
The music industry isn’t short of surprise success stories, but few guitarists have enjoyed a glow-up quite like Robin Nolan has, after the gypsy jazz virtuoso went from busking on the streets of Amsterdam to collaborating with George Harrison – and hanging out with an A-list cast of rockstars.
As the tale goes, Nolan's fortunes changed on an inconspicuous day in 1994. While he was playing in the Dutch city’s lively square of Leidseplein, a tourist bought one of his CDs – and from there the unlikely connection to the Beatle began to form.