Nic Dalton (born 14 November 1964) is an Australian musician, best known as the bass guitarist for American band The Lemonheads at the height of their popularity. In Australia, he runs the record label Half A Cow, and has been a long-time member of the bands Sneeze and Godstar with Tom Morgan, as well playing with Ratcat and The Hummingbirds.In 1998, Dalton left Sydney and moved to a farm on the outskirts of the village of Morongla (near Cowra in central west New South Wales) with his girlfriend, writer Lucy Lehmann. He closed the Half A Cow bookshop, but continued to run the record label from the farm, while working on a second solo album. Dalton and Lehmann ended their relationship in April 2003, and Dalton continued to work on the album, setting himself a deadline of his 40th birthday for its recording. The album, titled Home of the Big Regret, was recorded between July and November 2004 with a bluegrass band Dalton called the Gloomchasers Orchestra. Despite their breakup, Lehmann remained heavily involved with the album, having co-written several of the songs and writing the liner notes for the CD.
In 1998, Dalton played bass for Ratcat at the Homebake festival, at the Big Day Out festival in 2003 and for a support slot with the Psychedelic Furs in 2006. Dalton moved back to Sydney in 2006, after a year in Melbourne, and formed a new lineup of the Gloomchasers, as well as joining lounge act the Handlebars.
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