I usually play on my own, on guitar, vocals and the odd harmonica.
However, I am sometimes joined by the following people at rare times: Judith Harron - Backing vocals Dan Hughes - mandolin/bass Stephen Clarke: Bodhran
and Moritz Behm appears on Violins on "The sinner and the saints"
Influences
Bruce Springsteen, The Clash, Mischief Brew, Green Day, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, The Alkaline Trio and riot-folk
Sounds Like
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I'm Dave Hughes. I'm a punk-rock political songwriter from Scotland. My main influences are The Clash, Bruce Springsteen and Green Day, although I listen to a hell of a lot more than that.
I've been doing this solo thing for around three years now, and in that time I've played all over the UK, played with some great folk such as Frank Turner, Al Baker, Chris TT, The Tom Fun Orchestra and Damien Dempsy, and generally had fun.
It's all about playing live for me. You can come and listen to the songs on this page any time you want, but the treat is in the live gig which may only come around every so often. With this in mind, I want to play everywhere and anywhere throughout the next year or so.
My email address is dave-at-davehughesmusic.co.uk if you want to get in touch. I also keep the website updated more often than this page, so go check it out sometime.
HALLO! Hows things going Dave? Two things to say really - 1, im coming to full throttle now, woop woop, will be good to hang out again / see you live again. And two, shamelessly, ive gotta say i have three new tracks online and itd be wicked if you could give them a spin! Its the top three in my player, thanks man, see you soon,x
Yeah, I can see how that can be a problem. Unfortunatly the Edinburgh scene seems saturated with Hardcore bands. I know of several metal promoters but no folk or punk ones. I'm sure there must be someone around though.
There is one Edinburgh acoustic punk band called Billy Liar, you could maybe get a gig with him, or he could help you out with a promoter
ah mint i wana get to full throttle but i cant get the time off work, i wanted to go see classic of love aswell but was workin lol good to hear they were gd, richie.
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