Born: 23 / 5 / 1961
Location: Australia
Hugo Justin Race (born 23 May 1963) is an Australian rock musician and record producer who had been based in Europe from 1989 to 2011. He was a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1983–85), and The Wreckery (1984–89) with Nick Barker and Robin Casinader. As from October 2013 he was simultaneously a member of Hugo Race and the True Spirit, Hugo Race Fatalists, and Dirtmusic. True Spirit have released 12 albums. Race returned to live in Australia in 2011.
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Celebrating an American blues icon
"It’s hard to keep a band together when you’re in your 20s because everyone is so volatile, and everyone takes it all so personally."
We never rehearse much, they grasp the songs quickly
A bunch of shows confirmed for later this month
Hugo Race does what he wants
Explaining that he released this covers album “for love” early on in the set, Race performs with conviction alone onstage with his guitar and something to stomp on.
The perennial Hugo Race speaks about how his lengthy, expansive career has led him to musings on love.
An unexpected delay in recording the album he’d intended gave Hugo Race the chance to explore his favourite love songs, he tells Michael Smith.
Race returns to Australia for east coast dates.