Hugh Laurie Sings The Blues and Then Takes Them On The Road.

Hugh Laurie is an English actor, comedian, writer, director and musician. Born in Oxford, England, he took piano lessons from the age of 6, and has stated that he has loved American music from the time he was a child. Best known for his role as Dr. Gregory House on House M.D., he has won 2 Golden Globes, 2 Screen Actors Guild awards, and has 6 Emmy nominations under his belt.

Laurie’s debut album entitled Let Them Talk was released in France and Germany in April of 2011. His latest album Didn’t It Rain was released in May in the UK. Laurie is planning a major tour of the UK to promote Didn’t It Rain. His US/Canadian tour for the album which releases August 6th starts this fall.

Both albums were produced by Joe Henry, and Didn’t It Rain was recorded in Los Angeles in January 2013. The Copper Bottom Band are Laurie’s supporting musicians, but Didn’t It Rain features special vocals by Gaby Moreno, Jean McClain and Taj Mahal, a Grammy-winning blues musician. New Orleans blues ran deep in Let Them Talk. For his second album, Laurie gears it more towards an American heartland blues, in order to feature a different sound. Laurie says that the further he goes into the realm of American blues, the more he falls in love with the songs and the people who play them.


Fans were given the option to pre-order a limited edition backpack plus a digital album, which included a 2 CD backpack with 5 bonus tracks, and a digital deluxe album with a “making of” video for $29.99 on his website. Or pre-order the CD plus the digital album which includes the album on CD and the digital deluxe album with “making of” video for $11.99, also on the website. The iTunes pre-order with “making of” and “track by track” videos was $13.99, and the Amazon pre-order of the album on CDwas  for $10.99 is also on the website. The new album was officially made available on August 6^th in the US.


The US tour starts October 13^th at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, TN. It ends on November 3^rd at the Buckhead Theater in Atlanta. And we've got tickets for you the whole way down!