Nigel Olsson
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Nigel Olsson (born 10 February 1949) is an English rock drummer and singer best known for his long-time affiliation with Elton John. A dynamic drummer and backing vocalist, Olsson helped establish the Elton John sound as a member of John's original power trio alongside bassist Dee Murray.
When not working with John, Olsson has taken up the role of a session musician.
Olsson has composed, recorded, and produced albums for his own solo career.
Personal life
Olsson has two children: Justin, who lives with his wife Angela in the United States, and Annette, who lives with her husband Barry and children Ashley and Katie in England. He has been married to Schanda Butler since 25 June 1989, and resides in Los Angeles.
Olsson is a longtime car and racing fanatic, and has been associated with the Vintage Auto Racing Association and the Historic Motor Sports Association in the United States as both a racing car driver and a pace car driver.
Career
Olsson was born in Wallasey, Cheshire, England, the second of five boys. He began playing the guitar in small bands and took up the drums at a show where the drummer did not turn up at the last minute. Plastic Penny, the band that issued Two Sides of a Penny on Page One Records in 1968, was his first appearance on a record album. Olsson's album, "I Want You," was showcased on one song on the album, "I Want You," with lead vocals and a drum solo. On the "flower power" pop single "Imagine" by Argosy, a one-off band that also featured Reginald Dwight (later known as Elton John), Caleb Quaye, and Roger Hodgson, he performed drums in 1969. Olsson appeared on two songs on their debut LP, 'eavy.' Very 'umble.' He played drums on one track on Elton John's debut album, Empty Sky, and then replaced Dave Hynes in The Spencer Davis Group, joining forces with bassist Dee Murray. John joined John on the road in April 1970 as his touring band, and he appeared with him on his first tour in the United States at the Troubadour Club on August 25, 1970. Only allowed at first to perform on one of John's early studio albums, Olsson and Murray, as well as guitarist Davey Johnstone, formed Elton's studio band on January 1972.
Johnstone, Olsson, and Murray were on board for a string of critically acclaimed albums and hit singles. Honky Chateau, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and Caribou are among the albums. Ray Cooper, the renowned session percussionist, arrived permanently, only short of his sessions with the Caribou studio sessions, having previously worked as a sideman, the Elton John Band was billed as The Elton John Band. Olsson appeared on all of John's tours and has admitted that he gets anxious about performing on stage.
On Uni Records, Olsson produced and released his debut solo album Nigel Olsson's Drum Orchestra and Chorus, starring Murray, Cochise (band) guitarist Mick Grabham, and Hookfoot guitarist Caleb Quaye, who had appeared on John's debut albums. Olsson has performed on the Liverpool trio's Resurrection (1973), a tribute to their reunion album.
Following the debut of Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, which, when released, debuted in May 1975, Olsson and Murray were dropped from John's band. 1. Nigel Olsson's second solo album, The Rocket Record Company, debuted on John's own record label The Rocket Record Company later this year, and was released by Gus Dudgeon. Robert Appére produced the album.
Olsson continued to perform as a studio musician, releasing another self-titled album by Paul Davis on Columbia in 1978, while Martin Pichinson handled the album. Despite the fact that the album gained no top 40 fame, in 1979, he released Nigel and enjoyed some modest success as a solo artist, scoring two Top 40 hits on the US pop chart with "A Little Bit of Soap" and "Dancin' Shoes," the latter of which hit the Top 20 at No. 20. 18. Carl Storie wrote "Dancin' Shoes," which was first recorded by his Faith Band.
On CBS's Bang Records' Changing Tides, he released the album in August 1980, but it failed to achieve chart success. Olsson returned to Elton John's band for what was supposed to be a four-year contract, appearing on John's albums 21 at 33 and The Fox. Murray and Johnstone, Johnstone's former bandmates on the tour behind John's 1982 album Jump Up!, stayed with the reformed band through the next two albums and tours for Too Low for Zero (1983) and Breaking Hearts (1984). They would return just one more time in 1988 for backing vocals on Reg Strikes Back, prior to Murray's untimely death on January 15, 1992.
Olsson reunited with Johnstone in the band Warpipes in 1991, releasing Holes in the Heavens. Despite the fact that the album was highly acclaimed, it fell short of commercially when Artful Balance, the band's brand, went bankrupt, and the band was unable to tour to promote the album.
Olsson performed backing vocals alongside Billy Trudel and Ken Stacey on The Today Show on March 31, 2000, when John appeared on The Road to El Dorado's soundtrack. Olsson performed drums on three songs at a Broadway Cares/Edge Affection Benefit in New York City on April 3rd. Olsson was alternating with and playing drums alongside Curt Bisquera during John's "One Night Only" concerts in New York City on October 20 and 21. Olsson took over full-time drumming duties when Bisquera moved to pursue other ventures in January 2001.
Move The Universe, Olsson's 2001 solo album, was released on 81 Records. Davey Johnstone and Guy Babylon produced the album and appeared on all of the tracks, as well as Bob Birch on bass, Elton John slander John alumnus Fred Mandel on piano, John Mahon on percussion, and Billy Trudel on backing vocals. On Roachford's "Naked Without You," Kiki Dee performed lead vocals, and McGuinness's brother Kai sang lead vocals on McGuinness Flint's "When I'm Dead an' Gone." Elton John & Bernie Taupin's "Building A Bird" demo had been written in 1994 during Elton John & Bernie Taupin's album "Made in England," but no one had ever written one. The album was dedicated to late Dee Murray by Olsson.
On several tracks on John's Songs from the West Coast (2001), he performed and sang backing vocals in the studio. He appeared on Peachtree Road (2004) and The Captain & the Kid (2006), as well as being involved in the touring band, as well as Johnstone, Bob Birch (keyboards), and John Mahon (percussion). This band titled Wonderful Crazy Night in 2012, with bassist Matt Bissonette replacing the late Bob Birch in 2012.
Olsson performed his 2000th appearance with Elton John at the Ice Hall Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on November 9, 2014.
Olsson performed his 2,267th concert with Elton John at The Colosseum in Las Vegas, Nevada, on his 68th birthday, February 10, 2017.