The odd about my name is; I was named after my dad 'Hugh Diamond'. Houston (a village near Glasgow) was named after a lord called Hugh. Sam Houston, the original governor of Texas had the City Houston named after him who coincidently got his surname by being named after the village. The Circle Game comes to mind lol ;)

And it all stems from the Anglo-Saxon town naming. Yeah, thanks Apollo 13 for having a problem, I now spend most of my days handing out the contact details of a good psychologist ;) lol. (or fixing their computer)

I love singing and performing and I don't really care if I'm alone when doing it. If I perform in front of people I get judged and I hope that people judge it as pleasant, some even say beautiful. Personally I can't stand my voice when I hear it... it's far too high and I can hear my mistakes on recordings. The fun I have is performing it because it makes me really content and I don't know why that happens. When I can't do it for some reason, after a period of time I get really depressed. Folk is my occupational therapy :D

When I was in my late teens I become very withdrawn and depressed. I got pulled out of it by listening to Bob Marley who made me feel so happy when I sang along, I then learnt loads on the guitar whilst trying to learn folk songs and it all started falling into place. I couldn't give up folk music if I wanted to... It runs deep in my veins and it gets me into trouble sometimes as I cant stop dancing to any music now!...

I work at Wembley Stadium in a VVIP area... 2 weeks ago I was working at the Foo Fighters concert and I had to watch the crowd for safety... I noticed several people spotted me bopping to it and they smiled but I should really have been professional and stayed still... I just cant do it.

I blame folk music but in a very positive way... I love it :D

I'm very nervous about tonight as it's my first gig in the family band at a ceilidh... I love ceilidhs as the atmosphere of people not having a care in the world gets up to dance and wear huge smiles on their faces... it becomes extremely infectious and soon my cheeks hurt with the silly grin exercising muscles that usually lay dormant... I then think to myself "how can anyone criticise this?"

Just a thought :D