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Nigel Wearne

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About Me

"Nigel Wearne is a passionate and inspired Australian roots performer. His music carves a path between appalachian folk, alternative country and folk rock. Fuelled by a life-long love of music, Nige has developed a unique and heartfelt sound. His influences range from Nick Drake, Gillian Welch and Jeff Buckley to Matt Walker, Kelly Joe Phelps and Ryan Adams. Nige blends a cocktail of delicate and dynamic guitar riffs with evocative and insightful lyrics. His dynamic the band The Gifted Vagrants showcase Tom Morgan on bass and Mark Sibson on drums to craft beautifully honest songs. Nige has supported a diversity of artists like Billy Thorpe, Carus and Chris Wilson, and has played the Queenscliff Music Fest, Mortlake Buskers Fest a multitude of venues around metro and rural Victoria. Nige’s music is raw, intelligent and fresh in an exciting new age of folk."Update:Nige has completed his debut album, ’From the door, she waved’. Stay tuned for some CD launches in your town! If you would like a copy it’s $20, plus postage. It features an array of talented musician including, the ubiqitous and marvelous Ashley Davies on drums, Tom Morgan on bass, Willow Stahlut on fiddle and David Downing and Harry Shaw-Reynolds on drums/percussion also.Stay tuned for an EP from a collaboration with Luke Watt and Dave Downing. This should be due for release when we get around to finishing it.
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Member Since: 6/7/2006
Band Website: nigelwearne.com
Band Members: Nigel Wearne: electric, Weissenborn, acoustic guitars, Dobro, harmonica and lead vocals. Mark Sibson: drums/percussion. Tom Morgan: Double bass/electric bass, backing vocals.
Influences: In no particular order: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Kelly Joe Phelps, The Black Keys, Matt Walker and Ashley Davies, The Pogues, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Damien Rice, Tex Perkins, Don Walker, Charlie Owen, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Ben Harper, Tom Waits, Jeff Lang, Darren Hanlon, Chris Wilson, Ryan Adams, Harry Manx, U2, Sufjan Stevens, The Doors, Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Chris Whitley, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Django Reinhardt, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, Miles Davis, James Brown, Johnny Cash Woody Guthrie, Jerry Douglas, Richard Thompson, Skunkhour, Lucinda Williams, Pink Floyd, Jimmy Smith, Paul Kelly, Gomez, Dave Matthews Band, John Butler Trio, You am I, Something for Kate, Cold Chisel, AC/DC, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack Johnson etc. I have an expensive obsession with music, meaning that much of my money is spent of many and varied CD's. I don't know where my songs come from, and I can't pin-point who the inspirations are at the time.Such songs as 'River man' by Nick Drake, 'Rainy night in Soho' by Shane MacGowan (The Pogues), 'Running to stand still' (U2) and 'Hallelujah' (L.Cohen, covered by Jeff Buckley) have blown me away by their imagery, metaphor and atmosphere. There are others like 'When the music's over' (The Doors), 'Black' (Pearl Jam), 'Tommy' (Kelly Joe Phelps), 'viðrar vel til loftárása'(Sigur Ros), 'Shelter from the storm' (Bob Dylan) and a cover of a Bob Dylan song 'Rocks and gravel' (Matt Walker and Ashley Davies). All these songs have taken me somewhere better. It doesn't matter if it's melancholy, music just keeps me ticking and is the just about the only thing that makes me cry and sends shivers down my spine.
Sounds Like: Some of it's folk/rock, some of it's alternative country/blues, some of it's pyschedelic roots. A loose mixture between Kelly Joe Phelps, Damien Rice and Ryan Adams with some Neil Youngs rock sentiments.If you really want to genre-lise it, check it out....
Record Label: It's mine, all mine! Ha Ha Ha!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

CD LAUNCH ON THE WAY

Hi there dreamers, townsfolk and model train enthusiasts. I’m planning some CD launches in the next couple of months, so stay tuned and I would love to have your gleaming dia...
Posted by Nigel Wearne on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:46:00 PST

New Album - From the door, she waved

Hello Ladies and Gentleman. The album is now finished and availble for consumption. If you wish to devour it, let me know and I'll slide you a copy through the post. It's $20 plus postage costs. Alter...
Posted by Nigel Wearne on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:50:00 PST

Album update

Hello there folks. I've been very lazy when it comes to the blog thing, but for those of you who are interested, I have some news on my forth-coming debut album. I plan to have it finished in the next...
Posted by Nigel Wearne on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:45:00 PST