HH and TWA 1982 - 1988.
Core Line up:

Howard Hughes Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming
Chris Pye Guitar, Guitar Synth
Roberto Soave Bass
Steve Turner Lead Guitar 

Drums:
Jim Russell (SayWestern, Girl in the Golden West, Montana, Percussion   
                     on West of the Pecos)
Neil Coleman (Paleface)
Lenny Sach (Live)
Paul Moon (Live)

Guitar:
Ray McVeigh - SayWestern



Thanks to Chas De Whalley, Martin Hopewell, Jane Nesbit, Steve Lindsay at Intersong/Warner Chappell, Laura (sound), Keith Nelson (management), Edward at Abstract Records, Paul Tipping and Ross Fitzsimons (management), Mark Fenwick, Alec Byrne at EG and John, our fan, for un-tiring support.

Howard Hughes and The Western Approaches - West of Everything

Chris Pye: Bass melody Guitar, Guitar, BVs
Roberto Soave: Bass
Steve Turner: Lead Guitar, BVs
Howard Hughes: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Jim Russell Percussion

Produced by TWA
Mixed by Gerry Kitchingham
Released on Abstract Records


West of the Pecos

Chris Pye: Guitar Synthesiser
Roberto Soave: Bass
Steve Turner: Lead Guitar 
Howard Hughes Vocals
Neil Coleman Programmed Drums


San Francisco (Here I Come)

Mayhem (original version)

Hanging On

Going Down (Peter Panther)

Mexico (Peter Panther)

Lonely Man

Naughty Chooks

Cinévi is a narrative track performed by Ghost Of Maya, blending theatrical spoken-word and poetic refrains. It carries the listener through a dream, or maybe not a dream, where every detail unfolds like a vision of the future.

The story imagines a time when art and cinema no longer require physical talent. In this world, thoughts alone are enough: imagine a film, a book, a piece of music, and it immediately becomes real. Yet the song also carries a warning, because if every thought can take shape, the only true art left is the art of thinking itself.

Step by step, the narrator wanders through an endless city of cubes, enters one of them, and meets a figure that slowly takes human form. This mysterious presence explains how the future works, where VRX (a simulator that only exists in this story… or maybe not) can materialize any thought into a tangible reality. From there, the reflection grows larger, touching on the future of creativity, the meaning of imagination, and the fragile balance between freedom and control.

Finally, the narrator decides to think of his own time, hoping to return. Suddenly the vision collapses: laughter fades into silence, the world splits into glitch and prism, and he finds himself back, telling us: I had a dream. No, it wasn’t a dream. Or maybe it was.

Cinévi is ambient and dark, immersive and poetic, layered with meaning and critique. It is both a story and a soundscape, a meditation on technology, imagination, and the future of art itself.

Cinévi

Doom (Melancholic Shores)

HH and TWA 1982 - 1988.
Core Line up:

Howard Hughes Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming
Chris Pye Guitar, Guitar Synth
Roberto Soave Bass
Steve Turner Lead Guitar 

Drums:
Neil Coleman
Paul Moon (Live)
Jim Russell (Studio)
Lenny Sach (Live)

Keyboards (live):
Helen Turner
Paul Statham

Guitar:
Ray McVeigh

See individual tracks for credits.

Thanks to Chas De Whalley, Martin Hopewell, Jane Nesbit, Steve Lindsay at Intersong/Warner Chappell, Laura (sound), Keith Nelson (management), Edward at Abstract Records, Paul Tipping and Ross Fitzsimons (management), Mark Fenwick, Alec Byrne at EG and John-our fan- for 
un-tiring support. 






Texas

A Girl in the Golden West

Plains

https://www.youtube.com/@thefranklyns https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556681353253

DESIGN IS NOT A MATTER OF OPINION.
 
The music presented here spans a forty year period and is best accessed via the 'playlists' and 'Albums' options on this page.

This is the SoundCloud page for Steve Betts. 
Music from Vachement Bath, Howard Hughes and the Western Approaches, L. Howard Hughes and The Books.
All tracks written/composed by Steve Betts. 
Video footage of performances with The Franklyns, The Western Approaches, The Associates, Eurythmics and Pete Murphy on the Youtube channel playlist.

All tracks downloadable for free on request.

In 1978 I formed a band called The Books and signed to Logo/RCA records and Virgin Music. 
The band recorded singles and an album, Expertise, all produced by Colin Thurston, and toured the UK supporting The Skids.

In 1982 I adopted the name L. Howard Hughes 
and began working with Billy Mackenzie and The Associates touring the UK, Europe and USA and recording the single 'Breakfast' and the album 'Perhaps'.
Around the same time I met Peter Murphy, from the band Bauhaus, who was beginning a solo career and worked with him co-writing and producing his first solo album, 'Should the World Fail to Fall Apart.'

In 1984 I formed another band, Howard Hughes and the Western Approaches and released singles on Abstract/Polydor and EG records. 

Throughout the 80s and 90s I worked with various artists touring and recording in Europe, the States and Japan as a session player, arranger, producer as well as writing, performing and releasing my own music.

In 2006 I formed a band called Vachement Bath and we played shows in London. I have also contributed to the 60x60 project as well as creating an online catalogue of work.  I led the BA(Hons)Music Performance and Production Programme at the University Of East London from 2014 to 2021 after which I co-formed my current band, The Franklyns. I live and write in the countryside.

San Francisco (Here I Come)

Steve Betts

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