Mark Hewins

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Mark Hewins
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Hewins in 2007.
Background information
Born (1955-03-24) 24 March 1955 (age 69)
Origin Canterbury
Genres Jazz fusion, progressive rock
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1973–present
Labels
Member of
  • FF
  • Tritonik
  • the Music Doctors
Formerly of

Mark Hewins (born 24 March 1955) is an English guitarist known for his connections to the Canterbury scene, a group of English progressive rock musicians during the 1960s. [1]

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Biography

Hewins' professional career as a guitarist began in 1973 with the London band Mother Sun with Steve Tozer and lead singer Dave Bell. Early work included on the Dance Orchestra's A Luta Continua (alongside Phil Collins, John Martyn, and Danny Thompson).

Hewins has worked extensively with various Canterbury scene musicians, [2] including multiple projects with Elton Dean. [3] He played on Dave Sinclair's Moon Over Man album and with him in The Polite Force (1976-8, Canterbury Knights album). He was in Going Going (1990) and Caravan of Dreams (1991) with Richard Sinclair. Hewins played in later incarnations of Soft Heap (with Dean, Pip Pyle and John Greaves) and can be heard on A Veritable Centaur. He was a member of Gong in 1999. Hewins has also worked extensively with Hugh Hopper, including in Dark Horse and Mashu (1995-8). Hewins also worked with Mashu percussionist Shyamal Maïtra on other projects, including a duo and a trio with Carol Grimes.

He has collaborated with Dennis Gonzalez and Andrew Cyrille in the U.S. and in Europe with Django Bates in Research. Hewins' first solo album was The Electric Guitar (1987). He was Lou Reed's guitar tech on several tours. [1]

He leads his big band FF, his dance band Tritonik (with Tania Evans, who went on to Culture Beat), and the Music Doctors (with Dean and Lol Coxhill). He has played with Julie Felix, Bill Bruford, Fred Frith, Joe Lee Wilson, Dudu Pukwana, John Stevens, Mervyn Africa, and Anthony Aiello. He has also written music for film and television commercials.

Discography

Solo albums

Collaborations

With Research
With John Stevens Dance Orchestra
With Soft Heap
With Mashu
With Polite Force

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mark Hewins - Guitars". Calyx-Canterbury.fr. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "COLLAPSO-Canterbury Music Family Tree". Archived from the original on 18 January 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2006.
  3. ↑ "Facelift Magazine - The Canterbury Scene and Beyond". Homepages.3-c.coop. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Mark Hewins - The Electric Guitar - Big Big Spaces". Aural-Innovations.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mark Hewins". Discogs.com . Retrieved 8 January 2019.


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