Neilson Hubbard
| Neilson Hubbard | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 27, 1972 |
| Origin | Jackson, Mississippi, Mississippi |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 1992 - present |
| Associated acts | Strays Don't Sleep |
| Website | www |
Neilson Hubbard is an American singer-songwriter, musician and producer. His first band was called This Living Hand formed with Clay Jones. 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.
Childhood friends from Jackson, 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. Hubbard, Jones and Lamb adopted the name Spoon and recorded their first song, "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 Jones picked up the bass for the quartet's live shows. Near the end of 1994 Lamb left the group, leaving Hubbard and Jones to continue through 1995 with a two-guitar, drums and bass lineup.
The name This Living Hand is derived from the title of a poem by John Keats. The band's songs were written by vocalist and guitarist Hubbard; guitarist Jones was responsible for arrangements and production. In the summer of 1995 the band signed with E Pluribus Unum Recordings in Los Angeles and released their first full-length album Consolation Prize in October, with a national tour following. Consolation Prize was recorded over four days at Easley Studios in Memphis. This Living Hand recorded a second album, The TV Sounds Worried in 1996 but it was shelved by the record label and remains unreleased to this day.
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