Sime Nugent

Simon Joe Nugent,{{cite web | publisher = APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society) | title = Song Catalogue Search Results for 'Alcoholic' | url = https://www.apraamcos.com.au/works-search?works=true&title=Alcoholic&writer=&performer=Sime%20Nugent | access-date = 30 January 2023 }} spent his early years in Melbourne and then Castlemaine.{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307080517/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/meet-the-maker-furniture-maker-sculptor-and-musician-sime-nugent-20150718-gies4r.html | title=Meet the Maker: Furniture Maker, Sculptor and Musician Sime Nugent | first=Kath | last=Dolan | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=24 July 2015 | access-date=30 January 2023 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/meet-the-maker-furniture-maker-sculptor-and-musician-sime-nugent-20150718-gies4r.html | archive-date=7 March 2017 | url-status=live | url-access=subscription }}{{cite web | url=http://www.liveguide.com.au/Tours/661753/Sime_Nugent/Sime_Nugent_Ten_Years_At_The_Table_Tour?event_id=666406#details | title=Sime Nugent Ten Years at the Table Tour – Sime Nugent at Same Same Cafe (Candelo General Store), Candelo, NSW on 9 Apr 10 | website=liveguide.com.au | date=9 April 2010 | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100730015054/http://www.liveguide.com.au/Tours/661753/Sime_Nugent/Sime_Nugent_Ten_Years_At_The_Table_Tour?event_id=666406#details | archive-date=30 July 2010 | access-date=30 January 2023 }} His Irish-born parents and elder siblings had emigrated from Dublin in 1969. He attended schools in both Melbourne and Castlemaine before studying sculpture at Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). In the early 1990s he formed Sedan, which released two albums, Coaster (1997) and Elevator (1999).{{cite web | url=http://15min.org/articles/2005/october/26/ootm_2.html | title=TE Archive – Sime Nugent – Nugent Strikes Out on His Own | website=15min.org | date=26 October 2005 | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120324103646/http://15min.org/articles/2005/october/26/ootm_2.html | archive-date=24 March 2012 | access-date=30 January 2023 }}{{cite web | url=http://members.optusnet.com.au/~larkis/snff/bio.htm | title=Sime Nugent and the Forefathers | website=members.optusnet.com.au | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20031018042744/http://members.optusnet.com.au/~larkis/snff/bio.htm | archive-date=18 October 2003 | access-date=30 January 2023 }} From 1994 he was also a member of an a cappella trio, the Acapelicans, with Sarah Liversidge and Carl Pannuzzo,{{cite web | url=https://beat.com.au/a-trip-down-memory-lane-mary-mihelakos-walks-us-through-the-iconic-fitzroyalty-lineup/ | title=A Trip Down Memory Lane: Mary Mihelakos Walks Us Through the Iconic Fitzroyalty Lineup | first=Bryget | last=Chrisfield | work=Beat | date=30 June 2021 | access-date=30 January 2023 }} which issued three albums Those Acapelicans (1994), Hear from Happiness (1998) and Little Mountains (2000).{{cite web | url=http://thedwarf.com.au/nd/layout/set/print/albumreviews/broke_banned_songs_of_sime_nugent_sime_nugent | title=Broke & Banned Songs of Sime Nugent – Sime Nugent | first=D W | last=May | website=thedwarf.com.au | date=2 May 2005 | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080804030531/http://thedwarf.com.au/nd/layout/set/print/albumreviews/broke_banned_songs_of_sime_nugent_sime_nugent | archive-date=4 August 2008 | access-date=30 January 2023 }}

In 1999 Simon Nugent and No Feathers were formed; they issued a self-titled album in that year. The group evolved into Sime Nugent and the Forefathers, which issued an album, More About the Benefit of Hindsight (2002) with Nugent on lead vocals, guitars and harmonica joined by Roger Bergodaz on drums, Steve Hesketh on piano, Wurlitzer and vocals and Amos Sheehan on bass guitar. Their next album, Undertow (2003), was declared feature album of the week by Australian music journalist, Ed Nimmervoll.{{cite web | url=http://www.howlspace.com.au/en5/simenugent/cd1.htm | title=Sime Nugent and the Forefathers – The Undertow |first=Ed |last=Nimmervoll | author-link=Ed Nimmervoll | website=HowlSpace | date=8 December 2003 | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040204001843/http://www.howlspace.com.au/en5/simenugent/cd1.htm | archive-date=4 February 2004 | access-date=30 January 2023 }} Nimmervoll found that most of its tracks deal with Nugent's recent separation from a domestic partner and their child. While Tim Cashmere of Undercover felt it was "an eclectic form of acoustic folk that needs to be felt as well as heard."{{cite web | url=http://www.undercover.com.au/reviews/ursimenugentundertow.html | title=Sime Nugent and the Forefathers, The Undertow | author=Cashmere, Tim | website=Undercover | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040915103922/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/11299/20040329-0000/www.undercover.com.au/reviews/ursimenugentundertow.html | date=29 March 2004 | archive-date=15 September 2004 | access-date=30 January 2023 | url-status=bot: unknown }}

The artist provided his next album, Broke & Banned – Songs of Sime Nugent, in 2005 via Low Transit Industries. D W May of theDwarf.com.au observed, "sparse instrumentation is clever and considered" where "space opens up around the sublime lyric, enabling the song to breathe and adding weight to his vocal." In 2008, on harmonica, guitar and backing vocals, Nugent formed a country music five-piece the Wilson Pickers alongside John Bedggood on fiddle, mandolin and backing vocals, Andrew Morris on acoustic guitar and vocals, Ben Salter on banjo and vocals and Danny Widdicombe on resonator guitar and vocals.{{Citation | last = Roberts | first = Jo | date = 16 July 2010 | title = Never too busy to pick up on a good idea | periodical = The Age }}{{cite web | url=https://themusic.com.au/features/the-wilson-pickers-sime-nugent-chris-familton/1TzGycjLys0/19-09-16 | title=The Wilson Pickers Were Derailed Before You Can't Catch Fish from a Train | work=theMusic.com.au | first=Chris | last=Familton | date=19 September 2016 | access-date=30 January 2023 }} His next solo album, Happy Hour, appeared in November 2007.{{cite web | url=http://www.thedwarf.com.au/nd/layout/set/print/interviews/sime_nugent_s_happy_hour | title=Sime Nugent's Happy Hour | author=Bomb, H | website=thedwarf.com.au | date=21 November 2007 | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080801065135/http://www.thedwarf.com.au/nd/layout/set/print/interviews/sime_nugent_s_happy_hour | archive-date=1 August 2008 | access-date=30 January 2023 }} His next solo album, Ten Years at the Table, was released in 2010.

In parallel with his solo work he formed a duo, Sweet Jean, with Alice Keath on acoustic guitar, autoharp, banjo, electric guitar, keyboards, piano and vocals in 2010. Their debut album, Dear Departure, appeared in 2013 and was followed by Greetings from Goodbye (2014) and Monday to Friday (2016).

Outside of his music career Nugent has worked as a sculptor, visual artist and furniture maker.

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