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7 unusual facts about Nick Harper


Jon Gomm

In addition to his own performances, he has also played gigs with Tommy Emmanuel (Australia), Nick Harper and Bob Brozman.

Light at the End of the Kennel

Light at the End of the Kennel is a 1994 EP from UK singer-songwriter Nick Harper.

Nick Harper

In summer 2006, he again played a multitude of festivals, including the Moseley Folk Festival, Jersey Live, Beautiful Days and Clonakilty's second annual Guitar Festival, along with appearances at festivals in France and Catalonia.

In 2007, 2008 and 2010, he climbed Snowdon with the Love Hope Strength Foundation to play near the summit and then played at evening gigs, all in aid of cancer charities in the surrounding area.

His 2006 album Treasure Island was a change of direction, seeing both a concerted shift to more overtly political themes (songs such as Knuckledraggers, Sleeper Cell and Intelligent Design - spliced together from audio clips of George W. Bush's speeches on the war on terror - were all highly critical of the Bush regime) and to more historical perspectives.

His first solo release was the 1994 EP Light at the End of the Kennel which he quickly succeeded with his 1995 album Seed.

Some of the major musical influences on Nick include his father Roy Harper, Killing Joke, Public Enemy, Stephen Stills, Gang of Four, Frank Zappa, Eric Idle of Monty Python, Django Reinhardt, Jeff Buckley and Led Zeppelin.



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