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IN HIS OWN
WORDS BIOGRAPHY Hutch's early bands supported the likes of Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, but he first found success in 60's Gothenburg with a solo hit single "It Ain't Me Babe" (Bob Dylan song) and where the Swedes called him "Sweden's Donovan". Hutch's time in Sweden is recorded in Hans Siden's book on 60's Sweden, '60-talspop'. On his return to England in 1966 Hutch met by chance a then unknown David Bowie, who asked Hutch to join 'David Bowie and the Buzz' in a residency at the legendary Marquee Club. The band made TV and live appearances across the UK. Following a spell in Canada in 1968 Hutch returned to join Bowie and his girlfriend Hermione in an aucoustic group called Feathers. From this period, after Hermione had departed, came David and Hutch's original recorded version of 'Space Oddity'. After losing touch for a year or two, in 1973 David called upon Hutch again to join his 'Spiders from Mars' as 12 string guitarist for his 'Aladdin Sane' tours in USA, Japan and the UK. Hutch played solo TV, Radio, Concert supports and other similar venues in the North East of England and his band 'Hutch and it's Easy' brought Hutch to the attention of the Record Companies in London. It was with his next band 'American Echoes' that he enjoyed critical success when their debut single 'Ooh Las Vegas' (Mercury Records) became Dave Lee Travi's BBC Radio One record of the week in 1979. Hutch spent the 80's and 90's 'working for a living' but has continued to write songs and perform regularly, including successful tours in Germany, Holland and Scandinavia in 2001 and 2002. 2003 finds Spider John Hutchinson again travelling and performing his very individual brand of Jazz-Blues. He has released an acoustic solo e.p, 'Solo You Can Hear Me' featuring five of his own compositions. "Hutch these days still combines music with his day-job in the oil industry. In 2006 he lived and worked in Baku Azerbijan, the Caspian Sea oil region, but prior to that, in 2005 Hutch took time out to tour the UK with his talented daughter, the highly rated singer/songwriter Hayley Hutchinson. Hayley is making her own very successful way in the music business these days as a solo performer, she is a favourite of BBC Radio 2 and had great reviews for her debut album "Independently Blue"- to which Hutch contributed some acoustic guitar, as he did on Hayley's 2006 release "Held to Ransome ep". Email: John Hutchinson Played with: |
