OK, self indulgent cheese disclaimer...
in my vain efforts to secure control over the world wide web, I have implemented yet another web site, this time my own...
http://www.hughjhitchcock.com or http://www.hughjarvishitchcock.com
I started with hughjhitchcock.com, then I noticed my sister used her whole name, susantylerhitchcock.com so I copied her and got hughjarvishitchcock.com. somehow, hughjarvishitchcock.com isn't quite as attractive as susantylerhitchcock.com, seeing that hughjarvishitchcock.com has both "shit" and "cock" in it LOL...
oh that reminds me of a good one, about Pat McCaffrey, the vocalist / hammond B3 organist of the Whiz Kids. I worked with them on bass for a summer in 1977 (78?) when they decided to go with a group format, with me on bass, Ralph Dudley on drums, Joe Mannino on guitar. It was serious Michigan rock and roll baby, with some funk thrown in (by me :) Anyway, Pat use to announce me as "Hugh Jardon on bass" ark ark ark ark...
and don't even ask me about the time Mark Morell had me paged in a Chinese restaurant ark ark ark ark... (well ok, go ahead)
I've had the basic front page of my website up for a while, but I've also implemented a more comprehensive publishing system one can access by clicking on the photo of me in the front page. Although It's not really fleshed out much yet as of this writing, I have already published an interesting article about my work with Norma Jean Bell and the All-Stars. I'll probably post the article here too in order to flood the bandwidth but it's at http://hughjhitchcock.com/articles/axels-on-8-mile-with-norma-jean-bell.aspx if you want to read it -- and also hear the show -- as I have provided an mp3 playback of a live show right on the article, from an exactly 25 year old cassette I dusted off and dragged out. I had to jam down the play button for the first five minutes to keep the tape on the tape head, but it worked out ok, I think. Kick back and get into the space of the Norma Jean Bell show. It was completely a trip. Martian Entropy Band fans should appreciate the theatrics, a real gem. And, it's only about fifteen minutes long.
Oh yeah, and in the Norma Bell group, they used to announce me as "Captain Cock" ark ark ark
(I just cain't get no respeck!)
Many more articles are to come, about musicians I've known and/or worked with. I will definitely be including and/or mirroring many articles about/from the Martian Entropy Band in my personal web site. This message has got to get out! LOL
- Hugh J. Hitchcock