Hugh Pool
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Hugh Pool | |
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| Hugh Pool Playing a Stratocaster in 2011. Hugh Pool Playing a Stratocaster in 2011. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Hugh Eustis Pool March 17, 1964 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Genres | Americana, roots rock, folk, blues, country |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, film scorer, sound engineer, instructor, music producer |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, Vocals, Slide Guitar, Lap Steel, Harmonica, Banjo, Ukelele, Mandolin, Electric guitar |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels | Red Tug Records |
| Website | Hugh Pool |
Hugh Pool (born Hugh Eustis Potts Pool, March 17, 1964, Mars, Pennsylvania) is an American musician[1], and songwriter who plays guitar in a unique style that melds traditional Delta blues, country music and classic and psychedelic rock and roll. His instrument of choice is a National Steel Triolian, a resonator guitar somewhat like a Dobro, played with a spark plug wrench through an Ibanez TS-9 overdrive pedal and a Dunlop Dyna comp compressor. He also plays Harmonica, Banjo, Lap Steel, Mandolin, sings and plays standard electric guitars.
Biography
Inspired by the album Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Neil Young, Deep Purple, Bob Dylan, The Allman Brothers and Creedence Clearwater Revival, Pool started playing the guitar at the age of 15 . At the age of 20, Hugh moved to New York City and began performing in the city's subway system. During this time he frequented The Sun Mountain Cafe, The Speakeasy and Matt Uminov Guitars, where he befriended and played with Chris Whitley and John Campbell, until their respective and untimely deaths.
Pool has shared the stage with such luminaries as Vassar Clements, Patti Smith, Government Mule, Levon Helm, Leslie West, Johnny Winter, Dave Edmunds, John Mayall, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and more. As an engineer, Pool is the co-owner of Brooklyn-based Excello Recording where he has worked with many notable bands, including Debbie Harry, Kiki & Herb, Pagoda, Michael Brecker, Radio 4, Joseph Arthur, Matt Smith, Larry Campbell, Tony Garnier, Canned Heat and more.
He has also performed on the Emeril Lagassi Show, The Mitch Albom Show, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The City (in which he had a recurring roll), and a cameo in the short-lived CBS 2006 television series, Love Monkey. His original songs have been used for television, movies, award-winning documentaries and an off Broadway play (Orphans).
Recording
In 1988 Hugh met Professor Washboard and with keyboardist Brian Mitchell (musician) formed a country blues trio called The Catfish. Over the next 5 years The Catfish busked the streets of Northern Europe, where they went on 4 Scandinavian tours and released 3 Europe-exclusive albums: Yowzah, Delta Delite, and Blackjack.
His first recording as a leader, Spirits Treat Me Gently, was tracked in 1993 At Duplex Sound in the Tribeca section of Manhattan. That release came out on Red Tug Records, a record label started by Mr. Pool. A second recording, Live at the Rodeo Bar, followed in 2001 with James Wormworth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wormworth on drums and Whynot Jansveld on bass
Discography
For album credits, click here
Hugh Pool Band
Studio Albums
- Spirits Treat Me Gently (1993) Red Tug Records
Live Albums
- Live at the Rodeo Bar (2001) Red Tug Records
Mulebone
- Mulebone (2001) Red Tug Records
- New Morning (2010) Red Tug Records
- Bluesville Sessions (2011) Red Tug Records
Film & TV
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Ghost Hunters International
- Dirty Jobs
- Discovery Channel
- Don't Shut Me Out... HIV+ PArents Struggling with Exposure (1996)
- The History Channel
- Shed DVD (2005) Red Tug Records
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1995 | The City | Actor | Spike |
| 2006 | Love Monkey | Actor | as Himself |
References
- ^ "POP AND JAZZ GUIDE". The New York Times. 4 January 2002. p. 33. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
External links
- Living people
- Lead guitarists
- American session musicians
- 1964 births
- American television composers
- American blues guitarists
- American folk guitarists
- American rock guitarists
- American male singers
- Contemporary blues musicians
- Musicians from New York
- Slide guitarists
- American musicologists
- Mulebone Members
- Hugh Pool Band Members