1/20/2009

Brighter Later

Jack Johnson will be releasing a tribute to folk rock icon Nick Drake on his Brushfire Records imprint. Among those contributing tracks to the album are head Foo Fighter Dave Grohl, Norah Jones, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, and Johnson himself.

Not well known during his lifetime, Drake's profile has grown immeasurably in the years since his 1974 death at the age of 26. Mainstream audiences are most familiar with the title track of his final studio album Pink Moon, which was prominently featured in a Volkswagen ad almost a decade ago.