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Name: Nick Garrie
Date and Place of Birth : June 22nd 1949,
Yorkshire
Trivia: Nick Garrie changed his name to
Nick Hamilton (his mother's maiden name) after a request from Francis Lai for his second
album.
Inspirations and influences:
Beatles, Byrds, Dylan, Jacqes Brel and probably more French pop music than English.
Recordings:
- Queen Of Spades / Close Your
Eyes - unreleased single.
- A tape recorded in Belgium, unreleased.
1 - The Nightmare of J.B. Stanislas
(DiscAZ 1969) - Recorded as Nick Garrie.
2 - Suitcase Man (Picas
1984) - Includes
Smile co-written with Francis Lai.
This recording went up tp the No.1 position on Spain (El
Hombre de la Maleta).
3 - The Playing Fields (1993)
- Includes
Love in My Eyes co-written with Francis Lai and in 1994 Nick toured Japan and Korea with the Francis Lai orchestra.
4 - Twelve Old Songs (LBM)
- Re-recordings of his own songs, includes
Love in My Eyes.
5 - Plastic Tree (RG
Prince 2003) - Soundtrack composed by Francis Lai
with one song with lyrics and sung by Nick Hamilton.
Other Activities:
- Nick runs a ski club in the Swiss Alps, teaching skiing during the day and playing and singing at night.
- He has also run a balloon company and is now working as a French teacher in a comprehensive school. |
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Information taken from the official site and his interview from
Sweet Albion
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:. Lyrics by Nick Hamilton |
Ballerina Eyes performed
by Navah |
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Love In My Eyes performed
by Nick Hamilton, included in the album Suitcase
Man |
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Noël, Un Enfant performed by
Saskia & Serge, lyrics by Pierre-André
Dousset and Nick Hamilton |
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Smile performed by Nick Hamilton,
included in the album The Playing
Fields |
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Walk Across the World performed
by Brenda Wooton |
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Lovers from Plastic
Tree soundtrack, performed by Nick Hamilton |
Nick
Hamilton and Francis Lai recorded Lovers
over the phone. Nick is in Lisbon and Lai in Paris!
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| Love
in My Eyes, Smile and
Walk Across the World are included in the
14CD Boxset Francis Lai
Story. Lyrics (poorly) transcribed by me are
located in Non
Soundtrack Songs 2 |
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more information visit Hamilton's official website: Nick
Hamilton |
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