BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:436@lewesconclub.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241018T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241018T230000 DTSTAMP:20241002T154028Z URL:https://www.lewesconclub.com/events/nick-harper/ SUMMARY:Nick Harper DESCRIPTION:The Real Music Club Presents Nick Harper\, showcasing his newly -released album 'Earth Day Blue'\n\nTickets:  www.wegottickets.com/event/ 623513\n\nBar from 5:00pm. Door time: 7:30pm\, Start time: 8:00pm\n\nRecor ded in Abbey Road Studio 2 on Earth Day 2024\, ‘Earth Day Blue’ is the 14th studio album release from Nick Harper\, the wildly talented and much loved singer-songwriter. With John Leckie in the producer’s chair (Ston e Roses\, Radiohead\, Muse etc.) and Tchad Blake mixing (Tom Waits\, Crowd ed House\, Peter Gabriel etc.)\, the album is a flash mob of high calibre talent assembled for a few hours’ collaboration in a very special space. \n\nBut this was not the first time Nick and John had been in session toge ther in Studio 2. It was way back in 1973\, in the very same room\, that N ick was given his ‘big break’ in the world of music. The duo first ‘ worked’ together when Nick\, aged 8\, recorded his first ever songs with John whilst Nick’s father Roy was recording his own seminal album 'Life mask' with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. So the circle has been squared off and the journey is complete!\n\n'Earth Day Blue' is peppered with acoustic ear-worms written with a Studio 2 Beatlesque approach of short\, immediat e songs\, but with the added brio of a group of studio attendees sometimes driven to sing along to Nick’s guitar and voice\, adding a party atmosp here to the day. Along the way\, Nick displays all his (un)usual talents\, from his trademark virtuoso string-bending guitar playing and references to the time of his previous session with John on the paean to Joni Mitchel l 'Joni If Only ..' to his penchant for prose poems when describing the sc ene at Abbey Road in the 70s in 'The Lady In The Fur Coat’.\n\nThe recor ding captures what John says is the magic of a live performance in a contr olled recording environment\, though\, in a space such as this\, dripping with portent and legacy (on a personal level for the two as well as to a w orldwide community of Abbey Road fanatics) there is a tangible\, added dep th of poignancy and emotion underlying the album. For Nick Harper fans and for new fans alike\, it is all here in unadorned beauty\, a recording tha t witnesses a solo artist without dilution or compromise\, nor studio tric kery or production prop\, having a great day performing in one of the most hallowed rooms on the planet.\n\nNick will be performing two sets\, 8 to 9pm\, then 9.15 to 10.30. Knowing Nick\, there'll be a few encores after t hat. We welcome him to Lewes for the very first time.\n\nSupport - Sairie\ , a Sussex acoustic three-piece.\n\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=jwal0CzausA[/embedyt] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.lewesconclub.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2024/06/NHarper2024.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR