Artist description Lyrical Pop Rock from award winning songwriter Steve Tannen. Overall Grand Prize Winner 2001 USA Songwriting Competition (out of 33,000 entries) Overall Grand Prize Winner 2001 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest First, Second and Third Prize Winner 2001 Unisong International Song Contest (Second Prize with co-writer Deb Talan) Top 12 DIY CD of the Year, Performing Songwriter Magazine September 2001 Finalist (with co-writer Greg Tannen) 2000 John Lennon Songwriting Contest ÿ

Music Style alternative blues indie rock

Musical Influences Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Sting, Edith Piaf

Similar Artists Crowded House, Bruce Springsteen, Pretenders, Jeff Buckley

Artist History "It's almost 9 pm in The Living Room...and there are a few ardent conversationalists creating a low buzz. Steve's voice, somewhere between Sting...and Edith Piaf, begins to pull them in. At about midpoint in the song, the room, except for Steve, is dead silent. It's happened before in bigger, noisier rooms. He seems to be living inside the song and we go there too. Even normally disinterested people get drawn in...the silence continues for a millisecond after the last note, then the room erupts." -- Acoustic Live Magazine

Group Members Steve Tannen, Chris Benelli, Craig Benelli, Sam Shaber, Greg Tannen, Joe Brack, Mike Vesceglia, Keith Cotton, Alan Markel, Jon Ossman, Jon Gordon∆›

Instruments guitars, hammond B3, drums, vocals, lap steel, bass

Albums BIG SENORITA

Press Reviews http://www.stevetannen.comˇ›

Location New York, NY - USA

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