Nick Harper Loudhailer Special

Fabulous gig last night!

The magical Nick Harper at the Back room Cottingham – This Friday!!!!

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Be there or be cuboid!!

The magical Nick Harper comes to Cottingham in all his glory this Friday!

I have my camera!!  I have my ears!!!  I have my eyes!! I’ve even got the legs to get me there!

You could say I’m looking forward to it.

I wanna hear the magic guitar!!  I wanna hear the voice and revel in the songs!!  I want to see the maestro at work!!  I want to take some shots.!!

 

I’ve been working on the book and it is nearly ready. We will discuss the release date and all the practicalities that go with that.

I can’t wait!!!

Nick Harper gig at the Back room Cottingham – May 20th

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The most melliferous, mesmerising, magnificent, multitalented, marvellous, majestic, marinaded, musician NICK HARPER is poised to set Cottingham aflame again!

On Friday May 20th for one night only – the one and only NICK HARPER!!!!

Be there or be oblong for ever!!!

We are delighted to announce that the superb Nick Harper will be playing a Rich & Lou’s Loudhailer Special at The Back Room, Cottingham on Friday 20th May 2016. Tickets are £12 and are sure to fly out, so call The Back Room on 01482 847007 to book.

If you’ve seen Nick before you’ll know that he is an amazing performer – a superbly passionate singer songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire. He’s full of terrific stories, and fabulously entertaining. If you’ve never seen Nick before you are in for a treat for sure! More info here http://loudhailer.net/2016/02/06/nick-harper-loudhailer-special/

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Nick is a great humanitarian and all-round nice guy. His intelligence soars through all his work and raises his genius in songwriting to pertinence.

This quote in the lyric/poem from The Magnificent G7.

The world is run by a group of seven powerful countries. They are represented by seven men. They have the power to end poverty, create peace, stop environmental degradation, end overpopulation and make the world a better place for all human beings and creatures.

Instead they wrangle over self-interest and greed.

Meanwhile the poor starve and the wild-life is slaughtered.

‘Poor men can hope but there’s not much time  You have the power to banish the poverty

Holding their fate  You’re living in a movie  But you are only seven men  Really only seven men  You are only seven men they are nations

Break them some bread for their children  Who are their dreams who are their future

Holding their fate  You’re living in a movie  But you are only seven men  Really only seven men  You are only seven men they are nations

Mountains of money  Mountains of grain  Mountains between you  Mountains of shame

Holding their fate  You’re living in a movie  But you are only seven men  Really only seven men  You are only seven men they are nations’

I would suggest you should go out and buy all his CDs  –

Then go and purchase all my books!

I’m sure that would make us both very happy and solve all the world’s problems overnight! And you’d all enjoy yourselves into the bargain!

If you would like to try one of my books they are all available on Amazon.

In Britain :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Opher-Goodwin/e/B00MSHUX6Y/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1461306850&sr=1-2-ent

In America:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=opher+goodwin

In all other countries around the world check out your regional Amazon site and Opher Goodwin books.

Nick Harper on Loose Ends yesterday! – Review!

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Well I hope you all managed to listen in to Nick yesterday. It was a real treat to hear him on the radio. We need a lot more of that! And TV! He is a genius.

In case you were unfortunate enough to have missed it here is the link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b077062x

Nick had a brief talk about vinyl and his new triple vinyl set of albums and the inevitable mention of Roy. Then he sang one of his favourite songs – The Verse Time Forgot – a beautiful, lilting track with a delightful melody. It is such a personal song. A song about his mother, wife and daughter and himself. It is a song written straight from the heart.

The performance was spot on. The guitar work crisp and delicate and the voice poignant. He is a wonderful guitarist, a genuinely brilliant songwriter and great human being.

I’m listening to it for the third time this morning. If you haven’t heard him before you need to listen a little to get into the vibe. It’s well worth it. He’s a gem.

Let’s hope there’s a lot more radio to come in the future. The world needs genuine performances like this. We’ve had enough of the Voice and plastic music. Give us the real thing! More Nick Harper!

Nick Harper – Great News – Nick on Loose Ends!!! Radio 4.

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Big news in Harperspace – I’ve been asked to be a musical guest on this Saturday’s edition of Loose Ends on BBC Radio 4. A prestigious gig indeed. SPREAD THE WORD.

From the Beeb: “Lesley Sharp, Harlan Coben, Stephen Rea and Jeremy Hardy join Clive Anderson for lively conversation. Includes music by Charles Bradley and Nick Harper.”

I hereby promise that I will add lively music to that conversation.

The show runs from 6:15-7pm UK time but you can listen worldwide. More info and the ‘listen again’ stream (available a few hours after the show airs) can be found on the BBC Radio 4 site here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b077062x

It is about time that the world woke up to the genius of Nick Harper. He is a national, undiscovered treasure. The greatest guitarist on the planet and a brilliant singer/songwriter!

I hope this helps get him the recognition he deserves.

My Books – Current Projects – The state of affairs – An oversight

Current Projects – The state of affairs – An oversight

 

Book Current status
28 books published on Amazon in both paperback and kindle form Available for purchase
Ruminating on Roy Harper First draft complete. Sent to Roy to produce Intro
Nick Harper – The Wilderness Years Completed apart from some lyrics to slot in, two small sections to write and some photos to add.

Need to go to designer.

Possible publication April – with the album.

The Blues Muse Completed and edited.

Now needs further redraft of last third.

Off at publishers at the moment. May be out soon?

Zero to Infinity – Early Sci-fi rewrite 42 pages rewritten

260 pages to go.

More Anecdotes, Essays, Beliefs and flotsam. Second book of anecdotes – Page 36
Codas, Cadence and Clues Sixth poetry book – Page 36
14 other books – Sci-fi, Rock Music and Roy Harper All exist as typed documents awaiting retyping onto computer and rewriting.
2 other ideas for books as rough outlines  

 

I’m feeling a bit jaded at present. I have been working flat out for four and a half years. I’ve published twenty eight books. I’ll have about sixty by the time I’m done.

Then I’ll be done.

Nick Harper Book – now completed the review.

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It seems to be a day of completions. I have gone through again to review the book. It is complete. I now require a few last set of lyrics and two more short sections and it is finished.

Nick Harper book – I need help identifying photographers.

I need your help.

A lot of people sent in some great photos for the Nick Harper book. Unfortunately my computer had a complete meltdown and I lost lots of data. I’ve managed to retrieve these photos but do not have the information of who they originated from.

If you are the photographer or known who the photographer was, please let me know so that I can acknowledge you in the book.

I’m really grateful for any help.

Please have a look and get in touch if you can assist. Thanks – Opher

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Nick Harper book – The Wilderness Years – First edit completed.

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I have just completed the first edit of the Nick Harper book. A big thank you to Paula Cuccurollo for her great help.

I am now going to launch into a read through and review of the structure.

I have a list of things I need. I think a last session with Nick will sort out the remaining details.

We are in a position to complete as soon as we can finish those last sections.

It’s looking great to me!