Nick Oosterhuis

Nick Oosterhuis (Amsterdam, April 4th 1952), as Nicolaas Oosterhuis, was a Netherlands multi-instrumentalist (guitar, keyboards, flute), songwriter, producer and singer. He has lived in Germany since the early 1990s and runs the Eject Music publishing company with an attached recording studio near Hamburg. Oosterhuis has contributed to numerous international stage and studio productions, including for Bobby Kimball (Toto (band)), Wanda Jackson, Tony Christie, Vicky Leandros, Andrew Strong (The Commitments (film)) en Matthias Reim.
== Career ==
Nick Oosterhuis picks up the guitar at the age of seven, and teaches himself how to play the piano three years later. As a young teenager he forms the jazz group Banshee with which he makes music that is an extension of progressive rock bands such as Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Soft Machine. In the late 1960s, Oosterhuis joins Galaxis, touring Europe and performing on stage at the famous The Cavern Club in Liverpool. In Liverpool Oosterhuis also records music with Albie Donnelly's Supercharge (band).
In the 1970s he makes several recordings and TV appearances with the Dutch rock band The Lemming and singer Geo. In the early 1980s he took part in various album recordings in Germany with, among others, Spacebus, Mónica Chen (Herman Brood) and Michael Eschauzier (Shocking Blue). Nick also collaborates with guitarist Hugo de Bruin (Diesel (band), Time Bandits (band)), bass player Guus Willemse (Solution (band)), Kim Weemhof (Candy Dulfer). In 2015 some of these songs are re-released in a remastered version.
In 1982 Oosterhuis releases his first solo album We Gotta Stop Meeting Like This (as Chris Garner), which was re-released in 2011 under his own name and titled: The Mysterious Disappearance Of Mr. Garner. Projects with the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra and exceptional musicians like Peter Weihe and Werner Becker followed.
Between 1989 and 1991 he is a member of the heavy rock band Lone Age. They release the album Mama, Just Look At Me Now.
In 1992, Nick Oosterhuis founds the Eject Music Publishing Company with an attached recording studio and label. He produces three instrumental albums for EMI in 2003, 2004 and 2007.
In 2006 he forms The Brotherhood Of Rock & Soul with Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes, in 2009 and 2010 he produces two albums for the German singer/songwriter Jasper. Apart from writing songs in English (for Tony Christie), he also writes in German for various artists like =Truck Stop, Markus en Matthias Reim.
== Appreciation ==
In the ranking of the Greatest Keyboard Players of All-Time, Nick Oosterhuis was ranked 16th (in November 2020) and 22nd in the ranking of the Greatest Rock Keyboardists.
== Personal ==
Nick Oosterhuis was the son of Dutch writer Ton Oosterhuis. Oosterhuis died on December 10, 2021. 
== Albums ==
Album 	Year	Remarks
We Gotta Stop Meeting Like This 	1982	as Chris Garner
Kickstarting 	1991	with Keith Ellis
Mama, Just Look At Me Now! 	1991	as a member of Lone Age
Barfüßige Bilder 	1995	with Ferdinand Blume-Werry
Landscape Impressions 	2002	
Spheres Of The Universe 	2003	
The Netherlands 	2008	
Kingsize Taylor With Brotherhood Of Rock N Soul	2008	as a member of Brotherhood Of Rock N Soul
The Mysterious Disappearance Of Mr. Garner 	2011	
From The Dutchbin 	2011	
The Shoobie Doo Philosophy 	2011	
Solo Piano Improvisations 	2013	
Sessions 1983 	2015	with Guus Willemse, Kim Weemhoff en Hugo de Bruin
The Procrastination Tracks 	2016	
Beneath The Water 	2017	Dunrott feat. Ian Cussick
Anthology 1982-1992 	2019	
== Singles ==
Single 	Year	Remarks
Lady, We Can	1985	als Chris Garner
Category:Dutch singers
Category:Dutch record producers
Category:Dutch composers