Artist: Nic Dawson Kelly
Title: Old Valentine
Label: The Runners Club
Genre: Folk
Bitrate: 165kbit av.
Time: 00:39:11
Size: 47.68 mb
Rip Date: 2009-09-24
Str Date: 2009-10-05
01. Thursday 3-23 2:06
02. The Musician 4:06
03. Under Her Mattress (I Wrote This) 3:42
04. Marilyn 3:21
05. All The Pretty Bullfighters 3:44
06. Old Valentine 3:46
07. Adam And Eve 4:41
08. Delicate 4:57
09. Ex-Lovers And Old Friends 2:30
10. Oh Well 6:18
Release Notes:
On 5 October 2009 singer/songwriter Nic Dawson Kelly is to release his
debut album on new label Runners Club Records. Called æOld ValentineÆ,
the album showcases a classic, almost beat-like songwriting style of an
emerging talent, and features a host of guest musicians such as Jim
Barr (Portishead), Mick Talbot (Style Council, Dexy's), Tom Mansi
(Donovan) and Marco Nelson (Primal Scream, Young Disciples) who lend a
country/rock/soul sound to the album. ôWe'd have these people coming
and going, improvising a part on an old eight track then heading offö
says Nic of these guests.
Born up north in Sheffield, and now residing in the south where he
switches his time between Brighton and Reading, Nic has lived all over,
travelling from place to place and taking in Derby, Leeds, Reading,
Brighton, Galway, London, Argentina and France along the way.
ôDue to all the moving about I didn't get too much of a solid
education, what I did learn was from my fatherÆs bookshelf and the
records that I'd hear from the back of the car. My first tapes were
Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers and Dylans "Street Legal" but I
suppose influences would run through a wide range of people. Dylan and
Waits the obvious. But others, country bluesman, like Mississippi Fred
McDowell, Son House and Blind Willie Mctell. And showmen like Little
Richard and Dr John.ö
Describing himself as ôa polite tear-away in youth who saw enough
courtrooms to thankfully grow out of it!ö Nic has worked more crap jobs
than he cares to remember, ôjust to keep myself afloat and carry on
doing what I loved doing...writing.ö
It is this experience which brings such a refreshing sense of honesty
to NicÆs songwriting. ôI try and write, musically, what I see. I
suppose it's a simple as that. Writing how I feel or react or suppose
is ongoing, conflicting almost. The songs on the record are changeable,
a snapshot of the last few years.ö
Having already gained a reputation as a mesmeric live performer, Nic
has played on bills with the likes of Jamie T, Laura Marling, Adele,
Jason Molina and Richard Hawley, and a UK tour is currently being
planned to coincide with the albumÆs release, although donÆt expect the
live show to be a carbon copy of songs from the album: ôWhen they're
played lived they may be different. That's a show after all, right?ö
And what about the future? ôKeep doing it. Touring should come about
September/October to coincide the the album. The single out a bit
earlier. Once the tourÆs up then I plan to go back do another record
and fill it with all the stuff I've been taken by in the meantime.ö
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