Biography
EARLY DAYS
In
the late 80s and 90s, alt.blues/roots musician and songwriter Craig
Hughes paid his dues playing in alternative rock bands, at the same
time developing his acoustic blues chops as a street musician.
Lots of miserable, cold, wet busking from Glasgow through Central
Scotland to the Edinburgh Festival and back.
LIVE ALT.BLUES/ROOTS
The
success of a couple of solo acoustic gigs in 2005 led to a support slot
with Tony McPhee of The Groundhogs and the opportunity to record a demo
EP in Dublin. The demo was well received and led to gigs in the
USA (in 2006 and 2007), as well as at venues and Americana promotions
across Glasgow. Festival appearances include Bloom'N'Blues,
Altus, Arkansas U.S.A. (2006 & 2007), Oxjam's Ashton Lane Folk
Festival, Glasgow 2007 and two appearances at Blues On The River (part
of The Glasgow Jazz Festival) 2009.
THAT DEVIL MUSIC
In
2008 Craig began putting monthly alt.blues/roots gigs on in Glasgow
under the banner That Devil Music, featuring himself plus guests. After
a successful run at MacSorley's, TDM became a mostly acoustic affair at
The State Bar, with occasional full-band gigs at other venues in the
city.
RECORDINGS
New
on Channel Nowhere, Craig's first album (recorded at Glasgow's Audio
Experiments studio) is Pissed Off, Bitter And Willing To Share.
Recent releases: the five-song EP Broke, Lonely and Guilty and
the limited edition single Hope It Makes You Happy.
Since
2006, Craig has provided original music for several short films.
He has recently completed the soundtrack for the feature film, Stix and
Stanes, now in post production, for writer/director Joe McArdle.