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Influences
Ray Brown, Chuck Rainey, Keeter Betts, "Duck" Dunn, Pops Popwell, Slam Stewart, Buster Williams, Sam Jones, James Jamerson, Milt Hinton, Danny Gatton and many, many others
Sounds Like
" I can safely say that he (Steve Wolf) is one of the best
bass players on the East Coast."
.. Douglass Boardman, The Illustrated Blues, Goldmine Magazine
"D.C.'s top bass man."
.. Guitar World Magazine - 1982
Steve Wolf,
bassist, has been a fixture on the Mid Atlantic music scene since the late 60s. During that time he has performed at major festivals and venues throughout the United States and Europe with such D.C. area notables as Danny Gatton, Tom Principato, The Nighthawks, Catfish Hodge, Big Joe Maher, Deanna Bogart, Linwood Taylor, Ron Holloway, Cathy Ponton-King, JesseYawn, and a diverse group of national artists ranging from Chuck Berry, The Coasters and Bo Diddly to Doctor John, Danny Gatton, Brian Auger, The Marvelletts and Springsteen sax man Clarence Clemons. His well-respected work in the blues arena has led him to back Chicago blues legends Sunnyland Slim, Pine Top Perkins, Bob Margolin, Charlie Musselwhite, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Jimmy Thackery and many others.
Steve has also garnered an impressive list of recording credits as both a performer and producer. He played on and produced the legendary recording “Danny Gatton – Redneck Jazz Explosion” (Live At The Cellar Door). He is on at least a half dozen recordings and compilations with guitarist extraordinaire, Tom Principato. Wolf produced Principato’s “Live In Europe 1988” CD release. He also lent his playing and song writing skills to two Deanna Bogart Recordings. Recently Steve has enjoyed recording tracks for a number of children’s music projects with folk artists Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer and Sue Trainor.
For the last 18 years Steve has been leading the award winning jazz and swing group Swing Speak. Their first CD "Well Spoken" won the Washington Area Music Association Award for Best Traditional Jazz Recording. They recently released their second recording "Live In The Alley" which was recorded in front of a live audience at the legendary Blues Alley nightclub.
Steve, Really great to connect with you! We had some good times playing together in Boston. Your music sounds great and your bass playin is fantastic as always. Man you've got that roots and jazz thing all blended together, very cool. Love to play together again sometime. Keep it up. Glenn