HW 40th Anniversary Show - Huw

[John Majka]

As a guitar player myself, I've always been hugely impressed with Huw.  He 
does indeed have a unique signature style quite unlike that of anyone else 
I've ever heard.  I am always completely mesmerized listening to his leads 
in Hawkwind and on his solo albums.  Others may speak of Simon's skills, but 
for me, Huw is definitely Hawkwind's most musically gifted member.  I'd love 
for him to join up with the rest of the hawks for another musical 
journey....
John Majka

> Hi
> Huw was always rated highly. My non Hawkwind liking mates and guitar 
> freaks turned out to the 80s gigs because of him. I was always, still am, 
> a fan of his playing - in saying that he did have a tendency to cut 
> through on the higher notes - perhaps to be heard against the 
> synths/volume of the band? I've met a good number of the band members over 
> the years, most have been great. Huw, I have to say has always been first 
> class.
>
> Regards
>
> Dave
> ---- Steve Swann <swann1066 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> Say it aint so!  I have no idea how Huw rates among people who actually 
>> know about playing guitar, but to me as a fan his playing scorches my 
>> brain and makes my spine tingle.  I think my Hawkwind fandom is probably 
>> a main reason I've never bothered messing with drugs - listening to Huw 
>> blazing through the guitar solo on Elric the Enchanter blows my mind 
>> perfectly well on its own thanks.  :)
>>
>> Btw thanks to StevePXR5 for putting me on the the existence of the 
>> Atomhenge Live Chronicles, I just ordered it!
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "SHLL (Scott Heller)" <shll at HAGEDORN.DK>
>> Date: Wednesday, Mar 18, 2009 5:08 am
>> Subject: Re: HW 40th Anniversary Show
>> To: Reply-    BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List 
>> <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
>>
>> I agree. it would be great it Huw and Tim and they went for this era a 
>> bit but the problem is I have very serious doubts that Huw can actually 
>> do it anymore. The last two times I have seen him it was a disaster... He 
>> can sit down and play some nice acoustic guitar but I think he lost as an 
>> electric rock guitarist anymore.. not sure why.. alcohol..perhaps... I 
>> love a lot of his stuff in the 80's...
>>
>> scott
>>
>>
>> On 17 Mar 2009, at 08:24, Steve Swann wrote:
>> > Oh man, if Dave got together a lineup with Tim and Huw I'd be camped
>> > outside the venue already.  I've been listening to Live Chronicles a
>> > lot lately and I gotta say, I think their "Lloyd- Langton Speed Metal
>> > Era" (as one of you wiseacres dubbed it), is probably my favorite
>> > post-Space Ritual Hawkwind era....
>>
>>
>> I quite like the Chronicles stuff, and some of the other 80s-ish Huw- era 
>> things.  "Shot Down in the Night" on _Live '79_, the "speed- metal" 
>> version of "Psy Power" from ... err, I forget which record or records, 
>> but you know what I mean, and "War I Survived" on _Xenon Codex_.  Still, 
>> it also almost seems like those recordings belong to a different band 
>> .... though I suppose one could argue that almost
>> _every_ Hawkwind "era" sounds like it belongs to a different band.
>> Maybe it's that two guitars in Hawkwind sound not quite "right" to me
>> -- for all that Huw was basically a founding member and a key member at 
>> other times.  That may be why I really warm to the _Palace Spring_ 
>> macro-lineup more than the Chronicles-type lineup.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Carl
>>
>> --
>> Carl Edlund Anderson
>> http://www.carlaz.com/
>