Hudson-Ford

Though most widely known for his or her membership in The Strawbs, the rhythm portion of John Ford (bass) and Richard Husdon (drums) worked collectively both before and after their ’70 – ’73 stint using the folk-prog band. Previously with Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, and The Velvet Opera, the duo shifted from your songwriting disputes from the Strawbs to create Hudson Ford in 1975. Both are well matched up: in The Strawbs, Hudson would play lower in the blend, often departing the package for entire tunes to sing or play sitar, while Ford danced in to the space by playing a highly precussive design of bass electric guitar. Their audio for Hudson Ford, though, ranged from McCartney-esque gentle rock and roll to glam, using a periodic nod with their electrical folk past. Their jobs broadened aswell, with Hudson departing the drums to others to be able to focus on performing and lead electric guitar, and Ford growing his vocal and classical guitar responsibilities. The debut record “Nickolodeon” was bolstered by by the current presence of Rick Wakeman and various other studio sharpshooters, as well as the music group scored popular in the U.K. using the one “GRAB the Parts.” Each successive record noticed a dampening of their influence, though, and both called it per day in 1977. Shortly soon after, though, the produced two more rings jointly: The Monks, and Great Society.