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Lonesome Whistle Blues by Nick Curran And The Nitelifes

Nick Curran And The Nitelifes

Artist Biography For Nick Curran And The Nitelifes

Nick Curran September 30 1977 – October 6 2012 1 2 Was An American Blues/rock And Roll Singer And Guitarist. He Has Been Likened To T-Bone Walker Little Richard The Sonics Doug Sahm Misfits And The Ramones. Early Life Nick Curran Was Born In Biddeford Maine. He Began Playing Drums At The Age Of 3 Showing An Amazing Ability To Keep Time Even At Such A Young Age. It Was A Daily Ritual For Him. He Would Turn On His Radio And Play Along With The Music. His Dad Michael Taught Nick Everything He Wanted And Needed To Know With The Guitar. Any "lick" That Nick Learned Early On He Simply Asked Michael Mike To Show Him How To Do It... And A Few Hours Later Nick Would Emerge From His Room Having Learned And Practiced It. When Asked At A Young Age Why He Wanted To Play So Badly He Replied "I Got The Feelin'." He Had Received No Formal Lessons For Guitar. At Age 15 He Played Guitar And Harp In His Father's Band Mike Curran And The Tremors And At The Age Of 17 Played Drums Again Alongside His Father Guitarist Michael Curran In A Band Called The Upsetters Based Out Of Portland Maine. That Same Year He Also Formed The Rockabilly Band Nick Danger And The Sideburners Frequently Playing At A Number Of Clubs In The Portland Maine Area. At 18 He Auditioned For James Montgomery. Career Curran Began His Professional Career At Age Nineteen Leaving Maine To Tour With Ronnie Dawson "The Blonde Bomber". Although Dawson Was Primarily A Rockabilly Musician Many Blues And Punk Fans Appreciated His Performances. He Taught Curran Not To Get Pigeonholed. Curran Toured Next With Texas Rockabilly Doyenne Kim Lenz Moving To Dallas To Join Her Backup Band The Jaguars And Performing On Lenz's Recording The One And Only. Curran Would Stay With The Jaguars For Two Years. He Is Also Featured On Lenz’s Next CD It’s All True And Toured With Her In The Summer Of 2009. Citation Needed In 1999 The Texas Jamboree Label Issued Curran’s Debut Solo Recording Fixin' Your Head. As He Would Do On All Future CDs Curran Used Vintage Recording Equipment To Achieve The Feel And Sound Of Old 45s And 78s And The LPs Of The 1950s. To Support The Recording He Formed The Band Nick Curran & The Nitelifes. From 2004-07 Curran Played With The Fabulous Thunderbirds Appearing On Their 2005 Recording Painted On. During That Time Bassist Ronnie James Started The Punk Band Deguello. In 2008 James And Curran Formed The Attitudes With Nick Singing And Playing Drums Standing Up And With Guitarist CoffeeBoy Johnson. "This Band Is Like When You And Your Buddy Wanted To Have A Band In High School And There Was No Bass Player. We Just Play What Ever We Wanted To " According To CoffeeBoy Johnson. Their Set Consisted Of Covers Of The Misfits The Ramones Howlin' Wolf Jimmy Reed Muddy Waters And Little Richard. "We Wanted To Give The Black Keys A Run For Their Money." Curran Performed Four Songs In A Scene In The 2008 HBO Series True Blood Based On The Southern Vampire Mysteries By Charlaine Harris Which Explores The Co-Existence Of Humans And Vampires. After Performing A Solo Show In November 2008 Curran Formed The Rock ‘n’ Roll Roots Band The Lowlifes Who Were Critically Acclaimed And Became A Mainstay On Little Steven's Underground Garage Earning Three "Coolest Song In The World" Titles With Tracks From The Album Reform School Girl. Death In 2009 Curran Was Diagnosed With Oral Cancer. In June 2010 He Had Been Deemed Cancer Free But By April 2011 The Cancer Had Returned And He Underwent Treatment. Curran Eventually Succumbed To The Disease On October 6 2012 At The Age Of 35. See Also Nick Curran And Nick Curran & The Lowlifes On Last.Fm.