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Molly Drake
Molly Drake (born Mary Lloyd, 5 November 1915 – 4 June 1993) was an English poet and musician, but she is most remembered as the mother of the musician, Nick Drake. Molly Drake never released any official publications of her poetry or compositions in her lifetime, but she had a profound impact on the musical style of her son. As Nick Drake's music gained a larger following after his death, Molly Drake's recordings have been released, which uncover the musical similarities between her and her son.
==Biography==
Molly Drake was born to her father Sir Idwal Lloyd and mother Georgie Lloyd in Rangoon, Burma. She was christened as "Mary", but no one used the name as "Molly" was deemed more suitable. Both of her parents were involved in the military, and the country was not considered the ideal place to raise Drake and her siblings, so they were sent to England to be raised by the Dunn family, close associates of the Lloyds. Drake and her siblings were placed in the Wycombe Abbey Boarding School where she struggled as a student, but managed to obtain her School Certificate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Gabrielle Drake )〕 Once her studies were complete, Drake returned to Rangoon and soon met her future husband, Rodney Drake. The couple's marriage was postponed until Molly Drake reached the age of 21, as required by her parents. On 14 April 1937 they married in the cathedral at Rangoon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Molly Drake )〕
In 1942, with World War II in full swing, Japan invaded Burma forcing Drake into refuge. She was separated from her husband, and the two would not reunite until 1944. Drake and her sister Nancy evacuated to their uncle's home, which was stationed in Delhi, India where the war hardly infringed on their lives. In order to find comfort, the sisters both sang and played the piano. They formed a duet, and Drake worked in her only musical career as a co-host on ''All India Radio''. Molly and Nancy Drake, while hosting the station, would be known as ''The Lloyd Sisters''. However, no known recordings of the sisters performing exists.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Molly Drake )〕 Although Drake enjoyed singing and playing the piano for friends and on the radio, composing pieces was a private affair. She would only share her drafts with her sister, Nancy.
Drake was reunited with her husband towards the end of the war, and she gave birth to her first child, Gabrielle Drake, on 30 March 1944. The family returned to Rangoon after the war and on 19 June 1948 their second child, Nick Drake, was born.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nick Drake – Biography )〕 In 1952, the family moved to Tanworth-in-Arden, England where Molly Drake spent the rest of her life and wrote most of her compositions. Her home was a place of social gathering where Drake would play the piano for friends, but, again, she never showed interest in publishing or recording her work. Drake was supportive of her son's and daughter's career choices and encouraged Nick Drake's musical career. Nick Drake was closer to his mother than to his father. She often wrote songs to play for her children, one of Nick Drake's earliest influences. As her son suffered through depression, her poetry would reflect the turmoil she knew her son was going through, and the inability to help improve his condition.〔 The toll of losing her son in 1974 took years to recover from, but through her family and composing, Drake was able to recover to live out the last part of her life. Drake died on 4 June 1993 and was buried in the Tanworth-in-Arden graveyard with her husband, who had died in 1988, and her son. On her tombstone it reads "And now we rise, and we are everywhere" as written by Nick Drake.〔
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