User:Steve mayone

Steve Mayone is an American singer/songwriter born in Bronxville, NY on March 28, 1965. He began his career in music at the age of 12 when he wrote his first song in 1977. Immediatly he began making home albums, on the best cassette tape technology available at the time. Between 1977 and 1995 he created 15 of these albums, none officially released. In 1985 he attended Berklee College of Music, where he met Michael Koppelman, later of Prince fame. He moved to Minneapolis in 1991, starting the band Raintribe with Koppelman, while also pursuing writing and recording. In 1995 he moved back to Boston, where he participated in such bands as Hummer, The Benders and Sticky. He also began touring with musicians Kris Delmhorst, Todd Thibaud and Bow Thayer while also gigging and touring with his own band. In 2004 he released his first CD "Bedroom Rockstar" to critical acclaim. He followed that up with "Unfortunate Son", also a highly lauded album. In 2006 he released a stripped down acoustic CD, "Understories". All CD's are available on CDBaby.com.