Neilson Hubbard
Encyclopedia
Neilson Hubbard is an American
singer-songwriter
, musician
and producer
. His first band was called This Living Hand formed with Clay Jones (now known as a producer/engineer). They signed to Adam Duritz
's label, E Pluribus Unum
. After the band split up, Hubbard went on to record three solo albums, The Slide Project, Why Men Fail and Sing Into Me. He also collaborated with Matthew Ryan to form the band Strays Don't Sleep
.
, Mississippi
, Hubbard and Clay Jones
both moved to Oxford to study literature at the University of Mississippi, where they subsequently met violinist Helena Lamb. The three began working on songs that Hubbard had written that didn't fit into their previous bands. Neilson, Clay Jones and Helena Lamb adopted the name Spoon and recorded their first effort, "Say Something Warm", in one day. Soon after, they began playing live as a trio in bars, coffee houses, college lunch rooms and restaurants.
During that first year of shows, Spoon recorded the tracks that make up their second album, Holding Flowers, produced and recorded by Justin Martin, and released it on their own Lunch Pale label in the fall of 1993. The group added a rhythm section
to their lineup, including Garrison Starr
playing the snare and ride cymbal
, and Clay Jones picked up the bass for the quartet's live shows. Near the end of 1994 Lamb left the group, leaving Hubbard and Clay Jones
to continue through 1995 with a two-guitar, drums and bass lineup.
, the band is based on the songwriting of vocalist/guitarist Hubbard and the arrangements and production of guitarist Clay Jones
. In the summer of 1995 the band signed with E Pluribus Unum
Recordings in Los Angeles
and released their full-length Consolation Prize in October, with a national tour following. Their debut Consolation Prize was recorded over four days at Easley Studios in Memphis, home to The Grifters, Wilco
, Pavement
and Guided by Voices
. In order to fund the recording session, Hubbard sold off a valuable baseball card
collection.
Neilson moved to Nashville, opened Mr. Lemons’ Studio and continued producing records for the likes of Garrison Starr
, Glen Phillips
, Matthew Ryan, Amelia White, Strays Don't Sleep
, Michelle Malone
, Kate York, Jeremy Lister
, Matthew Perryman Jones
, and others.
was formed with Neilson Hubbard, Brian Bequette, Billy Mercer
and Steve Latanation.
In the Autumn 2005 Strays Don't Sleep's debut self-titled was released in the UK on One Little Indian. The release includes a DVD of short films
that were directed and shot by professional filmmakers and friends, including Gorman Bechard, The Barnes Brothers, Martin Glenn, Matt Boyd and Jared Johnson. Matthew Ryan and Neilson Hubbard also directed three of the short films with the help of Nashville film student, Matt Riddlehoover
. A 5.1
Surround Sound
mix of the entire record and films, by Paul PDub Walton of Björk
and Sneaker Pimps
fame, is available on the DVD.
Strays Don't Sleep
was released to great reviews from Time Out, Uncut
, The Sunday Express and The Times
. The success helped secure a US release, which was helped further by a placement in the hit CW (former WB) drama One Tree Hill
. "For Blue Skies", a song concerning the sentencing of Matthew Ryan’s brother to 30 years in prison, was made available on the One Tree Hill soundtrack. Strays Don't Sleep toured the UK with Josh Rouse
to support the album, and was officially disbanded in mid-2006. In April 2006, their video album "Strays Don't Sleep" won the Grand Remi Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival for Best Music Video, and the band performed for 500+ international filmmakers from 33 countries to a standing ovation. WorldFest gave first award to Spielberg, Lucas, Ang Lee, Ridley Scott and The Coen Brothers.
Neilson last recording was a new solo record, I Love Your Muscles, released in 2008.
United States
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singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, musician
Musician
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and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
. His first band was called This Living Hand formed with Clay Jones (now known as a producer/engineer). They signed to Adam Duritz
Adam Duritz
Adam Fredric Duritz is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and film producer. He is best known for his role as frontman and vocalist for the rock band Counting Crows, in which he is a founding member and principal composer of their catalogue of songs.Duritz has recorded solo...
's label, E Pluribus Unum
E pluribus unum
E pluribus unum , Latin for "Out of many, one", is a phrase on the Seal of the United States, along with Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum, and adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782...
. After the band split up, Hubbard went on to record three solo albums, The Slide Project, Why Men Fail and Sing Into Me. He also collaborated with Matthew Ryan to form the band Strays Don't Sleep
Strays Don't Sleep
Strays Don't Sleep are a Nashville-based band, a collaborative project between singer/songwriters Matthew Ryan and Neilson Hubbard. They released their debut self-titled record in 2006.-History:...
.
Spoon
Childhood friends from JacksonJackson, Mississippi
Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...
, Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
, Hubbard and Clay Jones
Clay Jones
Clay Jones, , was a horticulturist and broadcaster best known as the Chairman of the BBC Radio 4 programme Gardener's Question Time....
both moved to Oxford to study literature at the University of Mississippi, where they subsequently met violinist Helena Lamb. The three began working on songs that Hubbard had written that didn't fit into their previous bands. Neilson, Clay Jones and Helena Lamb adopted the name Spoon and recorded their first effort, "Say Something Warm", in one day. Soon after, they began playing live as a trio in bars, coffee houses, college lunch rooms and restaurants.
