Guus Meeuwis

Gustaaf Stephanus Modestus Guus Meeuwis is a Dutch singer and songwriter. As part of the band Vagant, he scored several hits in the Netherlands and Flanders during the 90s and first decade of the 2000s.

Guus Meeuwis was born at a monastery in Mariahout, a small village in the municipality of Laarbeek where his parents were living temporarily. He attended Stella Maris College, and went on to study jurisprudence in Tilburg. It quickly became apparent that Meeuwis was musically talented while at school. Following a romantic weekend in Bruges with his girlfriend Valrie he wrote the song Het is een Nacht , with which, in 1994, he won a prize at the AHCStudentensongfestival in Leiden. He and his backing band were awarded a record contract, under the name Guus Meeuwis amp Vagant, after a caf they frequented. Marc Meeuwis, Jan Willem Rozenboom, Hugo van Bilsen, Robin van Beek en Dirk Oerlemans. At the end of 2001 the group decided to split and Meeuwis continued on as a solo artist.

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