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Seasick Steve (born March 19, 1951 in Oakland , California ; actually Steve Wold ) is an American blues musician .
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Steve Wold comes from a broken family background. When he was four years old, his parents separated, at 14 he ran away from home, moved around as a " hobo " (migrant worker) and kept himself above water with odd jobs, but ended up in jail several times. He also performed as a musician in the environment of well-known blues musicians, having learned to play the guitar as a child. So he often worked as a studio assistant in recording studios and gained experience as a sound engineer, with which he finally gained a foothold professionally.
In the early 1990s he settled in Seattle as a studio musician and worked with bands like Bikini Kill and Modest Mouse , whose first two albums he produced.
Steve Wold, who had been on the road a lot even in his older years and had changed residence frequently, settled with his Norwegian wife in their homeland after a heart attack in the 2000s. It was not until he was over 50 that he recorded his first album in 2004. The album Cheap was released together with the Swedish backing band Level Devils .
Two years later he released a solo album entitled Dog House Music . In Great Britain he achieved particular popularity through his appearance on the New Year's Eve show by Jools Holland , where he played three titles. In 2007 he was one of the most successful festival artists and in June of the same year he received the British MOJO Award as Breakthrough Act for his musical breakthrough. With some delay, his success was also reflected in the charts. At the beginning of 2008, Dog House Music reached number 2 in the independent charts and number 47 in the official album charts.
Seasick Steve's blues songs deal primarily with his hobo time and his own experiences and tell autobiographical stories. On both albums he talks about a bitch who accompanied him for a while and left him with a dozen puppies without music. The theme of the album, the dog house, developed from this.
In the same year Steve Wold released a new album entitled I Started Out with Nothin 'and I Still Got Most of It Left and this time he went straight to the top 10 in the UK.
Albums
- 2004: Cheap
- 2006: Dog House Music
- 2008: It's All Good ( EP )
- 2008: I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left
- 2009: Man from Another Time
- 2010: Songs for Elisabeth ( compilation )
- 2011: You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
- 2011: Walkin 'Man - The Best of
- 2013: Hubcap Music
- 2015: Sonic Soul Surfer
- 2016: Keepin 'the Horse Between Me and the Ground
- 2018: Can U Cook?
- 2020: Love & Peace
criticism
“Fascinating how he succeeds in creating a blues atmosphere that can hardly be more earthy or dusty, with some self-made stringed instruments and a little footstomping or the use of a broom. Roots in maturity. "
Web links
- Seasick Steve at Discogs (English)
- Seasick Steve in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Homepage of Seasick Steve (Engl.)
- Interview with Seasick Steve on musictalk4u
Literature by and about Seasick Steve in the catalog of the German National Library
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- ↑ Chart sources: DE CH UK
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
- ↑ http://www.list.co.uk/article/3659-seasick-steve/
- ↑ http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/seasicksteve.html
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Thomas Schubert: From the barking and biting of the blues. (No longer available online.) In: zoolamar.com. June 10, 2011, archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; Retrieved November 30, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Seasick Steve |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wold, Steve (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American blues musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1951 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oakland , California , USA |