For Rozi, From Nick

Brothers can be pretty awesome, at times when they’re not present. And so we discover that well-travelled songman Nick Saxon would borrow his younger brother’s Maton 325 when he was out of the house, studiously strumming away at the same chord over and over and over again. Indeed, when little brother’s away, Nick Saxon did play. These days he is a musician, performer, surfer, television presenter and brand ambassador who has performed and busked his way across Spain, Greece, Germany, Prague, Bulgaria, France and the UK. However, it was not through music but through his work as a presenter for National Geographic where Nick met Rozi, a blind musician whose home was swept away during the 2014 flooding. Taking to the road, Nick will be playing a string of fundraiser shows, making available a special EP titled For Rozi: A Pilgrim’s Journey. The release will be available on USB stick. Nick: “I always take my guitar with me, and lyric book for any spontaneous moments in-between travel, like waiting at an airport in South America for a flight, hitching a horse and cart in Malaysia, or riding an elephant in Nepal, that creates moments and etch their identity into my memory and last forever.” Babushka Bar, Ballarat – May 7.