Virgil Howe Explained

Background:non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Date:1975 9, df=y
Occupations:Musician
Past Member Of:Little Barrie
Steve Howe Band
Birth Place:London, England
Landscape:yes

Virgil Howe (23 September 1975 – 11 September 2017) was a British musician best known for his work as a member of Little Barrie. He was the son of Steve Howe, guitarist and long-time member of Yes.

Career

Born in London,[1] Virgil Howe was the second son of guitarist Steve Howe. He played on several of his father's projects: he performed on keys, alongside his half-brother Dylan Howe on drums, for the Steve Howe solo albums The Grand Scheme of Things (1993) and Spectrum (2005). He was in Steve Howe's Remedy band, who released an album Elements (2003), toured the UK and then released a live DVD. He wrote and performed on a piece on his father's 2011 release Time. He also plays drums on 11 tracks of Steve Howe's Anthology 2: Groups and Collaborations that were largely recorded in the 1980s. Under the name The Verge, Virgil Howe produced the Yes Remixes album, released 2003.[2]

Howe was in The Dirty Feel, with Kerim 'Kez' Gunes (bass, vocals) and Nick Hirsch (guitar, vocals; died 2012[3]). A debut single, "Get Down and Love In", had a limited UK release in 2004. They were signed to DirtE. In 2005, the band took part in MTV's A-Cut amateur band competition. In 2005, Howe formed a related band The Killer Meters with again Gunes on bass and Hirsch on guitar, with Karime Kendra (vocals), Henry Broadbent (keyboards) and Stephen Wilcock (saxophone). They released a tribute album to The Meters and then signed to Breaking Bread records in 2008, releasing an original album.[4]

Howe also worked for a period with psychedelic group Amorphous Androgynous, fronted by Garry Cobain of The Future Sound of London.

Howe produced under his own name, having previously produced under the name "Sparo", under which he released the album Sparo Worlds. He also played DJ sets in London, and a regular radio show for Soho Radio.

In 2008, Howe joined band Little Barrie as a drummer. Between 2009 and October 2010 the band wrote and recorded their third album King of the Waves, working again with Edwyn Collins, Seb Lewsley at the controls and Shawn Lee mixing. Chris Potter mastered the album. The first single off King of the Waves was "Surf Hell". This track was featured as the theme tune to the 2011 Channel 4 series Sirens and an advert for Rimmel "scandal eyes" mascara; it was also playable on the multi-platform video game "Rocksmith". The album was released in the UK on 27 June 2011[5] and in the US on 28 February 2012.[6] After touring with Charles Bradley in Spain, Little Barrie was invited onto his North American Tour in early 2012.[7] The band went on to do the theme music for the TV series Better Call Saul.

Howe worked as a session musician on the Pet Shop Boys album Fundamental and for Demis Roussos.

Nexus, released 17 November 2017 on InsideOut, is a joint album by Virgil & Steve Howe.[8] [9] Steve described the album: "Most of the credit goes to Virgil on this; it's Virgil's bed and melodies but I've come in to add a little bit more."[10]

Personal life

Howe married fashion model Jen Dawson in 2007 and they had a daughter in September 2012.[11] [12] They separated in 2015. Howe died unexpectedly of a heart attack in September 2017 at the age of 41, shortly before Little Barrie were scheduled to embark on a tour for their fourth album, Death Express.[13] [14] [15]

Discography

Main projects

The Dirty Feel

As Sparo

The Killer Meters

Little Barrie

Also appear on:

Steve Howe

Production

Remixes

A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble, 2014[23]

Sessions

Fundamental, 2006

Demis, 2009[25] [26]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Little Barrie drummer Virgil Howe dies suddenly aged 41. 12 September 2017. The Independent. 16 September 2017.
  2. Web site: Yes Remixes. Henry. Potts. Relayer35.com. 12 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Contaminated blood: MP alleges 'cover-up' over scandal that ruined lives in Hampstead and Highgate. Emma. Youle. 25 April 2017. Hamhigh.co.uk. 12 September 2017. 12 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170912191958/http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/health/contaminated-blood-mp-alleges-cover-up-over-scandal-that-ruined-lives-in-hampstead-and-highgate-1-4990627. dead.
  4. Web site: BBC – Music – Review of The Killer Meters – Breakin' Out. Martin. Longley. BBC. 16 September 2017.
  5. Web site: Archived copy . . 17 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141222062158/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/king-of-the-waves/id442952557 . 22 December 2014 .
  6. Web site: Little Barrie Review. Bringonmixedreviews.com. 12 September 2017.
  7. Web site: co-sign. https://archive.today/20120907025434/http://www.co-sign.com/?p=2524. dead. 7 September 2012. 31 December 2020.
  8. Web site: Little Barrie, Marc Riley – BBC Radio 6 Music. BBC. 12 September 2017.
  9. Web site: Yes cancel Yestival tour after death of Steve Howe's son Virgil. 12 September 2017. Teamrock.com. 12 September 2017.
  10. "The Howes' Otherworldly Delights", by Natasha Scharf, Prog issue 80, September 2017, pp. 12–3
  11. Web site: Howe . Virgil . Virgil Howe's Twitter account . Twitter . 30 July 2020 . 23 September 2012.
  12. Web site: Yes cancel tour after Steve Howe's son dies. 12 September 2017. List.co.uk. 12 September 2017.
  13. Web site: Little Barrie drummer Virgil Howe has died, aged 42. 12 September 2017. NME. 12 September 2017.
  14. Web site: Little Barrie's Virgil Howe Has Died. Clash Music. 12 September 2017 . 12 September 2017.
  15. Web site: Tragic Beauty. Guitar Player. 28 November 2018.
  16. Web site: Someday – Virgil Howe – Kudos Records. Kudos Records. 16 September 2017.
  17. Web site: Breakin Bread (UK) – [BNB 060] Virgil Howe – B-Boy Bounce]. Breakinbread.org. 16 September 2017.
  18. Web site: Killer Meters – A Tribute to the Meters. Banquetrecords.com. 16 September 2017.
  19. Web site: The Killer Meters – Freak/Stomp 2 x 7", by Breakin Bread. Breakin Bread. 16 September 2017.
  20. Web site: The Killer Meters – Breakin' Out ! CD BNB052. 12 September 2009. 16 September 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20090912120125/http://www.breakinbread.org/bnb052RapAndSoul.htm. 12 September 2009.
  21. Web site: The Killer Meters – Rainbow of Love 12", by Breakin Bread. Breakin Bread. 16 September 2017.
  22. Web site: Kitsuné Maison Compilation, Vol. 15 – Various Artists – Songs, Reviews, Credits. AllMusic. 16 September 2017.
  23. Web site: Syd Arthur – A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble (Remixes by The Amorphous Androgynous) . FSOLdigital.com. 16 September 2017.
  24. Web site: Le disque du jour : Mareva Galanter, "Happy Fiu". Les Inrockuptibles. 16 September 2017.
  25. Web site: Demis Roussos – Demis – NU – Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl. Nu.nl. 26 May 2009 . 16 September 2017.
  26. Web site: Demis Roussos – Demis. 26 January 2010. Rockonnet.com. 16 September 2017.

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