EARSHOT GRAFFITI

Like many of his generation, Steve and his older

brother Jeff began playing guitar after hearing

“I Want To Hold Your Hand” in 1964. Along

with “The Beatles,” his early influences were

Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton. He

played his first gig in an acoustic duo at the Pizza

King in Shreveport in 1972. Over the next fifteen

years he played at social functions and private

parties. He has recorded a number of original tunes

written by his good friend and talented song writer

Mike Rabourn. Job demands and other interests

took him away from music for ten years until, in

1996, he met Jerry Mathews. It was Jerry who

got Steve back into music by persuading him to join

the choir and music ensemble at St. Jude Catholic

Church.