User:Stonestar7/Stephen Porcello

Stephen Porcello was born in Olean, NY, on May 7, 1949. He lived most of his young life in Portville, NY, about 8 miles from Olean. He attended college at Alfred State College, and eventually ended up at the University of Tennessee, where he graduated with a degree in English Education, Speech and Drama. He worked briefly with the theater program, but mostly spent time concentrating on his real love; music. Moving to New Jersey, he wrote and recorded his home spun tunes; and performed in local rock bands, playing and promoting his songs in New Jersey bars and sometimes Bleeker Street wellknowns in NYC. With very little success, he continued to ply at his music as he worked at teaching first at Parsippany High School and then West Milford High School, in New Jersey. Stephen assisted some of his students who moved on to successful careers in music, the most prominent being Billy Howerdel, of the rock bands, A Perfect Circle and Ashes Divide, who has had great success as an outstanding guitarist and song writer. Billy has moved on to a number of projects that have propelled him to rock'n'roll stardom.

Stephen, now retired from teaching, performs in a classic rock band as lead vocalist and guitarist, that plays in the New Jersey and NYC area. He also heads up Black Creek Productions, a company that produces various entertainment acts and events. He has written a number of songs which now through the help of the internet and modern technology have become well known and well received.

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