Daily Discovery: Nicky Egan, “Made a Fool of Me”

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ARTIST: Nicky Egan

SONG: Made a Fool of Me

HOMETOWN: Bucks County, Pa

CURRENT LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY

AMBITIONS: Travel to every continent, play a show at the Supernatural Amphitheater in Australia, take my parents on vacation, earn a second degree.

TURN-OFFS: Insincerity, laziness

TURN-ONS: Someone who’s passionate about something, laughing, confidence in one’s self, an early Ray Charles record on the player..

SONGS I WISH I WROTE: “Something” by George Harrison, “Ain’t Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again” David & Julie Lasley, Bonnie Raitt

5 PEOPLE I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: Leon Russell, George Porter Jr, Amy Poehler & Tina Fey together at some sort of ladies night happy hour, Dangermouse.

FAVORITE CONCERT EXPERIENCE:

Top 3:

Bobby McFerrin and his Voicestra at Symphony Hall, Boston Ma- 2007

Paul Simon at the Berklee Performance Center 2008/09?

Red Hot Chili Peppers at what was then The Tweeter Center in Camden. It was the first big concert my parents let me go to “unsupervised”…