Charlie Huhn
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Charlie Huhn is an American rock singer and guitarist. He got his start playing with Vic Amato, Andy Dennen and Al Lesert in the band Cirrus, in and around Grand Rapids, Michigan playing many gigs in West Michigan before joining Ted Nugent in 1978.
Area, and first came to prominence when he joined Ted Nugent
's band in 1978. Huhn replaced Nugent
band member Derek St. Holmes
, and was thrust immediately into the spotlight, as he joined when Nugent
was one of the hottest acts in the world.
Huhn handled lead vocals on the classic Nugent
anthem Weekend Warriors
, and was also featured prominently on the album of the same name. Huhn remained with Ted Nugent
's band until 1982, and recorded three studio albums and one live album during his tenure with the Nugent
camp. Another live recording from a 1979 show at London
's famed Hammersmith Odeon was later released in 1998.
After leaving Ted Nugent
, Huhn worked briefly with Irish
guitar legend Gary Moore
on his album Dirty Fingers
then toured with Gary for some gigs in August 1982, and then teamed up with some former members of the Alice Cooper
group in a project called DeadRinger. His next job was front man for the band Victory
, a group based in Hannover, Germany
. He recorded three releases as Victory's lead vocalist, and the band had minor success with their 1986 single The Check's In The Mail. He left the group in late 1987.
and Fastway
drummer Jerry Shirley
organized a new version of Humble Pie in which he would be the group's leader and only original member. He hired Huhn as the group's lead singer, which worked quite well as the band's original vocalist Steve Marriott
and Huhn both had very similar vocal styles. Humble Pie Featuring Jerry Shirley was based in Cleveland, Ohio
, where Shirley worked as a DJ at a classic rock radio station. Huhn and Shirley were the mainstays in the band, and together with numerous rotating musicians performed Humble Pie music regularly all over the United States for the next ten years. No official recordings with Huhn as the band's singer were ever released, although the group was broadcast live on special radio concerts on several occasions, and bootlegs of those performances do exist. During the latter part of the 1990s, Jerry Shirley developed a string of legal problems and moved back to his native England
, taking the Humble Pie name with him. Huhn ended his longtime stint with Shirley in 1999.
Since 2000, Charlie Huhn has been the lead vocalist for another classic rock act, Foghat
. Original Foghat
vocalist Dave Peverett
died of cancer in 2000, and the band's remaining members wanted to continue performing. Huhn accepted the band's offer to join and has since become an important addition to Foghat. His energetic and entertaining style has allowed the band to continue its career in the same tradition that made Foghat one of the most successful acts of the 1970s. Aside from his vocal duties, Huhn also plays guitar, and demonstrates that not only is a very capable singer, but an accomplished rock guitarist as well. He and Foghat's other guitarist, Bryan Bassett
(formerly of Wild Cherry
and Molly Hatchet
) complement each other in true rock form. Although Bassett handled most of the lead guitar work, Huhn provided steady rhythms and played solos as well. Since joining Foghat, Huhn has recorded one studio release, Family Joules, released in 2002, and one live CD, Live II
, a double CD collection featuring the band's greatest hits released in 2007. Huhn can also be seen on the 2005 Foghat DVD release Official Bootleg—Volume One.
In 2003, he took part in a reunion with his former Victory
bandmates. The result was the CD release Instinct. Huhn declined an offer to rejoin Victory as the band's permanent lead vocalist, and chose instead to continue his work with Foghat. He remains a vital part of Foghat. In 2007, he recorded an album together with the German guitar player Matt Roehr
. He is also featured on the Foghat studio album Last Train Home, released in June 2010.
Ted Nugent
Born in 1951, Huhn is a native of the Grand Rapids, MichiganGrand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...
Area, and first came to prominence when he joined Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career...
's band in 1978. Huhn replaced Nugent
Nugent
Nugent is a surname.Those bearing it include:* Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet , British soldier & colonial governor* Laval Nugent von Westmeath , Irish-born Austrian soldier...
band member Derek St. Holmes
Derek St. Holmes
Derek St. Holmes is an American musician best known as the vocalist and rhythm guitar player for Ted Nugent's successful early solo career.-Early years:...
, and was thrust immediately into the spotlight, as he joined when Nugent
Nugent
Nugent is a surname.Those bearing it include:* Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet , British soldier & colonial governor* Laval Nugent von Westmeath , Irish-born Austrian soldier...
was one of the hottest acts in the world.
Huhn handled lead vocals on the classic Nugent
Nugent
Nugent is a surname.Those bearing it include:* Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet , British soldier & colonial governor* Laval Nugent von Westmeath , Irish-born Austrian soldier...
anthem Weekend Warriors
Weekend Warriors (album)
Weekend Warriors is an album by Ted Nugent, released in 1978. It was the first Ted Nugent album not to feature Derek St. Holmes until Nugent in 1982...
, and was also featured prominently on the album of the same name. Huhn remained with Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career...
's band until 1982, and recorded three studio albums and one live album during his tenure with the Nugent
Nugent
Nugent is a surname.Those bearing it include:* Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet , British soldier & colonial governor* Laval Nugent von Westmeath , Irish-born Austrian soldier...
camp. Another live recording from a 1979 show at London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
's famed Hammersmith Odeon was later released in 1998.
After leaving Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career...
, Huhn worked briefly with Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
guitar legend Gary Moore
Gary Moore
Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....
on his album Dirty Fingers
Dirty Fingers
Dirty Fingers is an album by Gary Moore. It was recorded in 1981, shortly after disbanding G-Force and released in 1983 in Japan, where Gary was extremely popular, and 1984 in Europe.-Track listing:All songs by Gary Moore except as noted....
then toured with Gary for some gigs in August 1982, and then teamed up with some former members of the Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
group in a project called DeadRinger. His next job was front man for the band Victory
Victory (band)
Victory was a German Heavy Metal and hard rock band from Hanover, most successful in the 1980s. With extensive tours and radio airplay, the band also made a breakthrough in North America.-Emergence:...
