Virgil Howe
Virgil Howe is a British musician.
Personal life and career
Virgil is the second son of guitarist Steve Howe (of Yes). Alongside his brother, drummer Dylan Howe, he has played keyboards for a number of his father's projects, including the Steve Howe solo albums The Grand Scheme of Things (1993) and Spectrum (2005), as well as in Steve Howe's Remedy (2003 album Elements and supporting tour and DVD). He has also contributed material to his father's forthcoming 2011 release Time. Under the name The Verge, Virgil Howe produced the Yes Remixes album, released 2003.[1]
In 2008, Howe joined band Little Barrie on drums. Between 2009 and October 2010 the band wrote and recorded their third album King Of The Waves working again in Edwyn Collins studio with Edwyn, Seb Lewsley at the controls and Shawn Lee mixing. Chris Potter mastered the album. The first single of King Of The Waves was "Surf Hell". This track has recently featured as the theme tune to the 2011 Channel 4 series Sirens and advert for Rimmel "scandal eyes" mascara,it is also playable on the multi-platform video game Rocksmith. The album was released in the UK on June 27, 2011[2] and in the US on February 28, 2012.[3] After touring with Charles Bradley in Spain, Little Barrie was invited onto his North American Tour in early 2012.[4]
Howe is in The Dirty Feel, with Kerim 'Kez' Gunes (bass, vocals) and Nick Hirsch (guitar, vocals). A debut single, "Get Down and Love In", had a limited UK release in 2004. They were signed to DirtE. In 2005, the band took part in MTV's A-Cut amateur band competition. The Killer Meters features Howe on drums and again Gunes on bass and Hirsch on guitar, with Karime Kendra (vocals), Henry Broadbent (keyboards) and Stephen Wilcock (saxophone). They were signed to Breaking Bread records in 2008 and have released the single "Dance, Move, Shake".
Howe also drums for psychedelic group Amorphous Androgynous, fronted by Garry Cobain of The Future Sound Of London.
Howe produces under his own name, having previously produced under the name "Sparo", under which he released the album Sparoworlds.
Session work includes drumming on the Pet Shop Boys' album Fundamental.
Family
Howe is married to fashion model Jen Dawson. They married on 11 June 2008 and had a daughter, Zuni, in September 2012.