Steve is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was 11 years old when he first picked up his Uncle's green electric guitar and was then forever hooked.
Steve is available to perform either as a solo act, as a duo/trio with other musician friends or with his full band "Thunderheads" at nightclubs, coffee houses, private parties, corporate functions, receptions, etc.
Steve formed his first band at age 13. He has always been in one band or another through the years, including the band London (1979-81), The Eddies, and Broken Harbor. While working on a music career, Steve was also enjoying his other interests, like annual treks into the wilderness of northern Minnesota and learning Graphic Design. To this day, you will often find him north at his property if he's not absorbed in a music or graphics project.
Steve draws from the different musical styles that inspire him and brings them under the broad genre of rock & blues. Meaning, at times hints of pop, jazz and progressive rock sprout from the music, but it's roots are rock & blues.
Favorite Groups include: Allman Brother's Band, Steely Dan, Little Feat, Yes, Pink Floyd, The Police, Bruce Hornsby & The Range, Doobie Brothers, and many others.
Some of Steve's favorite guitarists include: Larry Carlton, Steve Howe, Pat Metheny, Walter Becker, Mark Knopfler, Jerry Garcia, Eric Johnson, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Currently, Steve is performing solo shows around the Twin Cities/ Minnesota area and is also performing with his band Thunderheads. Aside from his various personal music projects, he helped form the band in 1995.
As the lead guitarist/singer and major composer for the band, he wrote and co-produced several of the songs on the band's first CD entitled Primitive Hope in 1996.
In 2006, he produced Thunderheads' newest album Can't Stop Time, which includes several of Steve's songs and was released Spring of 2007.
Steve's songs have been played on local radio and TV programs, including a clip on The Will Steger Foundation's "global warming 101 website", where his recent song Grip of the Black Gold is discussed including a link to the song.
Check out one of Steve's shows, you won't be disappointed!
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