Steve Balsamo shot to prominence in 1997 after playing Jesus to great critical acclaim in the West End revival of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar‘. After winning a Variety Club Award for the role, Steve decided to return to his first love, writing and performing his own music, and signed to Columbia Records soon after. In 2002 he released his debut album ‘All I Am’ which reached the top 40 in the UK.
Steve returned to the stage in the French phenomena ‘Notre Dame De Paris’, and ‘Poe – More Tales Of Mystery and Imagination‘, a new musical by Alan Parsons Project writer Eric Woolfson. Based on the life and work of Edgar Alan Poe, the show had it’s world premier at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in 2003, and features the powerful song ’Immortal’.
In 2004, Steve formed ‘The Storys’ (www.myspace.com/thestorys), a West Coast influenced harmony country-rock band. Their highly acclaimed debut album came to the attention of Elton John who after publicly declaring it was ’Fantastic!’, personally called Steve and invited the band to tour Europe with him – twice! The band have also toured and played with the likes of Joe Cocker, Katie Melua, Celine Dion, Santana, Runrig, Sinead O’Connor, Daniel Lanois, Van Morrison and Tom Jones to name-drop but a few.
Their songs have been featured in the US teen drama ’One Tree Hill’, and the recent hit Brit-flick ‘The Bank Job’, in which they make a cameo appearance playing two of their own songs.‘The Storys’ released their second album ‘Town Beyond The Trees’ in the UK in 2008, again to great reviews.
As a side project, Steve also formed a progressive experimental rock project with Rob Reed (Magenta) and Rob Thompson (The Storys) called ChimpanA (www.myspace.com/chimpana). The CD also featured Sam Brown, Tony Dallas, Christina Boothe (Magenta), Margo Buchanan, Bluei, Nigel Hopkins, Andrew Griffiths and Sian Cothie. The musical influences were Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Bjork and Massive Attack!
Steve is also a prolific songwriter, having scored hits in Europe and Australia, with artists as diverse as Meatloaf, Anthony Callea, Jonathon Cerrada and Slash of Guns N’ Roses fame.
After meeting Jon Lord, founder, writer and ex-keyboard player with Deep Purple at The Sunflower Jam in 2007, Steve was asked if he'd like to tour with him. A huge fan of Jon, Purple and his solo work, Steve feels very privileged to sing for such a legend and genuinelly nice man.
Steve has also sung on stage with the likes of Mario Frangoulis, Justin Hayward, Lara Fabian, Madeleine Peyroux, Glenn Hughes, Steve Harley, Roger Daltry, Robert Plant, Lulu, a couple of Stones, a couple of Eagles, a couple of Floyds and some of the best players on the planet!
Steve, Thank you for adding my new author page. I will have a few songs from the soundtrack on the player soon, but will link my music page for more songs. My fiction novel with a CD soundtrack is due out in a few weeks. It will be at CD Baby, Amazon, Barnes & Noble etc. Keep in touch. Wishing you a great musical week. Hope all your projects are on track.
Peace and respect, Joy Miller www.myspace.com/joymillermusic
STEVE i heard you on the radio last night, and you were A.M.A.Z.I.N.G Love the esoteric electric guitars, and what a tremendously impassioned performance. You were by far the best performer.
Steve, Thank you for adding me to your list of friends. I really appreciate it. My current project is a fiction novel with CD soundtrack due out soon. Wishing you continued success and a wonderful musical and happy weekend.
Peace and respect,
Joy Miller My author profile page at myspace coming soon. I hope you will join me there too.
Thanks for the add! How's your week going? My new EP, "Wherever You Go", is now available on iTunes, Amazon mp3, Rhapsody, and Limewire! Click the banner below and it will take you to my iTunes page. If you'd like a FREE download of my new single, "On My Way", send an email to info@natefowlermusic.com with "download" in the subject line. Have a great Wednesday!
Dublin, Jesus Christ Superstar (29th). Fabulous performance, sensitive, touching. Felt the emotion. Pity, in Holland we aren't used to meetings afterwards, so we left. Maybe next time... Thanx, Linda
GREAT SHOW LAST NIGHT (28th) sounded excellent from our side! thanks for taking the time to have a chat afterwards, it was the perfect ending to a brilliant time in Dublin...........till next time..........Cheers!!!:')
Hi Steve. ^ - ^ I know that you have a concert in Dublin today. I hope to see your great performance. All the best for you. I'll always cheer for you. ^ - ^
Sorry I've not been in touch for a while (work, work, work) popping by to say hi. Hope your weekend has been a good one, have a great week ahead, thank you so much for your friendship.
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