, a group based in Hannover, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. He recorded three releases as Victory's lead vocalist, and the band had minor success with their 1986 single The Check's In The Mail. He left the group in late 1987.
Humble Pie
In 1989 former Humble PieHumble Pie (band)
Humble Pie was a rock band from England, finding success both in the UK and the US. They are remembered for songs such as "Black Coffee" "30 Days in the Hole", "I Don't Need No Doctor", and "Natural Born Bugie"...
and Fastway
Fastway
Fastway may refer to:* Crawley Fastway, a guided bus transport service in the UK* Fastway Couriers, courier franchise business* Fastway , a heavy metal band** Fastway , the self-titled first album by Fastway....
drummer Jerry Shirley
Jerry Shirley
Jerry Shirley is an English rock drummer, best known for his work with the rock band Humble Pie and appeared on all their albums...
organized a new version of Humble Pie in which he would be the group's leader and only original member. He hired Huhn as the group's lead singer, which worked quite well as the band's original vocalist Steve Marriott
Steve Marriott
Stephen Peter Marriott , popularly known as Steve Marriott, was an English musician, songwriter, and frontman of several notable rock and roll bands, spanning over two decades...
and Huhn both had very similar vocal styles. Humble Pie Featuring Jerry Shirley was based in Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, where Shirley worked as a DJ at a classic rock radio station. Huhn and Shirley were the mainstays in the band, and together with numerous rotating musicians performed Humble Pie music regularly all over the United States for the next ten years. No official recordings with Huhn as the band's singer were ever released, although the group was broadcast live on special radio concerts on several occasions, and bootlegs of those performances do exist. During the latter part of the 1990s, Jerry Shirley developed a string of legal problems and moved back to his native England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, taking the Humble Pie name with him. Huhn ended his longtime stint with Shirley in 1999.
Foghat
Foghat
Foghat are a British rock band that had their peak success in the mid- to late-1970s. Their style can be described as "blues-rock," or boogie-rock dominated by electric and electric slide guitar. The band has achieved five gold records...
. Original Foghat
Foghat
Foghat are a British rock band that had their peak success in the mid- to late-1970s. Their style can be described as "blues-rock," or boogie-rock dominated by electric and electric slide guitar. The band has achieved five gold records...
vocalist Dave Peverett
Dave Peverett
David Peverett or Lonesome Dave was a British musician. He is best known as the original singer and rhythm guitarist of Foghat, which he founded following his tenure in Savoy Brown....
died of cancer in 2000, and the band's remaining members wanted to continue performing. Huhn accepted the band's offer to join and has since become an important addition to Foghat. His energetic and entertaining style has allowed the band to continue its career in the same tradition that made Foghat one of the most successful acts of the 1970s. Aside from his vocal duties, Huhn also plays guitar, and demonstrates that not only is a very capable singer, but an accomplished rock guitarist as well. He and Foghat's other guitarist, Bryan Bassett
Bryan Bassett
Bryan Bassett is an American guitarist who has played with several notable bands but is probably best known as a member of Wild Cherry in the 1970s who had a huge hit with "Play That Funky Music."-Early career:...
(formerly of Wild Cherry
Wild Cherry (band)
Wild Cherry was a funk/rock band best known for their funk song "Play That Funky Music".-History:Rob Parissi was raised in the steel mill town of Mingo Junction, Ohio. Parissi graduated from Mingo High School in 1968. Rob formed the band Wild Cherry in 1970 in Steubenville, Ohio, one mile north of...
and Molly Hatchet
Molly Hatchet
Molly Hatchet is an American southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1975. They are widely known for their hit song "Flirtin' with Disaster" from the album of the same title. The band, founded by Dave Hlubek and Steve Holland, took its name from a prostitute who allegedly mutilated...
) complement each other in true rock form. Although Bassett handled most of the lead guitar work, Huhn provided steady rhythms and played solos as well. Since joining Foghat, Huhn has recorded one studio release, Family Joules, released in 2002, and one live CD, Live II
Live II
Live II is a live album by the rock band Foghat. It was recorded in 2006 and released on June 26, 2007. The release is Foghat's follow up to their best selling 1977 album Foghat Live which sold over two million copies sold and is certified 2x platinum in the United States.-Disc 1: #Night Shift ...
, a double CD collection featuring the band's greatest hits released in 2007. Huhn can also be seen on the 2005 Foghat DVD release Official Bootleg—Volume One.
In 2003, he took part in a reunion with his former Victory
Victory (band)
Victory was a German Heavy Metal and hard rock band from Hanover, most successful in the 1980s. With extensive tours and radio airplay, the band also made a breakthrough in North America.-Emergence:...
bandmates. The result was the CD release Instinct. Huhn declined an offer to rejoin Victory as the band's permanent lead vocalist, and chose instead to continue his work with Foghat. He remains a vital part of Foghat. In 2007, he recorded an album together with the German guitar player Matt Roehr
Matthias Röhr
Matthias "Gonzo" Röhr was the guitarist of the rock-band Böhse Onkelz from 1981 to 2005. His stage name Gonzo derives from Double live Gonzo, an album of Ted Nugent. Since the split of the Böhse Onkelz he is known as Matt Roehr.- Youth :Röhr grew up in the area of Frankfurt in a strictly Catholic...
. He is also featured on the Foghat studio album Last Train Home, released in June 2010.