Corey Stevens (born August 6, 1954) is an American

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guitarist from

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, United States.

Biography

Stevens began playing guitar at age 11 and moved to

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after graduating from

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at Carbondale, to pursue a career in the music business. Stevens worked as a school teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District for ten years before signing a recording contract with the independent label, Eureka Records. He released his debut album in 1995, garnering comparisons to

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and

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, and scored a rock radio hit with the single, "Blue Drops of Rain." "One More Time" from his 1997 follow up, ''Road To Zen'', was his highest charting single. It reached the top ten in Radio & Records and number 22 on the ''

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'' Mainstream Rock chart.

Discography

*''Blue Drops of Rain'' (Eureka/Discovery, 1995) U.S. Blues number 7 *''Road to Zen'' (Eureka/Discovery, 1997) U.S. Blues number 4 *''Getaway'' (Eureka, 2000) *''Bring on the Blues'' (Fuel 2000/

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, 2003) U.S. Blues number 15 *''Alone at Last'' (Self-released, 2006) *''Mean and Lean'' (Self-released, 2006) - reissue of ''Getaway'' *''Albertville'' (

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, 2007) *''Myth Live'' (Self-released, 2008) -2CD *''The Dreaming Man'' (Self-released, 2010) *''Rumors in the Ether'' (Self-released, 2014) *''The Party's Gonna Go On'' (Self-released, 2018)

Singles

* 1996 "It's Over" from ''Blue Drops of Rain'' * 1996 "Blue Drops of Rain" from ''Blue Drops of Rain'' * 1996 "Crosscut Saw" from ''Blue Drops of Rain'' * 1997 "Road to Zen" from ''Road to Zen'' * 1997 "One More Time" (US Main Rock number 22) from ''Road to Zen'' * 1998 "My Neighborhood" from ''Road to Zen'' * 2003 "Lonesome Road Blues" from ''Bring on the Blues'' * 2003 "Triple Jack" from ''Bring on the Blues'' * 2003 "You're So Evil" from ''Bring on the Blues''

Music videos

References

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