Background
Hughes grew up in Quorn, where he grew up listening to his father"s country records. He won a local country music contest at the age of eight and began playing guitar from age nine, taking lessons from his father.
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He toured Europe when he was 12 and played with various Australian country musicians throughout his teens. After graduating from high school he moved to Levelland, Texas, to study bluegrass at South Plains College. After studying under Terry McBride,(formerly of McBride & the Ride) he dropped out and moved to Nashville, where he worked as a guitarist for Patty Loveless.
Eventually he signed with Master of Computer Applications Records, who released his debut album Transcontinental in 2004.
He had hits with the singles "High Lonesome" and "Soldier for the Lonely", the latter of which hit Number. 60 on the United States. Billboard Country charts.
He is featured on three tracks from Sarah Buxton"s self-titled debut album, which was released on February 23, 2010. Hughes was a part of the platinum selling Little Big Town record Tornado where he played guitar and co-wrote "Self Made".
He partnered with Sarah Jarosz to co-write on her Grammy Nominated Record Build Maine up From Bones.
Songs included "Mile On The Moon" and "Over The Edge". Hughes also produced Australian Musician Morgan Evans" latest record. In 2014, Hughes relocated to Los Angeles and started Royal Noise Productions.
