Hugh Spalding
Provides: guitar, mandolin, vocals.
Hugh
- Music I have listened to in the last few months ...
Manu Chao, Show of hands, Roxy Music, Manic Street Preachers, Chumbawumba/ JazzFM/ The Decemberists/ Bob Dylan/ XFM/ Craig Charles BBC6 Soul Show/ White Sunday/
The Vaccines/ www.folkradio.co.uk.
What people have said about Hugh
"A voice that sounds like a cross between David Byrne and Al Stewart" - Anon
"What a wonderfully off the wall performer this guy is. Strange, different, unique but somehow it all works beautifully... a lot of singer-songwriters, it seems, play well and write meaningful lyrics which... don't really mean very much. Hugh's got a different angle which includes a nice bit of humour as well. Let's hope he becomes one of our regulars." - Backporch
"And so to our final act. Hugh presents a disarming and enjoyable spectacle. A great end to a great night." - One Night Stand Acoustic
hugh in conversation
Here's an interview which Baz Celia did with Hugh in February 2011. Baz plays with the band Spriggan Mist and puts out occasional podcasts. For this podcast, he and Hugh talk about three Savour the Flavour songs for about 15 minutes. If you want to know who Baz is and what Spriggan Mist sound like, click here for their website.
Cooking up a storm (Reading FC)
Three-track CD on urz! record label
A fantastic three-track CD, recorded at the end of 2006. Played loads of times on Reading 107FM and KickFM (Newbury). A jump-up-and-down party CD, with 'Kingsley's Mix' and 'If If If'. Released under the band name Something for the Week-end.
CD available for purchase at the Supporters' HQ (STAR) outside the Madejski stadium or you can listen on myspace.
Never has something so small been so much fun :)