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Hugh Thomas Diaz Morgan (born 7 August 1968) is an American musician best known as the former frontman of rock/hip hop band Fun Lovin' Criminals. [1] Morgan performs both vocals and guitar and combines rock, hip hop, jazz, reggae, and funk influences in his music.
The band was formed in 1993 by Huey Morgan, Brian "Fast" Leiser and Steve Borgovini after Leiser, who was already friends with Borgovini, met Morgan at the club where they both worked. [6] They started playing together and would provide the entertainment for the club when a booked act failed to show up.
The BBC Radio 6 Music logo, 2007–2022. In February 2010, in anticipation of a review by the BBC Trust, newspaper reports suggested 6 Music might be axed. [28] The review stopped short of recommending closure but noted that only one in five UK residents were aware the station existed, and that it lacked presenters with credibility as music experts. [29]
Leiser was working at a club called The Limelight, where he met bandmate Huey Morgan. The owner of the Limelight had another club called The Tunnel, known for its brawls at Sunday night events. In an effort to calm down clubgoers, one of the security guards would hand them valium capsules as they entered, calling them "Scooby snacks".
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Guitar Star is a talent show that has aired on Sky Arts from 9 June 2015 to 2 August 2016 and is presented by Edith Bowman, with judges Huey Morgan, Nitin Sawhney and Helen Sanderson, as they scour across the UK to unearth a world-class guitarist. [1]
Huey Morgan – vocals (all but 14), guitar (all but 13) Brian Leiser – keyboard (1–3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15), bass (4, 6, 8, 10, 12–14), trumpet (2, 5, 7, 9–11) Steve Borgovini – drums (all) Stuart Matthewman – saxophone (1) B. B. King – guitar (13)
The Calgary Herald wrote: "The rap 'n' roll beauty of New York's Fun Lovin' Criminals is that this feisty threesome not only take aim at the system but have real brain power beneath their toques, they not only reach deep into their grab-bag of sample tricks (from Pulp Fiction dialogue to musical bits) but the trio of Huey, Fast & Steve play their instruments in a way that drives the groove ...