Nick Lowe Net Worth

How much is Nick Lowe worth?

Net Worth:$10 Million
Profession:Professional Singer
Date of Birth:March 24, 1949
Country:United Kingdom
Height:
1.76 m

About Nick Lowe

Nicholas Drain Lowe is a British singer-songwriter, musician, and producer who was born on March 24, 1949. In the 1980s, Lowe made a number of popular albums and over the years rose to prominence in the power pop and new wave scenes. Lowe has released numerous acclaimed solo and Rockpile recordings. Along with Graham Parker and Elvis Costello, he produced music. I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass and Cruel to Be Kind are two of his best-known tunes.

English singer-songwriter, musician and producer Nick Lowe has an estimated net worth of $10 million dollars, as of 2023. Not only a singer, Lowe plays guitar, bass guitar, piano and harmonica.

As a teenager, Lowe participated in several mid-’60s rock bands with his boyhood buddy Brinsley Schwarz before being known for the distinctly English-sounding group Kippington Lodge, of which they were both members. Later, the ensemble changed into a band going by the name of Lowe’s close friend, and by the early 1970s, Brinsley Schwarz was one of the most well-known performers and names in Britain’s retro, straightforward pub rock scene. A few years later, the advent of punk rock in England would be significantly impacted by the straightforward, roots-inspired rock and roll of this era.

Nick Lowe Begins to Play a Major Role

Lowe had already made a name for himself as a key songwriter and producer before punk’s eruption in Britain in 1976 and 1977, serving as a mentor to a number of bands ready to strike a balance between rootsy, vintage pub rock and the new, creative sound that would come to characterize punk. With “So It Goes”/”Heart of the City” Lowe established himself as a major force on the now-iconic label Stiff Records. However, he almost immediately rose to prominence as the go-to producer for major acts like first-wave punk band the Damned and fellow boundary-pushing singer-songwriter Elvis Costello.

Ahead of a Solo Career

A true original, Lowe had developed as a performer, becoming increasingly distinct and eccentric while doing so. In his early singles, he dissected the pop song and created an altogether unique take of the country and blues-influenced music he had co-created with Brinsley Schwarz. Lowe actually had his lone significant American hit in 1979 with a fresh rendition of “Cruel to Be Kind,” an old Brinsley Schwarz song that his previous band had never liked. This came after his critically lauded 1978 debut, Jesus of Cool. Lowe now looked to fit into the recently coined new wave sound, despite the fact that it was still quite difficult to describe.

Yet Another Unique Talent Fails to Reach Stardom

A hitmaker’s career, however, was not to be, largely due to Lowe’s determination to follow anyone’s route other than his own. After leaving Rockpile, the group he formed with fellow roots rocker Dave Edmunds and with whom he recorded several records in the late 1970s, Lowe continued his career into the 1980s with a number of unfocused albums that were largely received poorly by listeners, especially 1982’s Nick the Knife and 1983’s The Abominable Showman. However, by the following year Lowe had turned things around with a return to roots rock, a strategy he would typically follow moving forward as a producer and artist.

A Noble Talent Develops & Survives

With the release of well-received studio albums and the formation of Little Village, another brief-lived but hailed supergroup, Lowe entered another period of prolific output in the late 1980s (with John Hiatt, Ry Cooder and Jim Keltner). As the alternative country/Americana trend gained popularity in America in the 1990s, Lowe’s name rose and helped him gain an advantage. Lowe has maintained his consistency throughout the new decade, creating excellent records and touring without fighting the changes that getting older has in store for him. He has fully accepted his role as a cult favorite.

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