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Richard William Stafford Hudson (born 9 May 1948) is an English musician who played drums and sitar for the
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. He later joined forces with bassist
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to form a duo,
Hudson Ford Hudson Ford were an English rock band, formed when John Ford and Richard Hudson left Strawbs in 1973. The original line-up featured Hudson (now playing guitar instead of drums) and Ford along with Chris Parren on keyboards, Mickey Keen on guit ...
, in which he played guitar and sang.


Career

Richard Hudson was a member of
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, in which he played drums and sitar and sang. In 1970, he and band-mate
John Ford John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and w ...
joined
Strawbs The Strawbs are an English rock band founded in 1964 as the Strawberry Hill Boys. The band started out as a bluegrass group, but eventually moved on to other styles such as folk rock and progressive rock. They are best known for their hi ...
. Hudson and Ford began to co-write material which appeared to be aiming in a slightly different direction to the compositions of Strawbs' main writer,
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. In 1973 after a 52-date tour to promote the album
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, there were acrimonious exchanges (which both parties now regret). Hudson and Ford left to form
Hudson Ford Hudson Ford were an English rock band, formed when John Ford and Richard Hudson left Strawbs in 1973. The original line-up featured Hudson (now playing guitar instead of drums) and Ford along with Chris Parren on keyboards, Mickey Keen on guit ...
. Hudson at this point switched from playing drums to guitar and sang more lead vocals. The
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era sounded the death knell of many
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acts, including Hudson Ford. Hudson, Ford and Terry Cassidy founded the mock punk group The Monks and, more strangely, High Society, which performed a pastiche of 1930s music. Hudson rejoined Strawbs for their 1987 album '' Don't Say Goodbye'' and stayed on for 1991's '' Ringing Down the Years'' on which he co-wrote two tracks with bass player Rod Demick and guitarist Brian Willoughby. In recent years he has played live gigs with Strawbs and continues to play with The Good Old Boys, alongside original Deep Purple bassist Nick Simper. In July 2009, The Good Old Boys released the CD ''Live at the Deep Purple Convention''.


Discography

This is a list of recordings on which Hudson appears as a full-time band member.


Albums


Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera

*''Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera'' (1968) *''Ride a Hustler's Dream'' (1969)


Strawbs

*'' Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios'' (1970) *'' From the Witchwood'' (1971) *'' Grave New World'' (1972) *''
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'' (1973) *'' Don't Say Goodbye'' (1987) *'' Ringing Down the Years'' (1991) *'' Blue Angel'' (2003)


Hudson Ford

*''Nickelodeon'' (1973) *''Free Spirit'' (1974) *''When Worlds Collide'' (1975) *''Daylight'' (1977)


The Monks

*''Bad Habits'' (1979) *''Suspended Animation'' (1981)


High Society

*''High Society'' (1984)


The Good Old Boys

*''Live at the Deep Purple Convention'' (2009)


Singles


Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera

*"Flames"/"Salisbury Plain" (1967) *"Mary Jane"/"Dreamy" (1968) *"Volcano"/"A Quick B" (1969) *"Anna Dance Square"/"Don't You Realise" (1969) *"Black Jack Davy"/"Statesboro Blues" (1970) *"She Keeps Giving Me These Feelings"/"There's a Hole in My Pocket" (1970)


Strawbs

*"Where is This Dream of Your Youth"/"Fingertips" (1970) *"
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"/"Keep the Devil Outside" (1972) *"Keep the Devil Outside"/"Tomorrow" (1972) *"New World"/"Benedictus" (1972) *" Here it Comes"/"Tomorrow" (1972) *"Going Home"/"Ways and Means" (1972) *" Lay Down"/"Backside" (1972) *"
Part of the Union "Part of the Union" is a song by English band Strawbs, featured on their 1973 album '' Bursting at the Seams'' and was the band's most successful single, peaking at No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart. It also reached No. 10 in the Irish Singles Cha ...
"/" Will You Go" (1973)


Hudson Ford

*"One and one is one"/ (1973) *"Pick Up the Pieces"/"This is Not the Way to End a War (or Die)" (1973) *"Take it Back"/"Make No Mistake" (1973) *"Burn Baby Burn"/"Angels" (1974) *"Slip and Slide"/"" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJggucIl1Zk(1974) *"Floating in the Wind"/"Revelations" (1974) *"Free Spirit"/"Dark Lord" (1974) *"When Love Has Overgrown"/"What is a Day Without Love" (1975) *"Waterfall"/"Daylight" (1976) *"95 in the Shade"/"Lost in a World" (1976) *"Sold on Love"/"Daylight" (1976) *"Are You Dancing"/"Out of Your Shadow" (1977) *"Just Say No" (2001)


The G.B.'s

*"We are the G.B.'s" / "The G.B. Jig" (1979)


The Monks

*"Nice Legs Shame About the Face"/"You'll be the Death of Me" (1979) *"I Ain't Gettin Any"/"Inter-City Kitty" (1979) *"Johnny B. Rotten"/"Drugs in My Pocket" (1979) *"I Can Do Anything You Like"/"Monks Medley" (1981)


High Society

*"I Never Go Out in the Rain"/"I Could Never Live Without You" (1980) *"Gotta Get Out of This Rut"/"Powder Blue" (1981)


Hud

*"The Actor" (2005)


References


External links

*http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk Strawbs website * High Society website {{DEFAULTSORT:Hudson, Richard 1948 births Living people Musicians from the London Borough of Haringey English rock musicians English rock singers English male singer-songwriters English singer-songwriters Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera members Strawbs members A&M Records artists People from Tottenham