Steve Erwin

Steve Erwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1955 and made his professional debut in 1974 at the Helm in Annapolis, and quickly began playing music for a living in Annapolis and D.C. Two years later he moved to Chicago to explore the growing singer-songwriter scene taking place there and played for a five year period before returning to the D.C. area. At that point he began leading the Steve Erwin Band working with top jazz musicians such as John Previti, Harold Howland and the legendary Danny Gatton.

He recorded his CD, Was It Like This with these gentlemen in December of ?88 and it was released to critical acclaim. During this time he gave three notable concerts. The two Sychronicity concerts in D.C. and the Concert at the Hall of Mirrors at Glen Echo in Maryland. Also at this time he began hosting the open mike at Gallagher's Pub in 1987 taking over the reins from recording star, Mary Chapin Carpenter. This was the most successful open mike in D.C. during the 5 years he ran it with both the Washington Post and Washington Times writing articles about it and his role as host. In May of 2000, he traveled to Vienna, Austria to give a concert at the ORF RadioCaf?. In 2001 he took time off from performing to pursue a career in buying and selling rare books but took up performing again with his move to Eastport, Maine in the summer of 2007. Since moving to Maine in 2007 he has been performing at clubs in the New England area, specifically The Rose Garden in Eastport, Maine, Calypso in Ellsworth, Maine, Kennedy's Midtown in Boston, and Husson College in Bangor as well as concerts in the summer of 2009 at the Eastport Arts Center and The Concerts on the Green in Calais, Maine.


Discography
Unreleased Tape -1980 Produced by Gregg Karukas with Gregg on keyboards, Michael Manring on bass, Jerry Kunkel on guitar and Shannon Ford on drums. Notable for a slow version of Steve's song, "Born A Tourist" which was rerecorded for the following:
"Was It Like This"-CD released in 1997. Re-released in 2007 with 4 bonus tracks recorded live in Vienna, Austria at the ORF Radio Caf?. The original recording was with the legendary Danny Gatton who provides all lead guitar on the project. Also featuring two of the best jazz musicians on the East Coast, John Previti on bass and Harold Howland on drums.


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