Steve Gunn (born in
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
Lansdowne is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, located southwest of the Center City Philadelphia. It was named for the Marquess of Lansdowne. As of the 2010 census the borough had a population of 10,620.
Lansdowne grew quickly in the ...
, United States) is an American singer-songwriter based in
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
.
He studied art and music at
Temple University
Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Ba ...
before moving to New York City.
Gunn was formerly a guitarist in
Kurt Vile
Kurt Samuel Vile (born January 3, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is known for his solo work and as the former lead guitarist of rock band the War on Drugs. Both in the studio and during li ...
's backing band, The Violators.
Gunn has stated that his musical influences include
Michael Chapman,
La Monte Young
La Monte Thornton Young (born October 14, 1935) is an American composer, musician, and performance artist recognized as one of the first American minimalist composers and a central figure in Fluxus and post-war avant-garde music. He is best kno ...
,
Indian music
Owing to India's vastness and diversity, Indian music encompasses numerous genres in multiple varieties and forms which include classical music, folk (Bollywood), rock, and pop. It has a history spanning several millennia and developed ove ...
,
John Fahey,
Jack Rose,
Robbie Basho
Robbie Basho (born Daniel R. Robinson, Jr., August 31, 1940 – February 28, 1986) was an American acoustic guitarist, pianist and singer.
Biography
Basho was born in Baltimore, and was orphaned as an infant. Adopted by the Robinson family, ...
, and
Sandy Bull
Alexander "Sandy" Bull (February 25, 1941 – April 11, 2001) was an American folk musician and composer. Bull was an accomplished player of many stringed instruments, including guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo, and oud. His early work blends no ...
.
In 2021 he as a solo artist was inter alia part of the
Newport Folk Festival
Newport Folk Festival is an annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport Jazz Festival. It was one of the first modern music festivals in America, and remains a foca ...
in July.
His album ''Other you'' (Matador, 2021) comprises 11 tracks all written by himself, among them an instrumental duet with harpist
Mary Lattimore. A reviewer stated: "However dreamy it gets, you stay wide awake throughout."
Discography
Albums
* ''Steve Gunn'' (2007)
* ''Sundowner'' (2008)
* ''Boerum Palace'' (2009)
* ''End of the City'' (2009)
(split with Shawn David McMillen)
* ''Camel Throat'' (2010)
*''Sand City'' (2010) (with John Truscinski)
* ''Live at the Night Light'' (2011)
* ''Ocean Parkway'' (2012) (with John Truscinski)
* ''Golden Gunn'' (2013)
(with Hiss Golden Messenger)
* ''Time Off'' (2013)
* ''Cantos De Lisboa'' (2014)
(with Mike Cooper)
* ''Melodies for a Savage Fix'' (2014)
(with Mike Gangloff)
* ''Way Out Weather'' (2014)
* ''Seasonal Hire'' (2015)
(with The Black Twig Pickers)
* ''Steve Gunn/Kurt Vile'' (2015)
(with Kurt Vile)
* ''
Eyes on the Lines'' (2016)
* ''Bay Head'' (2017) (with John Truscinski)
* ''
The Unseen in Between'' (2019)
* ''"Flops in New York"'' (2019) (with Ryley Walker and Ryan Jewell)
* ''Soundkeeper'' (2020) (with John Truscinski)
* ''Other You'' (2021)
EPs
* ''Too Early for the Hammer'' (2009)
* ''Livin' in Between'' (2020)
* ''Nakama'' (2022)
Singles
* "Human Condition" b/w "Trances" (2011)
* "Decline of the Stiff" (2011)
* "Lonesome Valley" (2013)
(with Black Twig Pickers)
* "Wildwood" (2014)
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Guitarists from Pennsylvania
Guitarists from New York (state)
People from Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
American male singer-songwriters
Musicians from Brooklyn
Matador Records artists
Singer-songwriters from New York (state)
Singer-songwriters from Pennsylvania