STEVE'S    STORY

     Lived the first thirteen years of my life in Gary, Indiana.
Earliest memories of my mom listening to Hank Williams upstairs 
while dad listened to jazz in the basement. Enjoyed the many 
diverse influences of the neighborhood, especially the Mexican 
and Blues sounds. I bought my first guitar about this time.
I could play Beatle songs but also enjoyed picking out 
Wes Montgomery riffs. Rock and roll was interesting but not 
really essential to my listening pleasure. That is until I heard 
The Greatful Dead's 'Anthem of the Sun'. That album changed 
everything. Love's 'Forever Changes', Blue Cheer's '
Vincibus Eruptum', Pink Floyd's 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn',
Frank Zappa's 'Freak Out' and of course, 'Sgt. Peppers
Lonely Hearts Club Band'. These musical masterpieces were 
followed by Alice Cooper's 'Love it to Death',
Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme', Exuma's 'Obeah Man',
Sun Ra's 'Rocket Number Nine' and a host of others.
It was about this time I switched to bass guitar.
Tried to emulate the upright bass sounds I heard on jazz records.

   Then the mind expanding, eye opening times of change began.
Met Lou Who, who introduced me to Captain Beefheart 
Then it was The  Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever,
Passport, Miles Davis... fusion music. At the same time 
absorbing the sounds of Keith Emerson, Robert Fripp, 
the Moody Blues, and Roxy Music. Something about those 
lush orchestrations and this new instrument, The Moog.
The the biggest change, Brian Eno's emergence as a solo artist.
The album 'Here Come the Warm Jets' was the turning point.
Bought my first synth, a Micro Moog, and I was hooked.
Worked with rock (Cosmos, Live Juice), blues
(Erskine Johnson Band), jazz, new wave (Methods), punk
(The Bunkers), noise, and synth bands, although I never 
really changed my hairstyle much. Have written over 120 songs
including the cult classic 'Downers' with Rick Scobey 
in the '70's. Now enjoy writing in my 24 track home studio as 
well as working at Shark Tank Studios with the band LONG.
Oh yea, have I mentioned LONG? Shouldn't have to 
if you've read the other members biographies. Why repeat 
what has already been said. 'Almost There' was fun to write 
and produce and I am looking forward to writing the 
next album. In the meantime, I am writing songs for my 
solo project entitled 'The Squeemish'. That's not a typo,
that is intentional. So, in the words of a genius,
"Fast and Bulbous".

That says it all.