Steve Robinson BIO

Steve, a native New Yorker, has been a carpenter, English teacher shell fisherman, truck driver, landscape crew foreman, air traffic controller, and computer programmer (and those are just some of the jobs). “It hasn’t been dull”, as Ellen, his wife of 35 years, puts it. Steve has developed his own unique finger style combining driving rhythms with tasteful licks. And the songs. His CD of originals, Back Roads, contains 12 gems that range from blues, country, soul, folk, and jazz, each one delivered with an authenticity and soulfulness that is rare. Steve has been featured at some of the top acoustic venues on Long Island. His favorite artists tend to be other great songwriters such as John Hiatt, Delbert McClinton, Steve Earle, Guy Clark, Paul Brady, Jimmy LaFave and Slaid Cleaves. “Each of these guys has a knack for reaching into your gut and pulling out a truth so crystal clear it leaves you gasping for breath. That is the kind of songwriter I want to be”. He is well on his way.