Well … I really haven’t kept this blog going properly at all in recent months. However, as of this next few weeks that should change, and hopefully I’ll be able to get into the swing of regular bloggage. As it is, below is a news update, aimed at those of you not on my mailing list. Most of the subjects touched upon here will be the main focus of the blog over the year – particularly gigging and recording, both solo and with Dog Moon Howl.
Graveyard Full Of Blues weekend tour
Sleepy Eyes Nelson and myself are off on a long-weekend January Scottish tour in support of our split release Graveyard Full Of Blues. Catch us downstairs @ The State Bar in Glasgow (with special guests Jim Dead + Tragic O’Hara) on Friday the 27th, @ The Ale House in Edinburgh on Saturday 28th and @ The Northern Vaults in Montrose (with The Rag’N'Bone Man + Norm Stephen) on Sunday 29th. Hope to see some of you there!
Future Gigs
2012 looks like being a busy year, kicking off with the Dog Moon Howl Glasgow/Edinburgh shows and the GFOB long weekender. New bookings (solo and band) are coming in all the time – Glasgow dates already confirmed include a gig with Jim Dead plus a Big Blues Day at The Ferry in April. Please do keep checking www.craighughes.net for gig updates and booking details.
Dog Moon Howl
The new band is now in business. Our first gig was in Glasgow at The 13th Note on Friday November 11th with Low Sonic Drift and Headless Kross and it was a blast. Video from that night of us playing Blues Like A Hammer (a somewhat more full-on version of my solo track from 2010) can be found here on YouTube. Since then we’ve played Bannerman’s in Edinburgh and returned to The 13th Note as special guests of touring English trad-metal crew Morpheus Rising, and are waiting for confirmation on more gigs. We have studio-time booked and will be recording our first EP in March, for an April/May release.
Again, just to be clear, Dog Moon Howl is not a blues project – this is very much a rock band, influenced as much by Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Rush and Led Zeppelin as anyone. We can be found on Facebook & MySpace (Click! ”Like”! Follow!), or on our very own website - www.dogmoonhowl.com which is filling up nicely with photos, video, band biographies and the likes.
