The author's lifelong appreciation of and interest in Nick Drake were further fuelled when he discovered that his uncle Dr. James Lusk actually delivered Nick into the world and remained a friend of the Drake family. In these Pages he draws on a long letter from Nick's father to Dr. Lusk, in which he describes how his wife, Nick's mother, discovered Nick's body during the morning of 25 November 1974, following an accidental overdose of prescribed drugs.
Christ! A couple of years ago, a mate of mine told me that a relative of his delivered Nick Drake - he was deadly serious about it, and didn't really know an awful lot about Nick Drake either, but I haven't thought about it since then... Until now, cos his name's Jamie Lusk. Bloody hell, that's a strange one. So - for people on the Edinburgh list. He's the servitor at Potterrow at the moment - Paul Laird, you'll know him. Cheers, Keith. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------