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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Dutch hymnwriters, Dutch singer-songwriters, Herman Brood, Andre Hazes, Esmee Denters, Mark Ritsema, Cornelis Vreeswijk, EliZe, Youp van 't Hek, Sharon den Adel, Wally Tax, Hans van Hemert, Boudewijn de Groot, Peter Van Wood, Amber, Bolland & Bolland, Marga Scheide, Will Hoebee, Guus Meeuwis, Floor Jansen, Piet Souer, George Baker, Simone Simons, Belinda Meuldijk, Huub Oosterhuis, Signe Tollefsen, Thijs van Leer, Pierre Kartner, Kizzy, Robert Westerholt, Laura Jansen, Tim Knol, VanVelzen, Angela Groothuizen, Lenny Kuhr, Linde Nijland, Manoush, Dick Annegarn, Henk Westbroek, E.H. Roelfzema, Frank I. Kooyman, Nick Schilder, Patty Trossel, Charlotte Wessels, Allan Eshuijs, Geert R. A. Kliphuis, Ralf Mackenbach, Simon Keizer, Herman van Veen, Charlie Dee, Stevie Ann, Gerrit de Jong Jr., Bertolf Lentink, Mirjam Timmer, Daniel Sahuleka, Jan Rot, Nick & Simon. Excerpt: Hermanus "Herman" Brood (pronounced "Hairmon Broat" /bro: t/; November 5, 1946 - July 11, 2001) was a Dutch musician, painter and media personality. Initially a musician who achieved artistic and commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s, and called "the Netherlands' greatest and only rock 'n' roll star," later in life he became a well-known painter. Known for his hedonistic lifestyle of "sex, drugs and rock 'n roll," Brood was an enfant terrible and a cultural figure whose suicide apparently caused by a failure to kick his drug and alcohol habit, only strengthened his controversial status. His suicide, according to a poll organized to celebrate fifty years of Dutch popular music, was the most significant event in its history. Herman Brood in 1997Herman Brood was born in Zwolle, and started playing the piano at age 12. He founded beat band The Moans in 1964, which would later become Long Tall Ernie and the Shakers. Brood was asked to play with Cuby and...
