The Gig Cartel - Gig guide: Hugh Cornwell + special guest David Ford, Aberdeen

Hugh Cornwell + special guest David Ford, Aberdeen

(featuring Hugh Cornwell, )

Venue: Aberdeen The Lemon Tree

Hugh Cornwell - Plays Acoustic + Special Guest David Ford

A Celebration of a catalogue of songs spanning 35 years

Hugh Cornwell is one of the UK's finest song-writing talents and accomplished live performers.  As the original guitarist, singer and main songwriter in the British rock band The Stranglers, he's enjoyed massive UK and European success with 10 hit albums and 21 Top Forty singles, etching himself into the UK and Europe's musical psyche with classic songs, including Peaches, No More Heroes, Golden Brown, Always the Sun, Grip, Nice N Sleazy, Duchess and Skin Deep.

Hugh's latest studio album TOTEM AND TABOO, Recorded at Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago, and engineered and mixed by the legendary Steve Albini has received rave reviews on its release. His Aberdeen The Lemon Tree performance will feature at least one song from his entire album catalogue both solo and Stranglers spanning 35 years.

"His gnarliest record in over 30 years....Hugh and Steve: a marriage madeinblack." MOJO

Special Guest David Ford, is an exceptionally gifted and highly acclaimed songwriter reknowned not only for the sheer passion he puts into his performances, but for also being a master at the layered / looping effects that he brings to many of his songs. He now has a large following having released two albums and toured extensively in the UK and US.

FULL BAND SHOW FEATURING NOSFERATU ALBUM IN FULL, STRANGLERS CHOICE CUTS, & SOLO DELICACIES

Golden Brown, Strange Little Girl, Always The Sun, Peaches, No More Heroes, Nice & Sleazy...Sound familiar ? All big hits, all great songs, all written and sung by Hugh Cornwell, the songwriter behind The Stranglers.

When future historians of music draw up a list of the movers and shakers who changed the modern musical landscape, there will be no doubt that Hugh Cornwell’s name will be prominent amongst them. As a pioneering musician, songwriter, and performer his pervasive influence persists in the record collections of music aficionados, across this spinning globe’s radio waves, and on stages around the world. Hugh’s presence is unquestionable.

As leader of The Stranglers, Hugh was the main songwriter of all the band’s most memorable songs across ten stellar albums. After their 1977 debut Rattus Norvegicus, follow up albums No More Heroes, Black and White, The Raven and The Gospel According to The MenInBlack consolidated Cornwell’s stature as a unique songwriter and musician. His lyrics to Golden Brown, from the La Folie album, and their multiple meanings, is a songwriting masterclass.

Mojo - "Cornwell's still doing things his way and often with striking results"

Uncut - "Thunderously tribal garage rock...the ex- Strangler not yet gone soft"