Nicholas Ridout: RIP Nicholas, May 27th... 

nice to read your comment man.

@Old man TV .História Cultura.Sobrevivencialismo from my understanding, OD :'(

TotnMummaHikinDuo he did not OD he took his own life.

@@shannonjae1074 oh okay, it's just what I'd gathered from listening to lost dog street band... But I suppose everything is open to interpretation. So desperately sad either way :(

@@shannonjae1074 I'm really sorry if I've caused any upset. ❤️

And a good friend

I was just listening to this man's wife... wishing he were here to see what they could've done. She's amazing. Ben and LDSB are amazing. ❤️

It’s cool, I noticed that this song , and the chords of Oh Dear Brother by Ben Tod are very similar, that song being about Nicholas. Interesting if you think about it

Been a fan of lost dog for maybe 5 years. Always hearing Ben talk about Nic I’m happy to finally hear the man himself. No wonder he was so special to Ben.

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@@paulwagoner7888 thank you so much for sharing that

That’s probably my favorite song.

I would say that he is one of the two greatest musicians of his generation, the other being his wife, Shannon Jae Ridout.

I really had no idea what I was taping that day other than an amazingly talented soul. I wish I'd talked to him longer, but I'm glad I decided to post this.

It won’t let me edit, but to clarify, I meant that I see their comments about riding trains but their names are like yours, obviously not the name they go by.

Did you see that Shannon has been touring/ posting music lately. What I’ve heard was really good. There’s a song about Nicholas, too.

I was brought here by the Rideout name; he was on another level

Astral Apophis Nicholas did write I went down to Georgia as well as lazy moonshiner and til I’m gone. We’re trying to record an album of his unrecorded works sometime this next year.

@@shannonjae1074 "Lazy Moonshiner" has been my all time favorite ever since I heard it. I'm so sorry for your pain.

@@Fortheloveofagypsy mine as well, even learned how to play it.

Marissa Morton playing that banjo on the other side what a tune

Yeah, it was totally random. I was at lunch walking around downtown and saw him playing. Never knew who he was at the time.

Frank Bishop I’m glad you captured him. I live here now and it’s been rather interesting as we never came here together. I occasionally busk around where you took this video. Thank you.

Shannon Jae I hope you can get his music and albums out. One heck of a musician. His songwriting was amazing.

Jared Mosher it’s taking me longer than I wanted but it is rather emotional to do. I’m working on releasing his website with an extended version of cryin’ through the bottle and some of his artwork by late winter/early spring. Then continuing to master and release some of his other albums and poetry as well. It’s a lot and I’m just trying to keep a handle on my own life and music and I’m fortunate to be able to be trusted in this.

@@shannonjae1074 can't wait to hear it

Are you thinking of “went down to Georgia” ? That was written by Nicholas. Maybe spitshine did this song, I can’t remember. For some reason I thought they just put some of the lyrics from this into a spitshine song..

@@lanahaxer7455 sadly no, I love that also but definitely a Benjamin Todd version of Caroline. I swear it has been wiped from the internet!

Sorry this is a year late and there's probably a few mistakes but here's what I hear: Well everywhere I roam Lord it leads me further from my home With the light so bright Well, shoot me down lord out of life And oh I'm a troubled man And oh I'm a troubled man Well oh I'm like a dirty pearl Lord I left my home, left my girl And oh mad dog man Lord I caught that train coming cannon ball fast And oh I'm a troubled man And oh I'm a troubled man Well cannonball that done run me down Well drag my soul lord from town to town Oh string man that done splayed my throat Oh sing my troubles lord, every note And oh I'm a troubled man And oh I'm a troubled man And oh I'm a troubled man And oh I'm a troubled man

They hear it, alright. They just don`t listen. Many people die without ever learning to listen. They hear people talkin, they hear music, they hear their inner voices, they never listen. I wish this was only true for this aspect of awareness... The truth is, they don`t watch either, they see, they don`t feel either, they touch, or even worse only take, they don`t smell, they just breath, they don`t taste, they eat. They don`t even think, they just swallow and repeat.

I'm literally in this video walking by.

E Saunders he’s a German wire haired pointer and is the best companion.

It was just burned copies of his album, you can find some of the songs on reverbnation and another site. Also I'm looking for a version of this song.

@@Matteo-jd6mtit’s spit shine Caroline

Troubled man spit shine street band

The name of the song is actually Caroline.

Spitshine Caroline

blacksockrebellion there are many more albums but it’s just been hard to collect and try to figure out the right way to do things.

Shannon Jae I for one would be honored to buy them. Sorry for your loss. I would buy your work too, you're a very talented person. Have an awesome day.

