Steve Suffet
Old fashioned folksinger in the People's Music tradition.
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The Dixieland Express The Dixieland Express
A good old fashioned train song. Words & music by Steve Suffet. Back-up vocal by Anne Price.
Were You in Boston in 1919? Were You in Boston in 1919?
The story of Boston's Great Molasses Flood of 1919. Words & music by Steve Suffet. Back-up vocals by Laura Munzer. Fiddle by Gina Tlamsa.
Union Warriors Union Warriors
Dedicated to all the warriors of organized labor, past, present, and future. Words & music by Steve Suffet. Back-up vocals by Joel Landy, Eric Levine, Jody Kolodzey, and Ray Korona.
Low Rent District Low Rent District
Title song from Steve Suffet's newest CD. Words & music by Steve Suffet.
Three Foot Seam Three Foot Seam
Traditional 19th century British miners' song. With Steve Suffet on dulcimer, Gina Tlamsa on fiddle, and a chorus of People's Music Network members from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
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Born Stephen Lawrence Suffet in 1947, Steve Suffet is best described as an old fashioned folksinger. His repertoire is a mixture of railroad songs, trucker songs, cowboy songs, union songs, old time ballads, blues, ragtime, Gospel, bluegrass, topical-political songs, and whatever else tickles his fancy. He takes songs from whatever sources he wishes and then he sings them his own way, maybe rewriting the lyrics on the spot, flatting a 7th, or changing a major key to a mountain modal.Steve also writes his own songs, sometimes set to the tunes of traditional folk songs, but more often set to tunes he has composed in traditional styles.
Photo credit: Jody KolodzeyBand/artist history
As a little kid I carried a harmonica in my back pocket, and I took it out mostly to annoy people. I started playing guitar in high school, and about a year or two later I started to perform at coffee houses.Have you performed in front of an audience?Yes, anywhere I can.
Your musical influences
Major influences: traditional folk music, topical-political folk music, old time country music, Joe Hill, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Cisco Houston, plus, most important of all, musical friends throughout my life, including Pete Seeger, Sis Cunningham, and Jean Ritchie, but also including lots of less known people, such as Anne Price and the late Eric Levine.What equipment do you use?
Martin guitar, Vega banjo, Hohner harmonicas, and an Appalachian style dulcimer manufactured in Romania, of all places. Go figure!Anything else?
I am proud to be a member of Local 1000, American Federation of Musicians, AFL-CIO. Solidarity forever!
New York City, NY
USA
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106201
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Comments (13)
Different and nice change
Great song Steve!
Fun, toe-tapping sing along!!! You made me smile!!
Rosie
Hi Steve'/ Boy we love blue grass music.Five stars my friend.Your new friend here on SC .i HAVE ALSO ADDED YOU TO MY station.God Bless you & yours. Ace V.Weaver
Hi Steve,
It always seems like you are truely enjoying yourself when you sing! Thanks for an enjoyable listen.
Take Care,
Rosie
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