During that first year of shows, Spoon recorded the tracks that make up their second album, Holding Flowers, produced and recorded by Justin Martin, and released it on their own Lunch Pale label in the fall of 1993. The group added a rhythm section
Rhythm section
A rhythm section is a collection of musicians who make up a section of instruments which provides the accompaniment section of the music, giving the music its rhythmic texture and pulse, also serving as a rhythmic reference for the rest of the band...
to their lineup, including Garrison Starr
Garrison Starr
Garrison Starr is a singer-songwriter who originally hails from Hernando, Mississippi, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. As a solo artist, she has recorded seven full-length albums, as well as two EPs and one live album...
playing the snare and ride cymbal
Ride cymbal
The ride cymbal is a standard cymbal in most drum kits. It maintains a steady rhythmic pattern, sometimes called a ride pattern, rather than the accent of a crash...
, and Clay Jones picked up the bass for the quartet's live shows. Near the end of 1994 Lamb left the group, leaving Hubbard and Clay Jones
Clay Jones
Clay Jones, , was a horticulturist and broadcaster best known as the Chairman of the BBC Radio 4 programme Gardener's Question Time....
to continue through 1995 with a two-guitar, drums and bass lineup.
This Living Hand
The name is taken from the title of one of Clay's favorite poems by John KeatsJohn Keats
John Keats was an English Romantic poet. Along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, he was one of the key figures in the second generation of the Romantic movement, despite the fact that his work had been in publication for only four years before his death.Although his poems were not...
, the band is based on the songwriting of vocalist/guitarist Hubbard and the arrangements and production of guitarist Clay Jones
Clay Jones
Clay Jones, , was a horticulturist and broadcaster best known as the Chairman of the BBC Radio 4 programme Gardener's Question Time....
. In the summer of 1995 the band signed with E Pluribus Unum
E pluribus unum
E pluribus unum , Latin for "Out of many, one", is a phrase on the Seal of the United States, along with Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum, and adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782...
Recordings in Los Angeles
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and released their full-length Consolation Prize in October, with a national tour following. Their debut Consolation Prize was recorded over four days at Easley Studios in Memphis, home to The Grifters, Wilco
Wilco
Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John...
, Pavement
Pavement (band)
Pavement is an American alternative rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. In their career, they achieved a significant cult following, and they were called the best band of the 1990s by prominent music critics Robert Christgau and Stephen Thomas Erlewine...
and Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices is an American indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. Beginning with the band's formation in 1983, it made frequent personnel changes but always maintained the presence of principal songwriter Robert Pollard...
. In order to fund the recording session, Hubbard sold off a valuable baseball card
Baseball card
A baseball card is a type of trading card relating to baseball, usually printed on some type of paper stock or card stock. A card will usually feature one or more baseball players or other baseball-related sports figures...
collection.
Neilson moved to Nashville, opened Mr. Lemons’ Studio and continued producing records for the likes of Garrison Starr
Garrison Starr
Garrison Starr is a singer-songwriter who originally hails from Hernando, Mississippi, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. As a solo artist, she has recorded seven full-length albums, as well as two EPs and one live album...
, Glen Phillips
Glen Phillips
Glen Phillips is a songwriter, lyricist, singer and guitarist. He is best known as the singer and songwriter of 1990s alternative rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket.-Personal life:...
, Matthew Ryan, Amelia White, Strays Don't Sleep
Strays Don't Sleep
Strays Don't Sleep are a Nashville-based band, a collaborative project between singer/songwriters Matthew Ryan and Neilson Hubbard. They released their debut self-titled record in 2006.-History:...
, Michelle Malone
Michelle Malone
Michelle Malone is an American rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Biography:Malone was born and raised in Atlanta by her mother and grandmother, both professional singers...
, Kate York, Jeremy Lister
Jeremy Lister
Ensign Jeremy Lister was a British officer in the 10th Regiment of Foot during the early days of the American Revolution. His journal was later published as Concord fight: Being so much of the narrative of Ensign Jeremy Lister of the 10th Regiment of Foot as pertains to his services on the 19th of...
, Matthew Perryman Jones
Matthew Perryman Jones
Matthew Perryman Jones is an American singer-songwriter who currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.Jones began his career as a singer-songwriter in 1997, playing his first public performances at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, GA...
, and others.
Strays Don't Sleep
Matthew Ryan approached Neilson Hubbard in 2004 about a collaboration. The collaboration was successful and Strays Don't SleepStrays Don't Sleep
Strays Don't Sleep are a Nashville-based band, a collaborative project between singer/songwriters Matthew Ryan and Neilson Hubbard. They released their debut self-titled record in 2006.-History:...
was formed with Neilson Hubbard, Brian Bequette, Billy Mercer
Billy Mercer
Billy Mercer is the name of:* Billy Mercer , former Hull City, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool goalkeeper* Billy Mercer , former Preston North End, Blackpool, Lancaster Town and Boston Town player...
and Steve Latanation.
