Artist description Stephen W. Terrell only wants to be invited to your home.He's your friend. He's not like the others.

Music Style Alternative Country

Musical Influences Roger Miller, Frank Zappa, Kinky Friedman

Similar Artists Red Sovine on Angel Dust

Artist History Stephen W. Terrell is a Santa Fe journalist, musician, public radio disc jockey, author, philosopher and lecturer.He recorded his first album PICNIC TIME FOR POTATOHEADS in 1981 and his second (cassette only) PANDEMONIUM JUKEBOX in 1984. He got disgusted with the music biz soon after that and turned his attention to his writing.Steve works as a mild-mannered reporter for The Santa Fe New Mexican and has two weekly shows on KSFR FM (90.7) - the alternative country SANTA FE OPRY and the freeform TERRELL's SOUND WORLD.His current band is THE CHARRED REMAINS.Check out the web site: http://blueelf.4dw.co

Instruments Just a boy and his tuba. Without the tuba

Albums Picnic Time For Potatoheads & Best Loved Songs From

Press Reviews From MODERN TWANG: AN ALTERNATIVE COUNTRY MUSIC GUIDE By David Goodman Page 302, between Tennessee Rhythm Riders and The Texana Dames Stephen W.Terrell Singer/Songwriter, Satirist; DJ: Music Journalist Santa Fe, New Mexico Northern New Mexico is a unique place where Pueblo Indians, Chicanos and cowboys mix and mingle with artists, New Agers and atomic scientists. In the early 1980s, Santa Fe singer/songwriter Stephen Terrell captured with great intelligence and humor, the essence of this strange scene on two fine albums. Picnic Time For Potatoheads featured backing from a group of local musicians, including ex-Mothers of Invention drummer Jimmy Carl (I'm the Indian of the Group) Black. Terrell's songs, "Cajun Clones", "Green Weenie", "Solar Broken Home" and "I Lost My Baby To A Satan Cult" got lots of attention in New Mexico and beyond (The Dr. Demento Show and KFAT in California).Meanwhile Terrell became a fixture at local Santa Fe hangouts and in 1984 released Pandemonium Jukebox. Recorded in a bedroom on a 4-track cassette, it is lo-fi to say the least, but has some gems like "Huggin' the John", "The Mushroom Sweet", and "The Jackalope Chant". However, it was limited to a few hundred copies, and when it receivedlittle airplay, Terrell gave up performing to become a crime reporter and music reviewer ("Terrell's Tune-Up") for The Santa Fe New Mexican into the late 1980s and 1990s.Currently Terrell hosts two alt. country/ roots show on KSFR in Santa Fe: The Santa Fe Opry featured "Country music as God intended it to sound, while Terrell's Sound World is "freeform weirdo radio." He writes insightful alt. country/Americana reviews for Re:Verb Online. He has also revived his musical career by reissuing Picnic Time For Potatoheads on CD with nine cuts from Pandemonium Jukebox and in 1996 co-wrote Danger Peligro with Erik Ness. Terrell maintains a fascinating web site with details about his career, original music articles and links to alt country artists and web pages plus "miscellaneous weirdities" from Masked Wrestlers to the Three Stooges.

Additional Info Steve wrote a chapter in the book Enduring Cowboys check it out http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/093720658X/qid=939408190/sr=1-6/002-7102750-6869865

Location Santa Fe, NM - USA

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