Richard Hugh "Huw" Lloyd-Langton (6 February 1951 – 6 December 2012) was an English musician, best known as the guitarist for the rock band Hawkwind at various times. He also had his own band, The Lloyd Langton Group, and was the session lead guitarist for UK band The Meads of Asphodel.

Biography

Lloyd-Langton was born in Harlesden, north west London. As a member of Hawkwind he appeared on their first album, Hawkwind, before leaving the band. He played guitar for Widowmaker, Budgie, and Leo Sayer during the 1970s, then rejoined Hawkwind in 1979, appearing on the Live Seventy Nine album release from that year and the subsequent Levitation album.He continued performing with Hawkwind until 1988, after which he made occasional guest appearances, then rejoined for a brief spell in 2001-2002 until ill health (Legionnaires' disease) forced him to leave once more. He sometimes played solo as an acoustic support act for Hawkwind, including at The Brook in Southampton in December 2009. Acoustic slots at English charity (playing for free) and space rock events were also common throughout this decade. Lloyd-Langton's health had been generally poor for a decade and he was quite frail, with several broken bones and minor injuries (rarely letting fans down though - he once played a gig with a broken arm, reworking his solos on the fly so that he could play them in one area of the guitar neck). He died at his home on 6 December 2012, aged 61 years old, after a two-year fight with cancer. His final recording with Hawkwind was a re-recording of Master of the Universe for the compilation album Spacehawks.

Discography

Hawkwind

1970: Hawkwind 1980: Live Seventy Nine 1980: Levitation 1981: Sonic Attack 1982: Church of Hawkwind 1982: Choose Your Masques 1985: The Chronicle of the Black Sword 1986: Live Chronicles (vocals on "Moonglum") 1987: Out & Intake 1988: The Xenon Codex 2012: Onward 2013: Spacehawks

Widowmaker

1976: Widowmaker 1977: Too Late to Cry

Lloyd-Langton Group

1984: Outside the Law (Deprecated as a bootleg on Lloyd-Langton's official site.) 1984 "Dreams that fade away" / "It's on Me" - 12 single. Limited edition. Ultra noise records. 1985: Night Air ( original release on vinyl in 1985, Re-released in a cd version 28 June 2010.) 1987: Like An Arrow 1988: Time Space & LLG 1991: Elegy 1994: River Run 1999: Chain Reaction 2001: On The Move... Plus 2010: Hard Graft 2011: Classical Guitar Tales

Contributions

1980: Steve Swindells – Fresh Blood

References

External links

Official website Huw Lloyd-Langton discography at Discogs Huw Lloyd-Langton at IMDb Huw Lloyd-Langton talks about Hawkwind, Fragile, tribute bands and Live at the Half Moon

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