Boo Hewerdine (b. 1961, London) is an English singer-songwriter. His work i… Read Full Bio ↴Boo Hewerdine (b. 1961, London) is an English singer-songwriter. His work includes lead singer and creative force behind The Bible, formed in the 1980s, and reformed in 1994, as well as solo recordings and work for film. He lives in Ely.
Hewerdine (born Mark Hewerdine) moved to Cambridge as a child, but returned to London in his late teens, and worked in a record shop. Suffering from agoraphobia, it was not a happy time of his life, and he was fired from his job after being wrongly accused of theft. Returning to Cambridge, he teamed up with a friend with similar experiences and started to write songs. They formed the short-lived Placebo Thing, later renamed The Great Divide. They were heard by Mike Scott of The Waterboys, who recommended them to Ensign Records, where they cut two commercially unsuccessful singles. In 1985 Hewerdine, working once again in a record shop in Cambridge, formed The Bible, recruiting jazz drummer Tony Shepherd. They released an album of songs through the independent Norwich label Backs Records called Walking The Ghost Back Home.
The Bible became a fairly successful independent band, with a cult following spread mostly through word of mouth and live performances. Two tracks from the first album, Graceland and Mahalia were released as singles, but did not achieve very significant sales. The album however was very well received by music pundits, and this brought the band to the attention of Chrysalis Records. Signing to Chrysalis, Graceland and another track, Honey Be Good were (re)released as singles, and reached the lower end of the UK singles chart. A new album, Eureka followed, but failed commercially. In 1988, Hewerdine decided to leave the group and pursue solo projects. Calum MacColl and Neill MacColl from the group went on to form Liberty Horses.
At around this time Hewerdine met US "new country" singer Darden Smith, and this set him off in a new direction. Working together, he and Smith released a collaborative album, Evidence. Hewerdine also worked simultaneously on new solo songs, largely based on his earlier traumatic experiences in London. Eventually these were distilled down to produce the Ignorance album, released in 1992. Invited by Tori Amos to play support promoting these songs, Hewerdine managed to find a new audience and Ignorance and a single from the album, History, did relatively well commercially.
As Hewerdine's star rose, he started to write for other artists, among them Eddi Reader, Clive Gregson and Christine Collister. The Bible reformed for a tour in 1994. Further solo album releases followed, such as 1996's Baptist Hospital and 1999's Thanksgiving. Meanwhile Hewerdine was asked by long-time friend Nick Hornby to contribute music to the soundtrack for the movie version of his book High Fidelity, whose subject (working in a record shop) was also very close to Hewerdine's experiences.
Hewerdine continues to write and perform his own songs. Harmonograph, released on MVine/Red Grape Records in February 2006, is a collection of his songs written for other artists such as Eddi Reader and Hepburn, recorded by Hewerdine for the first time. 2008 saw two mini CD releases - Toy Box 1 and Toy Box 2 with art work by Hewerdine's grandmother. Hewerdine continues to tour regularly, playing a set featuring songs from through out his career from The Bible to Toy Box.
Hewerdine (born Mark Hewerdine) moved to Cambridge as a child, but returned to London in his late teens, and worked in a record shop. Suffering from agoraphobia, it was not a happy time of his life, and he was fired from his job after being wrongly accused of theft. Returning to Cambridge, he teamed up with a friend with similar experiences and started to write songs. They formed the short-lived Placebo Thing, later renamed The Great Divide. They were heard by Mike Scott of The Waterboys, who recommended them to Ensign Records, where they cut two commercially unsuccessful singles. In 1985 Hewerdine, working once again in a record shop in Cambridge, formed The Bible, recruiting jazz drummer Tony Shepherd. They released an album of songs through the independent Norwich label Backs Records called Walking The Ghost Back Home.
The Bible became a fairly successful independent band, with a cult following spread mostly through word of mouth and live performances. Two tracks from the first album, Graceland and Mahalia were released as singles, but did not achieve very significant sales. The album however was very well received by music pundits, and this brought the band to the attention of Chrysalis Records. Signing to Chrysalis, Graceland and another track, Honey Be Good were (re)released as singles, and reached the lower end of the UK singles chart. A new album, Eureka followed, but failed commercially. In 1988, Hewerdine decided to leave the group and pursue solo projects. Calum MacColl and Neill MacColl from the group went on to form Liberty Horses.
