Neil Terrence Hubbard (born 24 February 1948) is a British guitarist who has performed with Juicy Lucy,

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, Kokomo,

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Kevin Rowland Kevin Rowland (born 17 August 1953) is a British singer and musician best known as the frontman for the pop band Dexys Midnight Runners (currently called Dexys). The band had several hits in the early 1980s, the most notable being " Geno" and " ...

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and Tony O'Malley, and played on the original 1970 concept album ''

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''.

Biography

Hubbard was educated at

King's School, Peterborough Founded by King Henry VIII in 1541, The King's (The Cathedral) School is a state-funded Church of England Cathedral Chorister School located in Peterborough, England. It is the Chorister School for Peterborough Cathedral. Former pupils are kn ...

, where he was a boarder. He and another pupil were budding guitarists who built their own amplifiers using plans designed by a fellow boarder and electronics wizard named Wright. The duo would entertain their chums with renditions of songs such as

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's "

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" and

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's "

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". Hubbard's association with

began during the sessions that formed the ''

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'' album, where Hubbard played guitar on a re-recording of Roxy Music's "Casanova". Hubbard's guitar playing can also be heard on Roxy Music's '' Flesh and Blood'' and ''

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'' albums. He played with the band during the 1980 and 1982 tours. The 1982 tour can be heard on the live album ''

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'' (and also the live DVD ''The High Road''). Hubbard also played in Ferry's band at

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, the 1988 tour (available on the DVD, ''Bryan Ferry The Bete Noire Tour'') and on the 1994–95 tour. His guitar work can be heard on Ferry's '' Boys And Girls'', '' Bête Noire'', ''Taxi'' and ''Mamouna'' albums. The guitar solo at the end of Ferry's

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, "

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", featured Hubbard. In May 2008, the 1970s jazz funk band Kokomo was temporarily reformed. With Hubbard were O'Malley,

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, Mark Smith, Adam Phillips,

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, Bernie Holland, Glen Le Fleur, Paddy McHugh, Dyan Birch, and Frank Collins. Franke Pharoah and Eddy Armani also performed.

Discography

With Bluesology
Singles: * ''Come Back, Baby/Times Getting Tougher Than Tough'' (1965) * ''Mr. Frantic/

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'' (1966) * ''Since I Found You Baby/Just a little bit'' (1967) With

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* '' E.H. in the U.K.'' (Atlantic Records, 1973) With

* ''

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'' (Columbia, 1974) With

* ''

'' (E.G. Records, 1976) * '' In Your Mind'' (E.G. Records, 1977) * '' The Bride Stripped Bare'' (E.G. Records, 1978) * '' Boys and Girls'' (E.G. Records, 1985) * ''

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'' (Virgin Records, 1993) * ''

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'' (Virgin Records, 1994) * '' Olympia'' (Virgin Records, 2010) * '' Avonmore'' (BMG, 2014) With

* '' Flesh and Blood'' (E.G. Records, 1980) * '' Avalon'' (E.G. Records, 1982) With

Dexys Dexys (known as Dexys Midnight Runners from 1978 to 2011) are an English pop rock band from Birmingham, with soul influences, who achieved major commercial success in the early to mid- 1980s. They are best known in the UK for their songs "Geno" ...

* ''

One Day I'm Going To Soar ''One Day I'm Going to Soar'' is a 2012 album by Dexys, the band formerly known as Dexys Midnight Runners. It was the band's fourth studio album, but its first in 27 years. The album features, alongside Dexys' lead singer (and leader) Kevin Row ...

'' (BMG Rights, 2012) With

Donovan Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer. He emerged from the British folk scene in early 1965 and subsequently scored multiple international hit singles ...

* ''

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'' (Epic Records, 1973) With

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* ''Elena'' (EMI, 1996) With

Robert Palmer Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer and songwriter. He was known for his powerful and soulful voice, sartorial elegance and stylistic explorations, combining soul, funk, jazz, rock, pop, regga ...

* ''

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'' (Island Records, 1978) With

* ''

'' (A&M Records, 1972) With

Paul Young Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo success in the 1980s. H ...

* '' Other Voices'' (Columbia Records, 1990) * '' The Crossing'' (Columbia Records, 1993) With

* ''

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'' (MCA Records, 1997)

References

External links

Neil Hubbard interview.

Keef Trouble Keef Trouble (born Keith Trussell, 1949, Greenwich, London) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Career Trouble studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, from 1968 to 1972. He is a founding member of British country-blues band ...

interviews Neil Hubbard
Neil Hubbard at the Three MarinersNeil Hubbard at the 606 Club
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