I'm Dave Hughes, I play folk music. I've been doing this solo thing for around three years now, and before that I played in a punk rock band down Greenock way. My music is heavily influenced by the singer songwriters of the 1960's (Dylan, Ochs, Seeger etc) and also the punk rock scenes of the 70's and 80's. My top three influences have to be Bruce Springsteen, Mischief Brew and Phil Ochs though.

I love playing live, and over the last few years that I've been doing this I've played up and down the UK numerous times. I go out on UK tours every six months or so, in the beginning these were on the Megabus but now I tend to drive. I've supported a lot of the people who listen to, such as Frank Turner, Chris T-T, and Al Baker, and played quite a few festival dates.

In terms of booking me, most of the time it's just someone emailing me asking if I want to play a gig they are setting up. This, in the past, has been in pubs, clubs, front rooms, bedrooms and gardens. Even a car-park once. It's the beauty of this type of music. If you fancy it then please get in touch.

In terms of recorded music, I've released two full length albums, and numerous EP's. These are all DIY efforts and released under my own 'label' of Acoustic Riot. The most recent is a split record with Roscoe Vacant, and you can buy it at gigs or buy emailing me.