The Maximum Leader says he doesn’t know who all the Steves are in the current poll. Let’s see if we can do something about that. Here are several of the Steves in action.
Stephen Bennett: “C.E.O. (Comanche Executive Officer)”
Steven King: “Medley: Puttin on the Ritz/42nd Street/It Don’t Mean a Thing” ((The bass you hear is actually the sound of the two lowest strings on King’s guitar run through a separate pickup and electronically transposed an octave down.))
Steve Lukather: “Naima”
Steve Morse: “Cruise Missile” ((Jerry Peek, bass, and Rod Morgenstein, drums))
Steve Stevens:”Melt” ((Tony Levin, bass, and Terry Bozzio, drums))
Steve Vai: “The Attitude Song” ((Stuart Hamm, bass, and Chris Frazier, drums))
For Steves Hackett and Howe, dig out your old Genesis and Yes albums.
I regret that I don’t have any Steve Kaufman handy (what I have is on cassette, but my tape deck died several years ago). He is the only person to place first three times in the National Flatpick Competition at Winfield (Mark O’Connor only did it twice). If flatpicking is what you like, he’s your guy.
If you don’t know who Stevie Ray Vaughn is, you have some remedial listening to do.
Update: In celebration of April 15, here’s Stevie Ray: