Born in 1963 and immersed in music from an early age, his father, blues guitarist Hideaway Slim, his mother related to Tina Turner. By age five he was playing alongside his father in Louisiana then sang and toured with his brothers as the gospel group The Bridges Brothers up until he formed his own band - The Five Stars at age 13. A life in bands seemed destined as he played and sang in firstly the New Chosen Singers then the Mighty Clouds of Joy and recorded and toured the country. Eugene briefly resisted the musicians' life for that of the uniform, with three-years in the Air Force and seven years with the police force in Texas. Whilst travelling alone in Europe, Eugene was discovered by B.B. King bassist Big Joe Turner and offered the position of lead guitarist/vocalist with the Big Joe Turners Memphis Blues Caravan. After a year of touring he left to concentrate on his own songs, forming the Eugene Hideaway Bridges Band and releasing his debut solo album in 1998. Since, his talents and subsequent album releases have seen him tour the world many times over and touted the new future of blues.