Bruce Hughes

I’m an Austin, Texas native and lifelong musician.

I’ve been honored with Austin Chronicle Music Awards including:

2 Bassist of the year, 5 w/ Poi Dog Pondering, 5 w/ The Scabs,  6 w/ Ugly Americans, 3 w/ Lonelyland, 8 w/ Bob Schneider, and 2 w/ Texas Bluegrass Massacre.

I have toured and performed w/ Grammy winners Jason Mraz and Dr. John.

I’ve performed and/or sung on more than 100 released albums since 1985, have production credit on 40 released albums, and have recorded for movie soundtracks, TV scores and commercials.

Latest works include single releases by Fastball, and album tracks for Poi Dog Pondering.

Currently finishing up a new solo album, to be released summer/fall ’24.

Austin residencies:

The Resentments at The Saxon Pub every Sunday since 1998

Bob Schneider’s Lonelyland at The Saxon Pub every Monday since 1999

Musical Director for Texas Heritage Songwriter Hall of Fame since 2013

Musical Artists I’m associated with:

Bob Schneider / Lonelyland (Universal/Shockorama) 1998 - present

Poi Dog Pondering (Columbia/Sony/Plate-Tectonic) 1987 - present

Texas Heritage Songwriter Hall of Fame - M.D. 2013 - present

The Resentments (Freedom) 1998 - present

Fastball (33 1/3) 2008, 2010, 2018 - present

Arthur Brown (Cherry Red) 1986-87, 2014-2020

Jason Mraz (Atlantic) 2008 - 2009, 2018 - 2019

Scabs (Shockorama) 1996 - 2014

Ugly Americans (Capricorn) 1993 - 1999

Cracker (Virgin) 1993 - 1994