The Songs Of Nick Drake - Toronto, November 18th, 2012

The Songs Of Nick Drake, recorded at the Bathurst St. Theatre (now the Randolph Theatre), Sunday November 18th, 2012.
In November 2012 we toured this show through Ontario and Quebec, culminating in this Toronto concert.
Please visit our facebook page for 2015 concert announcements and all things related to Nick: / thesongsofnickdrake
1. Luke Jackson: Introduction (00:00)
2. Kurt Swinghammer: River Man (01:47)
3. Oh Susanna: Place To Be (06:46)
4. Kevin Kane: Free Ride (11:46)
5. Luke Jackson: Parasite (16:04)
6. David Matheson: At The Chime Of A City Clock (21:12)
7. Don Kerr & Ron Sexsmith: Time Has Told Me (25:55)
8. David Celia: Hazey Jane II (31:29)
9. Brent Jackson: Things Behind The Sun (35:29)
9. Sahra Featherstone: Clothes Of Sand (39:12)
10. Mike Evin: Black Eyed Dog (44:49)
11. Kurt Swinghammer: Three Hours (50:14)
12. Oh Susanna: One Of These Things First (56:24)
13. Ron Sexsmith: Day Is Done (1:01:10)
14. Kevin Kane: Northern Sky (1:04:01)
15. David Celia: From The Morning (1:07:29)
16. Oh Susanna: Fly (1:12:21)
17. Andrea Kovats: Sunday (1:16:16)
18. Kurt Swinghammer & Kathryn Rose: Poor Boy (1:19:51)
19. Kevin Kane: Voice From The Mountain (1:25:37)
Video shot and edited by Peter Gugeler
Live recording by Marty Smyth
Live sound by Anne Keillor and Don Sklepowich
The Songs Of Nick Drake concert tour produced by Luke Jackson.
The Band:
Don Kerr - Drums
Jason Mercer - Bass
Kurt Swinghammer - Guitar
David Matheson - Piano
The Strings:
Alex Cheung - violin
Sahra Featherstone - violin
Matt Coleman - violin
Johann Lotter - viola
Norman Hathaway - viola
Wendy Solomon - cello
With:
Todd Porter - saxophone on At The Chime Of A City Clock, Hazey Jane II & Poor Boy
Brian Walters - Trumpet on Hazey Jane II
Tour Manager: Karen Pace
Assistant Tour Manager: Jennifer Johnston
This is an edit of the complete concert which ran close to three hours. We performed Bryter Layter in its entirety and you can hear it in sequence here: / the-songs-of-nick-drake
All songs by Nick Drake
All string arrangements by Robert Kirby, except:
Clothes Of Sand by Michael Holt
Poor Boy by Kevin Fox
Parasite by Richard Arrigo
Richard also transcribed At The Chime Of A City Clock for us because Robert's original score was missing. Thank you Richard.
With special thanks to Henry Kirby.
To coincide with the tour, Kurt Swinghammer produced a beautiful 12" single of Riverman and his cover of Donovan's Sunny Goodge Street. The artwork features Kurt's portraits of both songwriters and can be purchased here: www.headingnorthmusic.com/stor...
This video is dedicated to the memory of Don Sklepowich.

[@jennytalia226]

Watched with a little fear , just in case they made a real mess of things, but boy was I surprised ! Brilliant show and have done Nick proud. I watch this video at least once a week , well done everyone .

[@umrecs]

Thank you Jenny!

[@lordjagged8625]

A great gig..brilliant band..and a beautiful tribute.....R.I.P..Nick.

[@FilipVermeulen65]

A thoroughly honest interpretation of a brilliant repertoire, using Robert Kirby's arrangements whenever available and completing with some original new arrangements. This is very promising, a clear sign that Nick Drake's music will be living on. Of course, we don't have it sung with that great middle-class English accent and intonation from Tanworth-in-Arden here, but who cares? We now all have the opportunity to go back and listen to the original recordings for free whenever we want to.

[@germainlewandowski1224]

Excellent version of Free Ride !

[@drenen]

Mind blowing! You fucking rock!!!! I seriously feel Nick's presence very strongly! I've been crying throughout the whole performance :)

[@kaikirkeby]

At The Chime Of A City Clock Is my fav.

[@robertocapogrosso7848]

fantastico. .in memoria del grande nick Drake. ..

[@madmoonondrums9696]

A fantastic version of 'Place to be'. One of Nick's lesser known and underrated tracks.

[@Ledprostate]

Well done. The young man left too soon. Magic songs a la Riverman and Clothes of Sand.

[@mjjm5511]

Nick Drake:awesome musical genius. I'm hooked

[@just4diamond]

stunned into reverent silence... thank you so very VERY much

[@davesalk]

This is gold.

[@davidanderson9664]

This is just lovely. A little diff from the "pure texts' of course, but what talented musicians and original versions. Kudos ! -David NYC

[@katherineweare4447]

Love it, excellent tribute, although no escape from the pang of missing the wonderful voice of the actual man.

[@spartacourbani8692]

Katherine Weare

[@maikolpop101]

anima solitaria ed errante, quante emozioni ci hai regalato.

[@Goatchild90]

Fantastic!!!!!! Love Nick Drake and this is a fabulous tribute. Well Done to everyone involved.

[@descalzisla]

Magnifico concierto, gracias por esta joya dedicada a la música de Nick.

[@Ledprostate]

Riverman starts off sort of like "Take Five"! Love the jazzy ride.

[@unstrung65]

Fine interpretations - best I've heard to date .

[@santiagomartins8778]

Amazing versions! Best tribute I've ever seen. That jazzy 'River Man' version is so special! The way you kept the strings partially preserved the original mood in it, wich is so special.

[@mjjm5511]

I agree! it's my favorite Nick Drake tune.. the 1st one I heard that introduced me to him from the Liv Schreiber film a Perfect Man

[@drenen]

Agreed!! River Man blew my mind many years ago...and this is an amazing version :)

[@spartacourbani8692]

Myra Juarez

[@GavgRizzleRose]

Wow, amazing concert; would love to have seen it live. BIG UP

[@_fellipepires]

thanxxxxxx!!!!!! cant stop watching

[@marcenarialins2308]

LINDO, MARAVILHOSO BELO ARRANJO MUSICAL. NICK DRAKE.GRANDES INTERPRETES.

[@kaikirkeby]

I'm so in love with this. Celia you sing Fly so beatifull. Would love to hear play "Blue Grass" ;-)

[@ricardonavarro9898]

Linda la versión que hace el dolape que toca el pianoforte.

[@FOXMARINA63]

This is very gold!

[@pentangle4444]

Day is Done.. great piece.. all of it is great..wish I was in Toronto to see it all.. I always wonder whether the paths of Nick Drake and Sandy Denny ever crossed.. they both did Jackson C. Frank songs....got to see Sandy perform live..but there is isn't any video that I am aware of Nick Drake performing.. and there is only 20 seconds video of Jackson C. Frank performing which survived..

[@mozdickson]

Tod Porter blows! Great rendition of Poor Boy y'all!