Hudson Ford

Please note this myspace is NEW & IN CONSTRUCTION - - more HF Music, Pix being put up soon ! **** A bit of tivia: Burn Baby Burn was mentioned in Dr. Who - End of the World episode by the notorious alien, Cassandra in her threat to destroy the Earth. **** After the Strawbs split in 1973, Hudson-Ford had chart success with " Pick Up The Pieces " and "Burn Baby Burn "Originally intending to call themselves Johnny And The Acoustic Kid, their first album Nickelodeon was recorded with various sessions men, including Rick Wakeman. Micky Keen (gtrs), Ken Laws (drums) and Chris Parren (keyboards) also played, later to join the Hudson Ford band which recorded the next three albums. Tom Allom, Strawbs' producer, carried on in the producer's chair for Hudson Ford for the A&M albums, being replaced by Robin Geoffrey Cable for the CBS album, though one track on that was produced by Jeffrey Lesser and Rupert Holmes, who were also producing the Strawbs at the same time. The next Hudson-Ford project was The Monks.Repertoire is a Hudson Ford sampler, of which only 100 copies were ever produced. Apart from one track, "When The Lights Go Out", all the tracks are taken from the three A&M albums, plus "Burn Baby Burn" (which was only on the US version of the first album) and "Part Of The Union" (sadly this is the widely available Strawbs version, rather than the ultra rare original recorded by Hudson, Ford, Lambert and Weaver whilst Dave Cousins was away in Devon). As with the Strawbs' Strawberry Music Sampler, it was intended to be sent round to encourage other artists to record Hudson/Ford compositions.In March 2007, drummer Ken Laws sadly died after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. Currently, Hudson Ford is only available on vinyl. Reissue on CD is in development and will hopefully be out later in the year, for all those asking.!