Steve Betts, also known as Stephen F.X. Betts and L. Howard Hughes, is a British songwriter and session musician. He formed
new wave band The Books, which released three singles and an album, ''Expertise'' on Logo Records in 1980·. Subsequently, he was the keyboardist for the band the
Associates. He also co-wrote and co-produced
Peter Murphy's first solo album ''
Should the World Fail to Fall Apart'', and in the mid-1980s he formed Howard Hughes and The Western Approaches, releasing four singles on the Abstract and EG record labels.·
His works have been selected for the
60x60
60x60 is a collection of 60 electroacoustic or acousmatic works from 60 different composers/artists, each work 60 seconds or less in duration. 60x60 project showcases sixty new works, each sixty seconds or less, by sixty composers in a continuous ...
project in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
References
External links
· https://www.discogs.com/release/1322428-The-Books-Expertise
· https://www.discogs.com/search?q=Howard+Hughes%20and%20the%20Western%20Approaches&type=all
SoundCloud
The Associates (band) members
Living people
British rock keyboardists
British session musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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