STANISLAS' NIGHTMARE
Everything started with a nightmare instead of a dream. But first, a few things about Garrie’s childhood and the road which took him to Paris where he recorded his legendary album which remained virtually unheard for decades until the Internet and its reissue appeared . Our hero was born in Ripon, a small town in North Yorkshire, most famous for its cathedral founded by Scottish monks fifteen centuries earlier. Nick stayed there more or less only for a day since his mother insisted on giving birth in England, and returned to Paris as soon as possible. His parents soon divorced. His mother married an Egyptian diplomat and Nick stayed with her and learned French and English simultaneously. When he was six, they sent him to Britain, to go to school in Hull and Norwich. There he sang in a choir, which he did not like, but he learned all about harmonies and melodies in it. When he was thirteen, he started playing the guitar and imitating the Beatles. Although he was an English stude...