Marinos A Yes, she is unfortunately his widow. Nichols was an exceptional, once in a lifetime talent and a troubled man. Sadly it seems that most genuine creativity and talent go hand in hand with mental illness, especially when it comes to art. I think a lot of people such as Nicholas... To them, pain is a muse. Pain is an inspiration. Sadly enough, it seems most of us can relate to sorrow, to feeling uncomfortable in our own skin, feelings of inadequacy and even thoughts of suicide. I'm just a random guy from West Virginia. I've never had the chance to meet these amazing people. I've never even been to a real concert. But the content of his amazing music, the songs of suffering, loss, the feeling of hopelessness surrounded by nothing but desolation and despair. This speaks to me in a way that most music just can't. They say you have to pay your dues to pay the blues. When you hear this man play, sing, pour his very heart and soul into his music... You can tell he paid his dues, many times over. Personally I don't have much to be thankful or happy about. Many here live very hard and short lives. Half of my old friends, good people, kind and caring and full of love, full of potential, so many of them are dead now. Drug addicts deserve compassion. People deserve access to mental health services so they don't turn to drugs in a misguided yet understandable attempt at self medication. So many beautiful souls, such as Nicholas here, they just slip through the cracks. Despite the fact that they have so much to offer, so much potential if someone had given them a chance or even just tried to help. The loss of Nicholas Ridout was a tragedy beyond all measure... And there are thousands of tragedies just like it happening every day in this country. If I could have one five minute conversation with the man, I don't know how I could even articulate the gratitude I have for him. His music helped me to veer away from a very dark path. To channel all of this anger and frustration and sorrow that I live with every day into something positive. I doubt I'm the only one. He has probably helped so many more people than he ever knew. The loss of Nicholas was a loss to the world. Thanks Nicholas. Thank you so much. If you would like to hear more of his amazing work, their album A Bottle A. Gun And A Troubled Mind is an absolute masterpiece, and you can hear so much of his influence in the Lost Dog Street Band as well. Please support both Shannon and these other incredibly talented young artists keeping this dying yet possibly most beautiful part of our culture alive. Nicholas, Shannon, Benjamin, Ashley Mae, thank you all so much from the bottom of my heart. You help countless, and incredibly awesome people, feel so much less alone in this world. Please never stop what you do. The music you create beautifies what can often be a very ugly cold world so much. Thank you.

@@rottenrobb2583 thank you for the information and for this. This song blew my mind and so did Shannon's It Ain't Right which I've been listening to here every day, more than once, since I've discovered it accidentally about a week ago while searching for some Gillian Welch songs. And thank you for sharing your thoughts, for opening up. I'm wishing nothing but the very best, strength and courage.

Marinos A you sound like a good person. I found them the same way, one of those random stoned trips through youtube. I'm not sure what it ain't right is about, but I don't think I've ever heard so much raw human emotion in someone's voice before. It's such a beautiful song. I wish that I could discover these artists all over again. So jealous of you haha. Thank you for your kind words and I wish you all the best.

That’s Shannon She is a sweetheart. I met her many years ago when I was traveling. She recently kind of helped me, I too am a widow and kind of a musician. I mostly play fiddle but wanted to learn harmonica, without anyone to guide me I actually reached out to her and she gave me some advice. Told me that it ain’t right starts on a draw 4. And it was the first thing I ever learned. She was recently touring but I missed it !

It sounds open g on the 2nd fret. Chords look like g c em?

mik milstead 4 of them are his the rest are Benjamin Tods or my songs.

Someone may know...I was just on my lunch hour that day in downtown Athens and walked by and just HAD to record!

But maybe it's "Troubled Man"

Man, thank God you did just that. This and Shannon Ridout's It Ain't Right I discovered about a week ago and now I'm learning the connection. They're fantastic songs. I play them here every day. Thanks again for sharing this 👍

The song is "Caroline"

the banjos in g so it’s just open g and e minor

Caroline

Tyler Johnston an s.s. Stewart from the 1890’s

Shannon Jae gosh, I hope you have that banjo!

Paul Wagoner it’s safe and needs a lot of love. He replaced the original pot with our 1940s tenor banjo pot. I’m hoping to take care of that project this next year and restore it to its natural glory as it was a gift from one of his closest friends and brother in law and a beautiful instrument. He learned claw hammer in three days while I was driving us from savannah back to the Seattle area in 2011 and it was rather insane to be in such close quarters with that racket haha! But extremely worth it as he was and is my favorite musician and songwriter I’ve ever encountered.

Paul Wagoner also I noticed you have all of Nicholas’ music in your playlist. Here’s a link to a few songs we did as a duo, sour mash melodies. www.reverbnation.com/sourmashmelodies

@@shannonjae1074 I’ve been meaning forever to record those off reverbnation so i can put them on my iPod.

Daniel McMillan Caroline by spit shine. Nick and Bens old band

@@chrisperez3218 okay sweet, I know spit shine. Thanks buddy

Demons, addiction, from what I've been told. I had the same issue, but managed to get free. I'm not sure why it seems to be a secret on here. Hiding it doesn't help anyone, whatever it was.

You’re not sure why it’s a “secret” ? Maybe because he was a private person and his loved ones who were left behind don’t want to disrespect him. I’ve spoken to his wife before and she is a very smart and very kind person who I’m sure informed all of the people who needed to know. Sorry if that doesn’t include you but that doesn’t mean it’s a secret. What’s important here is his music and speculations are doing nothing but take away from that. Don’t be that guy...

HFTD any chance you found out how he died ive been trying to look everywhere for an answer

no idea, I've still not found any answers either.

I think it was suicide, don’t quote me on that but I’m pretty sure I saw that somewhere, I’ve been doing some digging and discovered that he accidentally killed a girl on accident, he was driving his car late at night and she was drunk in the road and he didn’t stop in time, so I if it was suicide then I could see how that would mess someone up and also why we haven’t heard much.

Stop speculating. He did not kill any girl. He did take his life away. Cause of death shouldn’t matter regarding his music. It speaks for itself. We were married and this is not amusing to his memory. He was incredible.

Mike That was a different guy in England.