In July of 1986 Steve nearly released his first and only
record album, Dead End Street which yielded the hit
single
"The Chill Twill Blues" featured in the V&R Film That
"Old Proud" Look (1985). This album was recorded and
produced at V&R Studios, audio division, in New York
City between April and June of 1986. Guest musicians on
this album were The Camel Boy from Illinois and
Troy, in addition to several members of Acid
Rain. While this record did not sell at all (none
were ordered, or shipped) on a grander scale this "release"
gained almost instantaneous acceptance in the underground
music scene. While no commercial copies of this elusive
album are
known to exist (they were all melted down and recycled as
Menudo Records) a live performance of "Chill Twill Blues"
by Steve remains as the focal-point of the V&R Video
release, The First Telethon to Benefit the Boat
People.
While it is rumored that there might be a few copies
of this impossible to find record in existance, they are
radio station promos, and sell for hundreds of dollars.
A bootleg recording of this record also exists and rumor
has it that an official V&R Records reissue is in the
works. It is further whispered that the at one of the
upcoming gatherings at Blissland several of the
songs on Steve's lost album may be rerecorded.
The only existing recording , by Steve, that is still
available (on cassette format) is: "Chill Twill Blues" b/w
"That "Old Proud" Look" Interestingly enough the B Side of
this single is taken from the unreleased soundtrack of the
film of the same name, That "Old Proud" Look, which
starred Steve, and until now has been completely
unavailable. While music videos were shot for both songs,
only "Chill Twill Blues" ever made it to the small screen,
and this was on U68, a now defunct UHF all music
video station that existed in New York City back in the
early - mid eighties. While the video was only played once,
dozens of inflammatory, and life threatening letters poured
in to the television station after its being shown. Sadly,
the video
itself is "lost" as is its auditory counterpart.
The culmination of Steve's career was when Coca-Cola chose him as their spokesman for their new drink, Cherry Coke shortly after the first Telethon to Benefit the Boat People. Click here for an video excerpt from this commercial.
For info on how to obtain this impossible to find cassette
single,
write to the e-mail address on the main page.
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further expanding exploits of STEVE!!!
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