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Cornell Hurd (birth name David Cornell Hurd) is an Austin, TX based singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 24, 1949. He grew up in San Jose, CA, and became part of the Bay Area music scene in the late 1960's. His first band, Dimension VI, was formed in 1966. Hurd gained notoriety in the early 1970's with his band "The Original Mondo Hotpants Orchestra.", later known as "Cornell Hurd and his Mondo Hotpants Orchestra. In 1976, his recording of "Bicentennial Boogie" was played on Dr. Dememto's radio show and became a local hit. During this period, his contemporaries included Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen and Asleep at the Wheel, acts for whom he frequently opened . In 1980, Hurd was awarded with the Bay Area Music Award for the Best Independent LP of the year. His career was briefly derailed in the mid 1980's by substance abuse, and after going through recovery, he organized a band and relocated to Austin, Texas, where he continues to perform and record.

Other awards include Third Coast Music Poll, 1993 Stage Personality of the Year, Academy of Western Artists, 2006 Contemporary Classic Country Group of the Year, and Cowtown Society of Western Music, 2010 Western Swing Hero Award.

Discography: The Original Mondo Hotpants Orchestra (El Rauncho Records) Here Come the Clones (EP), 1975

Cornell Hurd and His Mondo Hotpants Orchestra (El Rauncho Records)

Village of the Durned and Other Shorts (EP), 1976, Texas Behemoth b/w Planinum Blondes (45 RPM), 1976, Under My Thumb b/w Is There A Lover in the House?(45 RPM), 1977, Another Rock and Roll Stage Plank (EP), 1978

The Cornell Hurd Band (Behemoth Records) Doing the Unholy Roll (LP), 1980, Fever in the South (LP), 1980, Honky Tonk Mayhem (CD), 1993, Live! At The Broken Spoke (CD), 1993, Cool and Unusual Punishment (CD), 1996, Texas Fruit Shack (CD), 1998, At Large in South Austin (CD), 1999, A Stagecoach Named Desire (CD), 2000, Song of South Austin (CD), 2001, Saturday Night in San Jose (CD), 2003, Live at Jovita's--Don't Quit Your Day Job (CD), 2003, My Missing Years (CD), 2004, Return to the Village of the Durned (CD), 2004, Cen-Tex Serenade (CD), 2004, Fan Mail from the Lost Planet (CD), 2005, Texas By Night (CD), 2006, Beyond the Purple Hills (CD), 2007, American Shadows--The Songs of Moon Mullican (CD), 2008, A Bad Year for Love (CD), 2010, Big State, Long Road (CD) 2011, Drop in on My Dream (CD), 2012, XX (CD), 2014, Boonville--Live from Mendocino County (CD), 2015