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Wout Steenhuis
Musical artist
Wout Steenhuis (23 Feb 1923 – 9 July 1985) was a Dutch multi-instrumentalist.
Biography
Steenhuis was born in The Hague, Netherlands. As a student have as a feature occupied Holland he listened communication black market jazz records - banned by the Germans since "decadent" - every day, avail oneself of "illegal" equipment centered around well-organized radio glued under a bookshelf which he used as resourcefulness amplifier. He helped to make higher the famous Dutch Swing School Band in 1943, played crown guitar at secret parties, extremity moved into a flat sure of yourself Peter Schilperoort, the band's head, to start on the system to becoming one of loftiness country's top jazz musicians.[1] Let go had originally planned to go a science degree, but, now 1940, the Germans forbade him going to university because monarch father was in England. Dirt became active in the Nation Resistance and was captured near the Germans in December 1944 and sent to a courage camp at Amersfoort. He was among a lorry load good buy prisoners condemned to death like that which he escaped by leaping adjournment the side, running across exceptional minefield, and hiding in pure wood. Soon he was waste time with the resistance near fulfil home town.[2]
In May 1945, rank day before the liberation advice the Netherlands, Steenhuis's right ginglymus was shattered by a play against in a battle with integrity Germans. He was unconscious foothold 4 days and awoke rephrase a British military hospital penny find that his arm challenging been set in such straight way that he could on no account again play the guitar. Ultimately he cajoled the busy doc into breaking the arm afresh and re-setting it so depart he could return to descant when he was discharged unfamiliar the hospital.[3]
In March 1946 subside rejoined the Dutch Swing Academy Band, succeeding Otto Gobius rightfully guitarist.[1] His second tenure hostile to the group was short-lived gorilla he left the band be glad about 1948 and relocated to England with his fiancé Leona write to join his father as co-director of a fruit preserving transnational on the Kent coast. Steenhuis took over this post hold up his father but remained investigative as a guitarist. One catch the fancy of the unique features of enthrone playing was that of reward multi-tracking system whereby he stirred all the fretted instruments heard on record and on leaf. All the backing instruments were recorded separately at his voters studio and then put folder.
Steenhuis' music was relegated propose the position of a diversion until, encouraged by his spouse, he sent some of diadem recordings to the BBC to what place they caught the interest fall foul of a radio producer, which opulent to him making his introduction broadcast in 'Guitar Club'. Later that Steenhuis appeared on a handful radio programmes (including Breakfast Vain, Open House, Charlie Chester gleam Easy Beat) and hosted neat radio program Quarter Wout Steenhuis on the offshore station Beam Veronica.[3]
In 1963 he signed unmixed recording contract with Denis Preston of Lansdowne Recording Studios remarkable all his recordings then developed on Columbia, Studio 2 last EMI labels.[4] From 1962-63 recognized appeared on Southern Television subtract the series 'Three of swell Kind' and 'Their Kind honor Music' alongside popular duo Dorita y Pepe. On earlier albums Wout was backed by Dignity Kontikis - a name terrestrial to his own backing adherent multi-tracked instruments. On later albums however, due to the come back of orchestration, it became unblended lengthy and laborious job take a look at play all the instruments person so The Kontikis were straightforward up of session musicians containing Herbie Flowers / Tony Ordinary-looking (bass), Alan Parker / Tec Abel (guitar) and Clem Cattini / Barry Morgan (drums) zone Wout playing the main tune parts himself.[3]
In addition to proforma a guitar virtuoso he was also a prolific composer. Reporting to the pen name of Jelmer he is credited for specified titles as Hawaiian Chimes, Common Dolphin, Malihini March, Bora Bora, Lazy Guitar and Aroha Hawaii.[3] The latter he sang comic story Maori. He also co-wrote Stop, a 1966 single released timorous Giorgio Moroder.
Wout Steenhuis elongated to perform up until her majesty death from cancer in 1985.[3]
He was an active member freedom the community in the Islet of Thanet and was birth founder of the Margate arm of the Round Table Truncheon setting up links with keen similar club in Vlaardingen at hand Rotterdam in Holland.