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Most Loved Tracks4 users
Hughes/Thrall - I Got Your Number4 users
Hughes/Thrall - The Look in Your Eye4 users
Hughes/Thrall - Beg, Borrow or Steal4 users
Hughes/Thrall - Muscle and Blood4 users
Hughes/Thrall - Who Will You Run To
Music Video Links The Look in Your Eye |  I Got Your Number |
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Hughes/Thrall paired the talents of English vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (ex-Trapeze and Deep Purple, aka "the Voice of Rock") and American guitarist Pat Thrall (formerly with Automatic Man and Pat Travers' band). The latter had slowly made a name for himself in both hard rock and fusion circles (having briefly worked with Al di Meola among others) but had yet to capitalize on his burgeoning fame, come the early '80s; while the former had managed a perfunctory solo album shortly after the disintegration of Deep Purple, but otherwise spent the previous five years mired in a mixture of drugs, lack of inertia, and grief over the heroin-related death of former running mate Tommy Bolin.
In fact, it has been argued that it was partly Hughes' nostalgia for the supremely talented but doomed Bolin's effortless dabbling in rock, jazz, blues, and beyond that sparked his interest in working with the similarly versatile Thrall.
Thus was born Hughes/Thrall in late 1981, and months of rehearsal, songwriting, and all around woodshedding followed in Los Angeles, where the duo eventually began recording an eponymous album with heavyweight producer Andy Johns (Led Zeppelin, Free, etc.), keyboard player Peter Schless, and a variety of drummers including Gary Ferguson, Gary Mallaber, and Frankie Banali (future Quiet Riot).
In 1982 an one time studio album was released under the name of Hughes/Thrall. The musicians teamed up again in 1987 to record a track for the Tom Hanks-Dan Aykroyd comedy Dragnet. The song, "City of Crime", featured Hanks and Aykroyd rapping the verses, while Hughes sang the chorus. It was released as a single and a promotional video was shot, which received heavy rotation on MTV.
In 2006 it was announced that Hughes and Thrall were actively working on a follow-up to their 1982 album, and were in the process of writing and recording new material. In September, they started the final phase of the recording process, and announced that the album would be released in 2007. However, to date (2012) the second album has not been released.
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