Daisy Rickman plays Nick Drake’s Guitar
EartH, Theatre, N16 8BH , [Venue Details]Daisy Rickman performs the songs of Nick Drake on two guitars which bookended Nick’s short but hugely influential career.
The first is Nick Drake’s earliest guitar, a Spanish-made nylon-string Estruch guitar purchased in December 1964 for £13 on Marlborough High Street.
Nick used the Estruch to practice in earnest during his time at a tutorial college in Birmingham and while busking in Aix-Marseille, France, in 1967. The Estruch is best viewed as the "songwriting companion" where many of his complex fingerpicking patterns and unique tunings were first experimented with
Several tracks that appeared on his 1969 debut, such as "Three Hours" and "Fruit Tree," were refined during this period. Demos recorded in Robert Kirby's dorm room at Caius College, Cambridge in 1968 feature him playing acoustic arrangements that likely originated on the Estruch or his early steel-string. By the time he entered Sound Techniques studio to record the official album (May 1968 – April 1969), he had largely transitioned to steel-string guitars. However, his arranger Robert Kirby remembered him also having his "Spanish guitar" (the Estruch) in the studio. It is often speculated that the softer, more intimate nylon-string sound heard on tracks like "Day Is Done" or "Way to Blue" (early sessions) may have been recorded with the Estruch.
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Admission: £18.00
Performer name: Daisy Rickman
Age restriction: 16+. U18s with an adult 18+ (1:1 ratio)
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Daisy Rickman plays Nick Drake’s Guitar
Wednesday, 12 Aug 2026 @6.30pm
EartH, Theatre, N16 8BHMore Information
Daisy Rickman performs the songs of Nick Drake on two guitars which bookended Nick’s short but hugely influential career.
The first is Nick Drake’s earliest guitar, a Spanish-made nylon-string Estruch guitar purchased in December 1964 for £13 on Marlborough High Street.
Nick used the Estruch to practice in earnest during his time at a tutorial college in Birmingham and while busking in Aix-Marseille, France, in 1967. The Estruch is best viewed as the "songwriting companion" where many of his complex fingerpicking patterns and unique tunings were first experimented with
Several tracks that appeared on his 1969 debut, such as "Three Hours" and "Fruit Tree," were refined during this period. Demos recorded in Robert Kirby's dorm room at Caius College, Cambridge in 1968 feature him playing acoustic arrangements that likely originated on the Estruch or his early steel-string. By the time he entered Sound Techniques studio to record the official album (May 1968 – April 1969), he had largely transitioned to steel-string guitars. However, his arranger Robert Kirby remembered him also having his "Spanish guitar" (the Estruch) in the studio. It is often speculated that the softer, more intimate nylon-string sound heard on tracks like "Day Is Done" or "Way to Blue" (early sessions) may have been recorded with the Estruch.
Admission: £18.00
Performer name: Daisy Rickman
Age restriction: 16+. U18s with an adult 18+ (1:1 ratio)
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