Bruce Hughes
hughes.bruce@me.com
(512) 963-1729
Bruce Hughes grew up in Austin, Texas, and has been ubiquitous in the musical mecca since the 80’s. Bassist, singer, songwriter, guitarist, sideman, producer, session player…he’s doing it.
A formative member of Austin bands Poi Dog Pondering, Ugly Americans, and the Scabs, he continues to be one of the town’s most visible and versatile musicians. Catch him playing regularly in Austin and around the country with Bob Schneider, The Resentments, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Poi Dog Pondering, Fastball and Sly Curtis. Bruce was voted Bass Player of the Year in both the 2008 and 2015 Austin Music Awards, and has been the musical director of the Texas Songwriter Hall of Fame since 2013.
Bruce joined Cracker on their ’93-’94 US Kerosene Hat tour, and joined Jason Mraz’s Superband during his ’08-’09 worldwide tour for We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. Check out Jason Mraz’s Beautiful Mess:Live on Earth DVD. It's radical!
Bruce likes to help people make records - take a listen to projects for Johnny Nicholas, The Resentments, The Scabs, Matt the Electrician, Poi Dog Pondering, Geoff Muldaur and the Texas Sheiks, and U.K.s Jonathan Whiskerd.
Bruce’s solo work include Bluebird (2006), shorty (2008), BHANA (2010) Trap Door (2013) and Christmas Street (2018). Late Night Polaroids will be released in late 2021.
A formative member of Austin bands Poi Dog Pondering, Ugly Americans, and the Scabs, he continues to be one of the town’s most visible and versatile musicians. Catch him playing regularly in Austin and around the country with Bob Schneider, The Resentments, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Poi Dog Pondering, Fastball and Sly Curtis. Bruce was voted Bass Player of the Year in both the 2008 and 2015 Austin Music Awards, and has been the musical director of the Texas Songwriter Hall of Fame since 2013.
Bruce joined Cracker on their ’93-’94 US Kerosene Hat tour, and joined Jason Mraz’s Superband during his ’08-’09 worldwide tour for We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. Check out Jason Mraz’s Beautiful Mess:Live on Earth DVD. It's radical!
Bruce likes to help people make records - take a listen to projects for Johnny Nicholas, The Resentments, The Scabs, Matt the Electrician, Poi Dog Pondering, Geoff Muldaur and the Texas Sheiks, and U.K.s Jonathan Whiskerd.
Bruce’s solo work include Bluebird (2006), shorty (2008), BHANA (2010) Trap Door (2013) and Christmas Street (2018). Late Night Polaroids will be released in late 2021.
