Steve Power
You write good songs. I mean really good songs - Billy Joe Shaver
Steve Power
You write good songs. I mean really good songs - Billy Joe Shaver
Life and Times of Steve POWER
My Story
Steve Power is an Austin based, award winning, Americana singer-songwriter whose career has spanned over five decades performing everywhere from brothels to stadiums on two continents and two islands, releasing two EPs, four albums and a fifth, "The Earl Sessions" soon to be released.
As The Stillwater Times observed, Power can "..turn his hand vocally to any type of music from rock to blues to gospel to ballads and manages the transition between these different genres with the greatest of ease."
"….songs of absolute power carry classic country into his signature Americana sound…” – Jack Anderson – KUTX-FM, Austin
Steve’s reputation includes assembling world class bands. In his time he has performed or recorded with: Jesse "Guitar" Taylor (Joe Ely),Colin Griffin (Van Morrison), Earl Poole Ball (Johnny Cash), Jeff Hayes (Johnny Lang), Pete Monfre (Willie Dixon), Redd Volkaert (Merle Haggard), Graham Williams (Bo Diddley - Racing Cars), Ted Oberg (Living Blues), Micky Gee (Dave Edmunds), James Morgan (Stan Webb's Chicken Shack), Bob Watkins (Shakin' Stevens), Warren Hood (Lyle Lovett) and more...
"Who is that guy!?" - Little Richard
“I never heard of him.” - Stephanie Davenport, VP A&R Warner Music, Nashville
Steve Power, telling more stories than Sherezade without ever once letting the truth get in the way and a sure sense of how to make music that captures the ear of anyone that loves a well-crafted song, performed by world class musicians and sung by a guy who knows what he’s doing.
Don' Folks Just Say the Nicest Things?
“Power’s songs are strong and authentic...” - British Blues Connection
"Arguably the best harmonica player in Texas."- Ron D'Argenio, Producer/Owner Hoodoo Recording
“..reminiscent of the glory days of the Byrds, the Burritos, and the early Eagles - yet grounded in sounds that purists and Buddy Holly fans could easily identify with...."
- Alan Rockman, L.A. music columnist.
"I'm making it my mission in life to get these songs heard." - John David, Berry Hill Studios, Berry Hill, UK
" ‘Most Danceable’: Of hundreds of versions, Power’s rendition is one of my short-list favorites; as Melissa Swingle of the Moaners put it, 'It’s utterly inappropriate for the subject matter and, at the same time, absolutely perfect.'"
- "Chasing the Rising Sun" , a history of "House of the Rising Sun" - Ted Anthony (Associated Press)
"... Power's colourful life oozes from all the songs, where his Tom Russell type delivery meets Willie Nelson with a touch of Waylon.
It's all good stuff.... he manages to combine straight ahead rock with some excellent ballads."
- Americana UK
"You bastard! It was you!"
-Tom Jones