Nick Garrie

Nick Garrie-Hamilton, better known as Nick Garrie, is a British singer-songwriter best known for his extremely rare 1969 debut album, The Nightmare of JB Stanislas. Original copies of the album, which was reportedly only available in France, are known to be very expensive, and it was not until 2005, when Rev-ola Records issued it, that it was available on compact disc. In 2010 Elefant Records re-issued the album as a deluxe edition with newly recorded songs written in the late 1960s, demos of the originals and a short book written by the artist.

Garrie was never commercially successful in the English-speaking world, though his second album, Suitcase Man, peaked at Number 1 in Spain.

In 2009 Elefant Records put out a collection of Garrie's new songs entitled ’49 Arlington Gardens’, recorded with Scottish musicians in Glasgow, including Duglas T. Stewart (BMX Bandits), Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Francis Macdonald (Teenage Fanclub), Ally Kerr (singer/songwriter). In June 2012, for the first time in over forty years, Garrie performed 'The Nightmare Of J.B. Stanislas' in its entirety - with a string section - at the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona to a rapturous reception and critical acclaim.

In recent years Garrie has played Shepherd's Bush Empire (with Camera Obscura), Celtic Connections (Glasgow), Tanned Tin (Barcelona), Tonic (New York), L'International (Paris), Primavera Sound (Barcelona and Porto), Lemonpop, Easypop and Felipop (Spain), Altafidelidad (Madrid and Barcelona).

In the 1980s he toured Spain with Leonard Cohen.

In the 1990s he toured Japan and Korea with Francis Lai - a friend and admirer of Garrie's music over the years. They have co-written a number of songs.