Steve Caton is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and visual artist, perhaps best known for a lengthy association with

Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full ...

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Caton's first band experience was as a member of Pegasus in the late 1970s. He first gained widespread attention as the guitarist for

Y Kant Tori Read Y Kant Tori Read was an American synthpop band fronted by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. The band released one album, also called ''Y Kant Tori Read'', which was largely unsuccessful. Atlantic Records abandoned promoting the album completely after ...

, featuring the then-unknown singer

. That band released one self-titled album in 1988. After that band split, Caton served as a session musician for artists in a variety of genres. When Amos went solo in the early 1990s, Caton played on all of her albums and the associated tours until 1999. Caton also wrote and produced music for movies and television throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He started a band called Binge with

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(also a former member of Y Kant Tori Read) in 1997. That band released one album. Caton then moved into a career in graphic arts and video production, particularly for the surfboard industry.

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