tribute album will have the same effect...
  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    ooOOOooo love Nick Drake so will be interesting to hear this.
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • florence151florence151 Posts: 597
    Thanks, we'll be on the lookout for it. Nick Drake made some great music.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Ed needs to sing River Man... that would be encapsulated de awesomness.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Oooooh, looking forward to this 8-)

    I do take issue with whoever said Nick Drake is underrated though. I come from the same neck of the woods as him, and he's quite well known and well loved round here.
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  • HinnHinn Posts: 1,517
    I'm calling Know or Parasite for Ed. Or Day Is Done.
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  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    Am liking some of the suggestions ... River Man or Day is Done would be great :)

    ... Randon_Hero that is awesome ... the power of music :D ... but your avatar freaks me out :oops: :shock:
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    eldarion75 wrote:
    Nick drake is the most secret, underrated genius songwriter. Beautiful songs and amazing guita playing. You'll hear a lot of him when you listen to Ed's work on Into the Wild. So brilliant.
    Get 5 Leaves left and Pink Moon.


    There's nothing secret about Nick Drake anymore, to be honest. That might have been the case up until the early nineties, but there's almost a Nick Drake industry out there these days. The Drake estate is even licensing songs out for cough mixture adverts.
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    Wow. Can't wait!
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    HOLY SHIT!
  • skyeriverwinterskyeriverwinter Posts: 1,894
    edited January 2009
    Ed should sing Northern Sky...or...Time Has Told Me
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  • TheAnti-SantaTheAnti-Santa Posts: 137
    From the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7837332.stm
    Dave Grohl, Jack Johnson, Eddie Vedder and Norah Jones are among the artists who are recording cover versions of Nick Drake songs for a tribute album.

    A video shot by actor Heath Ledger for the influential late English folk singer's track Black Eyed Dog will also be included on the DVD version.

    "No-one in the world has ever seen that before," said David Schulhof of Evergreen Copyrights.

    The album and DVD will come out this year on Jack Johnson's record label.

    Drake, who died in 1974 aged 26 remains one of the most revered voices from the folk singer-songwriter scene.

    Mr Schulhof said a similar tribute was being planned for country singer Bill Monroe.

    The Dixie Chicks, Alison Krauss and Dave Matthews will feature on that, while a spin-off bluegrass tour will also take place.

    My vote is for River Man, would love to hear Ed sing that!
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    He'd do a good job on Harvest Breed or From The Morning. From The Morning would suit his baritone.
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    He'd do a good job on Harvest Breed or From The Morning. From The Morning would suit his baritone.

    Both great calls. I'll also throw in "Which Will" and "Tow the Line"
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  • Dark EnergyDark Energy Here Posts: 203
    Sounds Cool

    http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/ved ... 1824.story
  • ER182263ER182263 Posts: 67
    Good news!
    Thanks for posting!
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I've told this a few times on the old pit, but, living in Cambridge I sometimes talk to people who knew, met or saw Nick Drake when he was a student here. One mate of mine saw Nick play an impromptu set on West Road, on an electric bass! Those were the days before he developed those crippling gig nerves we read about.
  • toolietoolie Posts: 396
    You know, I'd have to guess "Tow the Line" myself as well... i can hear Ed's voice singing that song...
    I'm pretty stoked about the DVD, I wonder what kind of "high-profile collaborations" we will get treated to?
  • GustopholiesGustopholies Posts: 97
    WHICH WILL.
  • srousseausrousseau Posts: 31
    Not sure how Ed would sound on it, but I hope to hear Cello Song on this album. Easily my fave from Nick Drake.
  • SOLAT319SOLAT319 Posts: 4,601
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    He'd do a good job on Harvest Breed or From The Morning. From The Morning would suit his baritone.

    Right on the money! From The Morning would be great. I could actually hear him sing this song. It would be truly fitting.
    I have no patience for bad music and stupid people...

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  • lowenanlowenan Posts: 79
    I would like to hear Eddie doing Way To Blue. I think if done right, he could make a version as unique and haunting as the original. And even if it didn't match the original, it would still be a song I would love to hear.
  • WoodenHammerWoodenHammer Posts: 89
    Hadn't seen this yet. Eddie must be busy. Whatever happened to the Howard Zinn movie he was supposed to do the music for with John Legend?

    http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/ved ... 1824.story

    Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, Norah Jones and Jack Johnson are among the acts confirmed for a Nick Drake tribute album to be released by Johnson's Brushfire Records.

    The announcement was made during the MidemNet conference in Cannes, France, by David Schulhof, whose company, EverGreen Copyrights, controls Drake's rights.

    "Fans are willing to pay for that kind of product," he said. "I don't think labels are doing that and I certainly don't think publishers are doing that."

    The recording process was filmed for release as part of a DVD package. It will also include the late actor Heath Ledger's version of "Black Eyed Dog," filmed in late 2007 for a multimedia installation about Drake but never officially released.

    English singer/songwriter Drake was little-known when he died of a drug overdose at age 26 in 1974. But his influence has mushroomed in the ensuing decades, and his profile was given an astronomical boost when his song "Pink Moon" was used in a Volkswagen ad in 2000.
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  • eldarion75eldarion75 Posts: 2,488
    someone already did this

    viewtopic.php?f=4&t=91613
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