In the Autumn 2005 Strays Don't Sleep's debut self-titled was released in the UK on One Little Indian. The release includes a DVD of short films
Short subject
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
that were directed and shot by professional filmmakers and friends, including Gorman Bechard, The Barnes Brothers, Martin Glenn, Matt Boyd and Jared Johnson. Matthew Ryan and Neilson Hubbard also directed three of the short films with the help of Nashville film student, Matt Riddlehoover
Matt Riddlehoover
Matt Riddlehoover is an American film director, screenwriter, editor, actor and producer.-Career:In 2006, a trailer Riddlehoover posted for his first film, To a Tee, caught the eye of a social networking giant...
. A 5.1
Surround sound
Surround sound encompasses a range of techniques such as for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with audio channels reproduced via additional, discrete speakers. Surround sound is characterized by a listener location or sweet spot where the audio effects work best, and...
Surround Sound
Surround sound
Surround sound encompasses a range of techniques such as for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with audio channels reproduced via additional, discrete speakers. Surround sound is characterized by a listener location or sweet spot where the audio effects work best, and...
mix of the entire record and films, by Paul PDub Walton of Björk
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
and Sneaker Pimps
Sneaker Pimps
Sneaker Pimps were a British trip-hop band formed in Hartlepool, England in 1994. They are best known for their first album Becoming X and particularly the singles "6 Underground", "Spin Spin Sugar", and "Tesko Suicide" from the same album...
fame, is available on the DVD.
Strays Don't Sleep
Strays Don't Sleep (album)
Stray's Don't Sleep is an album by Strays Don't Sleep, released in 2006 by One Little Indian.-CD:#"Love Don't Owe You Anything" —Words — Matthew Ryan; Music — Matthew Ryan, Neilson Hubbard...
was released to great reviews from Time Out, Uncut
UNCUT (magazine)
Uncut magazine, trademarked as UNCUT, is a monthly publication based in London. It is available across the English-speaking world, and focuses on music, but also includes film and books sections...
, The Sunday Express and The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
. The success helped secure a US release, which was helped further by a placement in the hit CW (former WB) drama One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill (TV series)
One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...
. "For Blue Skies", a song concerning the sentencing of Matthew Ryan’s brother to 30 years in prison, was made available on the One Tree Hill soundtrack. Strays Don't Sleep toured the UK with Josh Rouse
Josh Rouse
Josh Rouse is an American folk/roots pop singer-songwriter.-Biography:Born in the small town of Paxton, Nebraska, he moved to various places in the Midwest during his childhood due to his father's military career...
to support the album, and was officially disbanded in mid-2006. In April 2006, their video album "Strays Don't Sleep" won the Grand Remi Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival for Best Music Video, and the band performed for 500+ international filmmakers from 33 countries to a standing ovation. WorldFest gave first award to Spielberg, Lucas, Ang Lee, Ridley Scott and The Coen Brothers.
Neilson last recording was a new solo record, I Love Your Muscles, released in 2008.
Solo
- The Slide Project (1997)
- Why Men Fail (2000)
- Sing Into Me (2003)
- I Love Your Muscles (2008)
Production
- Glen Philips - Mr. Lemons
- Garrison Starr - The Sound Of You And Me
- Strays Don't SleepStrays Don't SleepStrays Don't Sleep are a Nashville-based band, a collaborative project between singer/songwriters Matthew Ryan and Neilson Hubbard. They released their debut self-titled record in 2006.-History:...
- Strays Don't SleepStrays Don't SleepStrays Don't Sleep are a Nashville-based band, a collaborative project between singer/songwriters Matthew Ryan and Neilson Hubbard. They released their debut self-titled record in 2006.-History:... - Matthew Ryan - From A Late Night High-Rise
- Matthew Perryman JonesMatthew Perryman JonesMatthew Perryman Jones is an American singer-songwriter who currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.Jones began his career as a singer-songwriter in 1997, playing his first public performances at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, GA...
- Throwing Punches in the DarkThrowing Punches in the DarkThrowing Punches in the Dark is a studio album from Matthew Perryman Jones. It was recorded at the Mr. Lemons studio in Nashville, TN... - Tyler JamesTyler JamesFor the American musician of the same name, see Tyler James Tyler James is an English singer, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.-Career:...
- It Took The Fire - Kate York - Sadly Love
- David Knopfler - America
- Amelia White - Black Doves
- Mack Starks - Blind Spot
- Tariq - Goodbye Lonely
- Newton Dominey - Heater
- Clare BursonClare BursonClare Burson is an American singer-songwriter. She has released four albums. Her 2010 release Silver and Ash is a concept album about her ancestors' lives in Nazi Germany.-Early life:...
- Idaho - Emily Deloach
- Carter Little - Dare To Be Small
- Aaron Robinson - We Are Racing Ghosts