NICK DRAKE / VARIOUS Nick Drake's Jukebox (2010 UK issue 24-track CD album - One of contemporary music's true originals, the inimitable songs of Nick Drake are often difficult to imagine having been influenced by anyone but himself. But as with all true musical giants, Drake's compositions and style were informed by a diverse range of musicians, songwriters and performers who came before. From the sublime finger-picking and glorious tunes of the wholly underrated Bert Jansch to the country blues styles of Big Bill Broonzy and Reverend Gary Davis - via Donovan, The Yardbirds and Miles Davis, he listened to all of them and many others besides. The inspiration these mavericks provided motivated the often manically depressed Drake into writing , recording and, on the very rare occasion, performing some of the most beautiful music ever written albeit, tragically, the process would contribute in no small way to his untimely death at the age of just 26. This compilation traces the roots of Drake's astonishing music, enabling the appreciation of where this mysterious and legendary figure found much of his musical muse and hopefully, for a man often tortured by his own existence, at least a little comfort).