Curt Newbury

Texas-based singer/songwriter Curt Newbury had a brief career within the nationwide spotlight, but provides earned a cult subsequent for his lone major-label album, 1970’s Half of a Month of May Days. Newbury was created in Dallas, TX, on June 8, 1942. He fell deeply in love with music young, hearing Mozart recordings along with his mom, and he started acquiring violin lessons when he is at fourth quality. Newbury quit the instrument a couple of years afterwards, discovering that young ladies weren’t impressed with a man who transported around a violin case, but he kept to his interest for music. In 1960, Newbury graduated from Dallas’ Highland Recreation area High School, so when he shifted to the School of Texas on the track scholarship or grant, he used the guitar, inspired by Joan Baez as well as other folk performers who were getting into vogue; Newbury acquired tried writing music when he was youthful and he came back to it when he started learning electric guitar. As Newbury obtained self-confidence in his musical skills, he began playing local night clubs, eventually leaving college to spotlight his music and finding a supervisor. In 1962, Newbury was drafted in to the Military; he spent 3 years in the assistance, learning photography during standard. In 1966, Newbury started working in an image studio and came back to writing tracks and performing, ultimately attracting the see of MGM-distributed Verve-Forecast Information, who authorized Newbury to some recording agreement in 1969. While Newbury got earlier documented some singles which were under no circumstances released (made by a T Bone tissue Burnett), 1970’s Half of a Month of May Times was his 1st recording; recorded at Audio Manufacturer Studios in LA, the recording included accompaniment from many members from the innovative Western Coast psychedelic music group Kaleidoscope. As the recording was well received, it didn’t sell specifically well, and it became Newbury’s only recording for quite some time. While Newbury continuing to write tracks and make live looks, he put higher focus on his profession as a professional photographer and with time opened up his own studio room, focusing on family portrait function and glamour picture taking. Newbury continues to execute and record in his free time, and it is completing an unbiased record, Lucky Grin.