Brian Hughes
Born on 19 June 1959 in Dumbarton, an industrial town four miles east of Loch Lomond,
Scotland to a working class family steeped in shipbuilding, Brian showed an interest in
music from an early age listening to his father’s favourite 8 track tapes of Glen Campbell,
Ella Fitzgerald and Roy Orbison. There were no musicians within the family circle and it
would not be until he reached his seventeenth birthday that, out of the blue, he decided
to pick up a guitar which he devoted his entire time to learning.
The following years saw him cut his teeth in the thriving live scene, playing in numerous
band line ups including future ‘Sharks Greg Porterfield and Ian Newport, discovering and
developing his natural songwriting ability along the way. However in 1984, disillusioned
with the music scene, he sold every piece of equipment, including his guitars, and joined
Strathclyde Police, where he served as a detective for the next twenty-three years and
was involved in many and varied major enquiries including the Lockerbie Disaster.
In 1996, a chance meeting with an old school friend saw Brian’s love of music rekindled
and playing a guitar for the first time in twelve years. The passion was reborn.
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