Richard Anthony Hewson
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Richard Anthony Hewson (born 17 November 1943, in Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside, England), is a producer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist, who is best recognized for his "studio group" The RAH Band.
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[edit] Biography
Hewson began in the late 1960s as an arranger and has worked with musicians like James Taylor, Herbie Hancock, Supertramp, Diana Ross, Carly Simon, Art Garfunkel, Leo Sayer, Al Stewart, Chris de Burgh, Fleetwood Mac, and Chris Rea. Beneath his RAH Band project he was a producer in the 1980s for Toyah Willcox, Five Star, and Shakin' Stevens. In the recent years he has written music for television shows and advertising spots.[citation needed]
[edit] The RAH Band
The RAH Band was a fictitious studio based group (fictitious in that it was no group, it contained only him); RAH being the initials for Richard Anthony Hewson. In 1977 Hewson wrote an instrumental called "The Crunch", which was a huge success and climbed to number 6 in the UK Singles Chart. Hewson played all the musical instruments himself. The second hit single for the RAH Band was in 1985, when the soul ballad "Clouds Across the Moon", also reached number 6 in the UK Chart. This single was recorded in conjunction with his then wife, Liz, on vocals.[citation needed]
In July 2007 Hewson released a remixed "Clouds Across The Moon '07" now featuring vocalist Emma Charles[1]
The drummer on "Clouds Across The Moon" is Peter Boita. The Simmons SDS7 drums that are featured in "Clouds Across The Moon" were recorded at Richard Hewson's home studio as they just plugged straight into the recording desk.
