Steve has played guitar all his life. The exploration of guitar music from such an early age has created a musician whose performances appear effortless and natural. He is often described as a master of open-chord tunings and he has a bottleneck technique that is fluid, sweet and original. While blues music has constantly inspired this musician his technique and writing style place him as an original. He openly confesses that as a poor copyist he quickly gave up looking to other guitarists for inspiration. Instead he looked to other instruments and used their influence to create his own sound.

His thumb is the powerhouse behind the rhythm that drives his music. His ability to hold the bass-line and chords, while adding melody lines that sing, make his guitar playing complete.

His songs are socially astute and heartfelt and delivered by a warm rich voice all his own. With songs of humour sadness and protest this is one blues musician not stuck down at the crossroads.

Steve performs regularly in venues big and small in and around London and the south-east of England. He is always working on recording projects and recently produced Billy Jenkins’ Live CD “Songs of Praise”.

Samples of Steve’s music can be found on the music page of this site