At around this time Hewerdine met US "new country" singer Darden Smith, and this set him off in a new direction. Working together, he and Smith released a collaborative album, Evidence. Hewerdine also worked simultaneously on new solo songs, largely based on his earlier traumatic experiences in London. Eventually these were distilled down to produce the Ignorance album, released in 1992. Invited by Tori Amos to play support promoting these songs, Hewerdine managed to find a new audience and Ignorance and a single from the album, History, did relatively well commercially.
As Hewerdine's star rose, he started to write for other artists, among them Eddi Reader, Clive Gregson and Christine Collister. The Bible reformed for a tour in 1994. Further solo album releases followed, such as 1996's Baptist Hospital and 1999's Thanksgiving. Meanwhile Hewerdine was asked by long-time friend Nick Hornby to contribute music to the soundtrack for the movie version of his book High Fidelity, whose subject (working in a record shop) was also very close to Hewerdine's experiences.
Hewerdine continues to write and perform his own songs. Harmonograph, released on MVine/Red Grape Records in February 2006, is a collection of his songs written for other artists such as Eddi Reader and Hepburn, recorded by Hewerdine for the first time. 2008 saw two mini CD releases - Toy Box 1 and Toy Box 2 with art work by Hewerdine's grandmother. Hewerdine continues to tour regularly, playing a set featuring songs from through out his career from The Bible to Toy Box.
Looking For A Light On The Rails
Boo Hewerdine Lyrics
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59 Yards 59 yards from your house to my house59 yards away There's…
A Cloud No Bigger Than Your Hand A cloud no bigger than your hand Will pass across the…
A Letter to My Younger Self A letter to my younger self I don't know where to…
American TV I'd take the bus back home Drive through the monochrome But …
An Atheist in a Foxhole I've never prayed before But I am praying now I am kneelin'…
Anon A faraway summer A lifetime ago A friend of a friend Who wan…
Apple Tree Read it in the Bible What Adam said to Eve Now I…
Bell Book and Candle The blue around a morning moon The colour of your eyes I…
Bell, Book and Candle The blue around a morning moon The colour of your eyes I…
Drinking Alone It's only you and no one else That ugly bottle on…
Extras You and me are extras The camera never looks our way While…
Footsteps Fall I′m in a new place now They don't know me next…
Gemini Gemini, so how do I begin It took a while, but…
Geography Staying on the seventh floor Camperdown tower motel Wind is …
Graceland Would I give you money? I don't knowthe free-est things…
Hope Is A Name Hope is a name that you give to a girl Something…
Joke D'you hear the one about The one you're now without? Did i…
Kite A kite cannot fly Till someone holds the line And if you…
Lazy Heart I've got a lazy heart Can't make it do a thing Won't…
Murder In the Dark And I know a game Two of us can play And there…
My First Band Broken strings and cheap guitars Rehearsal rooms and beat up…
Name Hope is a name that you give to a girl Something…
Ontario Amethyst found Thunder Bay Molten born to paper weight A pac…
Patience Of Angels From the top of the bus She thought she saw him…
Peacetime In peacetime When church bells ring They scatter birds Th…
Satellite Town So I was raised in a city of gold They start…
Sleep The daisy that opens at first ray of light Then closes…
Sugar On The Pill I asked the walls where you are today They have nothing…
Swansong You trouble me You trouble me Thought I was through the he…
Sweet On the Vine It would be good to see you again Go back to…
Swimming in Mercury I was a boy in suburbia You showed the future to…
The Boy Who Never Cried Wolf I always kept my head down when I was a…
The Devil Takes Care of His Own So you say that it′s over You want to be alone Well…
The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon The girl who fell in love with the moon She just…
The Year That I Was Born In the year that I was born The war was getting…
Voice Behind the Curtain The voice behind the curtain Singing in the rain Though you …
Weatherman Here comes the rain Like I knew it would Like I knew…
Wings On My Heels never was too good at dancing Somewhere I'd step out of…
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