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Riverman a song from Nick Drake's nineteen
sixty nine album Five Leaves Left. In

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two thousand four, the song was
remastered and released as a seven inch vinyl

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and as enhanced CDs single, including
a video to the song by Tim Pope.

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The song has been covered numerous times. Nick Drake was an English singer

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songwriter known for his acoustic guitar based
songs. He did not find a wide

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audience during his lifetime, but posthumously
his work gradually achieved wider notice and recognition.

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I suppose that means after his death. I think Nick Drake had some

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really good talent. The song river
Man was a good song. I can't

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understand why some music artists like him
didn't get that wide audience. Records don't

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always sell even if the artist does
have great talent. There might be several

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reasons why, well the river Man's
song is known. There is just something

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about that song. I'm Gael Nobles
on the cat Bear Today's topic, Nick

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Drake river Man