Phil Hurley
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phil Hurley (born October 7, 1949} is a versatile American singer-songwriter, born in Potsdam, New York. He has collaborated with many prominent musicians and bands in New York, Boston, Washington state, the Netherlands and Los Angeles.
Singing in rock bands with his brother Steve as early as the age of eight, Phil was playing around upstate New York professionally by fourteen on bass, drums, guitar and vocals. At sixteen he co-founded Gigolo Aunts with his brother Steve Hurley, Dave Gibbs and Paul Brouwer. Quickly outgrowing Potsdam, the group relocated to Boston, where they caught the ear of the indie label Coyote Records which released the Aunts' first record, Everybody Happy, in 1988. After a ten-year succession of records and tours, Phil left the group in 1995 to move to Seattle. His plans quickly changed when he jumped into a van with Island Records artist Tracy Bonham, just in time for her debut record to blow up.
After a year and a half of steady touring with Tracy, Phil stepped away to be part of the fertile Seattle music scene, where he made countless recordings with such groups as the Tycoons, Hulabees, Shuggie, Alex Woodard and others. He continued to tour with groups like Miles Hunt of the Wonderstuff and Fountains of Wayne. After a quick year in the Netherlands, Phil currently lives and works in Los Angeles, where he has been touring and playing with the likes of Lisa Loeb and his country-rock group Stonehoney.
His work can be found on the soundtrack of HBO's "Lucky Louis", Showtime's "Weeds" and the syndicated "Greg Behrandt Show".
Source:
