Author Archives: steviehimself

I was going to deep-six this website. It’s kind of dead wood to me, and at least I’m being honest about it. But what’s preventing me from doing so? Aside from posting pics of funky gear? I feel it would be a big disservice to my friend Alexx Calise, who suggested I do this siteContinue reading “STICKING AROUND”

Is this not the longest January ever? Seems like that to me. But Xmas came later in the form of three new pieces of gear!!! First up: Orange Micro Dark 20 watt amp head. Like the Micro Terror, it has a tube in the pre-amp and the rest is solid state. Which means…THIS THING CRANKS!!!Continue reading “XMAS CAME LATER!”

New Years Eve 2024…I receive a Facebook message: “If you good for this Friday, black river barn. 10pm show” So my last day of the year started off with being needed for a Supernova gig four days later. And I didn’t expect to hear about any shows until maybe March/April. Threw on a new setContinue reading “FIRST GIG OF 2025…AND I DIDN’T EXPECT IT!”

I sat on this particular piece of music for about a year, waiting for the right sounds to come to me. I had the guitar part already, just needed that extra something. After some time had passed, the rest of it came to me. I present to you the final single of 2024 entitled “AlwaysContinue reading “LAST SINGLE OF 2024”

Not that anyone asked, but while I put my guitar god aspirations away, I decided to compile a list of the good aspects of 2024. See how many you remember: Played a bowling alley. Played a golf course. Played a farm with a corn maze. (Maybe I will play a ski slope in the future?)Continue reading “THE GOOD ASPECTS OF 2024…”

How I spent my Friday afternoon… Thought I didn’t have the files for these albums but surprise surprise! Thank goodness for Dropbox, which I had forgotten about (oops!) Since I had no plans today, why not play these songs that I’d not heard nor performed in years, and remind myself of how overly ambitious IContinue reading “JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS”

When I took that selfie a few days ago, my joke was “The sun hit my hair just right.” Then I took a good long look at it, and noticed something. Is this what inner peace feels like? I can’t say for sure but my face doesn’t show any desperation anymore, nor any signs ofContinue reading “IS THIS WHAT INNER PEACE FEELS LIKE?”

I am typing this on Thanksgiving night. I must have written, re-written, and threw out this blog a few times this week, looking for the right words to print. Today felt like the right day to do it. So why is there a picture of Prince at the top? Read on… Last night I gotContinue reading “WHO AM I, REALLY?”

This may not be a big deal to some of you, but to me it is. When you’re a quirky guitar player, you tend to be marginalized. I was never the best, not the most original player (but certainly not the most derivative either). All I ever did was simply kick ass, bring my A-game,Continue reading “GOING INTO HIBERNATION”

I don’t even know how to begin this blog. My mind is racing 200mph, but the rest of my body is still sleeping. But like the pro I am (or was), I’ll just type away… Ready? After a month of helping out the cover band Supernova, I was asked to do one more gig onContinue reading “KINDA SHOT BUT WORTH IT”