Hugh Ferguson JR
My son Hugh Ferguson jr. passed away on Sept. 13th.
I loved him more than words can say........
To every thing there is a season
and a time to every purpose under the heavenA time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted
Hugh started his career in music on the drums at the age of six, playing his first concert at eight. Originally from the Boston area, he grew up in a musical family with two older guitar-playing brothers. Switching to guitar at eleven. Hugh grew up with the sounds of rock and roll through the 60's and early 70's. By the ripe old age of 14 he was already playing the Boston Club scene, cranking out Hendrix, Santana and Allman Brothers tunes. In the late70's, Hugh was turned on to Mahavishnu and Chic Corea and his style of music took a dramatic turn. In 1978 he moved to Phoenix and began touring with several club bands around the US, finally moving back to the Boston area in 1981.In 1982 Hugh started his first rendition of the MR Wizard band and was featured in Guitar Player Magazine. Soon after he started to get requests for lessons from students at the Berklee College of Music. Having no formal training, it was a challenge to teach his method of playing. In 1984 his new MR Wizard band got some local notoriety by being warm up act for Allan Holdsworth, Til' Tuesday and several other well-known acts.1986 brought a career move out to Los Angeles where he landed his gig with Graham Nash. Hugh did a U.S. tour as guitarist and vocalist for Graham and he loved the challenge of having to sing David Crosbys cool vocal melodies.In 2001 Hugh got back into the music he really loves "Fusion", recording his first fusion CD "The Jungle" with John Bellino on drums, Brian Wright on bass and quest appearances by Peter Ferguson ( Bass/Key/Guitar), Karl Babcock ..s and Aaron Ferguson (samples).Hugh will be releasing his new CD A-D-D early in 2006 with Roger Carter on drums and Brian Wright on Bass.Hugh has performed in LA and Orange County and has opened for such acts as Larry Carlton, Al Dimeola and Hiroshima.
