"Anyone who's in danger of overdosing on the oh-so-sensitive-and-mellow end of the acoustic spectrum should check out David Hughes..sharp eye..sardonic wit..very British."
Dirty Linen, USA
(Mar 2000)
Why isn't this man rich and famous and a household name?
Wordy, sharp witted, ironic, satirical, a skilled singer songwriter and a fine fingerstyle guitarist and yet relatively unknown except within the folk circuit.
David Hughes is an acoustic guitarist, songwriter, playwright and author. His five albums include ACTIVE IN THE PARISH which, in 1997 was named by Q magazine as one of their albums of the year. His three published books include a diary of a UK tour supporting Fairport Convention in 1998. His plays, with a local focus, regularly sell out in Maldon, Essex.
He has recorded and performed with some of the finest musicians in the UK including Gerry Conway, Jacqui McShee, Danny Thompson, Bert Jansch, Eddi Reader, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Spencer Cozens, Chris While, Julie Matthews, Chris Leslie and Alan Thomson.
"David Hughes can tell a story and he entertains. Warts and all, it's here...Cannily the whole tale is enlightened by a live CD in the back cover w
hich proves Hughes to be not only a lively writer but an adroit songwriter to boot..."
fROOTS
(Dec 1998)
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Of great interest to Fairport Convention fans, the 1998 tour diary and cd package is a humerous and lively account of his supporting slot with the biggest folk rock band in the UK
"The Fairport Tour"
(From support act to God Of Rock)
by David Hughes
An account of 30 consecutive nights on the road, as support act on the 1998 Fairport Convention winter tour.
Almost a historic document
This book was originally published on the net, as a daily report from the tour bus. Then with some extra material and a load more photos, it was published as a book in time for the Cropredy festival.
We thought that we had sold out, but with some very late book shop returns, there are now a final 80 copies available.
Even though this was only about four years ago, since then the tour bus and DM have departed. So it's a bit of Fairport history.
Available HERE ( but I believe it really is in short supply )
I own this and it is worth buying
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As well as being a solo artist, he tours each year with ST AGNES FOUNTAIN ( with Chris While, Chris Leslie and Julie Matthews ) and has also toured with Pentangle and Fairport.
I am hoping for new material.. but until then will enjoy the collection I have and probably catch him with St Agnes Fountain again if they come to Wales. I have some pics and video of that show in Pontardawe last x mas to shove on here as soon as I can. It was the first time I had seen them and they were excellent.
I urge you to give this man a listen and grab some of his music. It seems very wrong to me that talent like this is not as widely acknowledged as it deserves to be.
And I wish I could play like him !
His albums are available HERE and are well worth buying
David Hughes official website HERE
David Hughes MYSPACE with tracks
Press articles HERE
David Hughes on Cropredy 2002 HERE
Hughes's published books are: THE MALDONIANS, hardback, 1996; THE FAIRPORT TOUR, paperback, 1998, both published by The Folk Corporation, and, most recently, MALDON, published by Black Horse Books.
His plays: LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, 2000.
TROUBLED WATERS, 2005.
TABLO'S TOP TWENTY, 2006.
David's albums are:
CURTAINS
(1992 Hypertension HYCD 200 126)
ACTIVE IN THE PARISH
(1995 The Folk Corporation TFCCD 999)
FIFTY YARDS OF DAVID HUGHES
(1997 The Folk Corporation TFCCD 1099)
THIS OTHER EDEN
(1999 The Folk Corporation TFCCD 2003)
RECOGNISED 19 track compilation
(2002 The Folk Corporation TFCCD 2007)
I CAN EXPLAIN
(2004 The Folk Corporation TFCCD 2010).
Other Albums include:
ST AGNES FOUNTAIN,
ST AGNES FOUNTAIN - COMFORT AND JOY
ST AGNES FOUNTAIN - THE SHOW (Live)
ST AGNES FOUNTAIN - 3 SHIPS (Live)
Credits: top pic by Chris Bates
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