Simon was born 29th November 1961. Guitarist, composer and songwriter.
NEW ALBUM RELEASE: Simon recently been recording an instrumental album in Los Angeles with Kim Hansen on keyboards, Roberto Vally on Bass and the world renown drummer Ricky Lawson. The album will be released in november this year.
BIOGRAPHY: Simon started playing at the age of 7. His dad, who is a professional piano man playing New Orleans jazz, taught him the first blues chords. Had his own band from age 10 to 18 – The Wild Horses. He recorded the first rock album in 1977. In fact it was the first rock album ever released by minors in Denmark.
Then he concentrated on playing the guitar and he was jamming with a lot of the established rock musicians in Denmark.
He played with the pop-rock band Sidewalk in the beginning of the 80’s and they got a contract with the world famous Abba manager Stickan Andersson on Polar Records in Sweden. Sidewalk was produced by Kasper Winding and Billy Cross. Among the jobs Sidewalk had was as a backing-band for Dr. John.
In the late 80’s and early 90’s he was working as a session musician.
In the 90’s Simon participated, as a guitarist, in theatre- and musical productions, while he, along with that, toured with a blues band.
SIMON HOIRUP BAND: He started working on his own material in 1999 and together with bass player Ole Sveigaard he established Simon Hoirup Band.
Released debut album â€Strongly Related†in may 2002.
Released “Open Up†in may 2005.
Especially Strongly Related was very well reviewed in the press. Open Up got airplay on the main radio station in Denmark (Danmarks Radio). The band has been on tour after the releases.
THE NASHVILLE CONNECTION: Simon featured in The Elvis Christmas Show in Odense and Randers in 2006, along with the American well-known legendary artists; bass player Bob Moore and piano player David Briggs, who have both worked with Elvis.
Mid august 2007 Ole Sveigaard, the singer Anita Løkkegaard and Simon went to record a new album in Nashville with 10 new songs, together with David Briggs on piano and organ and Steve Turner on drums (Dolly Parton, Glen Campbell and many more). The album will be released in the begining of 2008.
