Hugh on guitar, vocals, harmonica, piano, organ, bass and drum programming
Influences
Replacements, Kinks, Rufus Wainwright, Joe Henry, Macy Gray, Steve Earle, Bottle Rockets, Ron Sexton, Fiona Apple, Nirvana, Elvis Costello, Beatles and Stones.
Plus Cole Porter, Hank Williams and the wild lyrics by hillbillies and bluesmen on Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music.
hmhart@pacbell.net | I blog for wired.com, write about movies for San Francisco Chronicle and just finished my ten-song CD How To Be a Millionaire, recorded on Garageband and mixed by Alex Kharlamov.
Before moving west, I rocked Chicago clubs and recording studios with squalling guitarist J.D. Dragus, soul man Nick Tremulis, marching band saxophonist / activist Mark Messing, ridiculously good drummers Ed Breckenfeld, Jeff Thomas, Greg Marsh and Jim Hines (now touring with Brian Wilson), guitar virtuoso Rob Williams, dance diva Suzanne Palmer, songwriters Gary Yerkins and Doug Hoekstra, blues belter Vanessa Davis and Tony-winning composer Alaric Jans.
In sun-baked Studio City I've got the trusty spinet piano to my right, a funky acoustic guitar propped up in a milk crate and a batch of harmonicas. The first couple tracks, above, are from the Garageband-produced new Millionaire album, How To Be a Millionaire encompassing hobos, bankruptcy, part-time idiots and gold mines.
Hi Hugh, thanks for the friend request. No baritone sax on 'everything', just a big mess of guitars, voices and electric piano.. and drums... good to hear from you!
