13-10-2024, 20:12
Cannot believe that Simon Nicol has not made it into this thread! How strange!! Anyway – Happy Birthday to him. He was born on this day in 1950, in Muswell Hill, London, England. A founding member of Fairport Convention as well as a member of the Albion Band and many collaborations with others – Al Stewart, Cat Stevens, Iain Matthews Southern Comfort, Judy Dyble, John Martyn, the Thompsons and a few others I have yet to explore!
He’s also released two of his own albums and I chose to listen to the first. Interestingly, he does an early version of “From a Distance” – 1987 which is not too shabby. He tends to be a supportive member of whichever outfit he is in, rather than the star. His guitar skills are not in question at all, but his comfortable tenor, while warm and steady is not the voice of solo outing dreams. I suppose the sentiments expressed in “The Deserter” may seem simplistic, but to be honest, I’ve always thought this way.
And then, how could it not be this one - who knows indeed???
He’s also released two of his own albums and I chose to listen to the first. Interestingly, he does an early version of “From a Distance” – 1987 which is not too shabby. He tends to be a supportive member of whichever outfit he is in, rather than the star. His guitar skills are not in question at all, but his comfortable tenor, while warm and steady is not the voice of solo outing dreams. I suppose the sentiments expressed in “The Deserter” may seem simplistic, but to be honest, I’ve always thought this way.
And then, how could it not be this one - who knows indeed???
"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us." ~ Bill Watterson