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Stephen Yerkey
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Out of 7 votes - Similar Artists: Townes Van Zandt, Nonfiction, Randy Newman, Link Wray
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- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Genre: Rock & Pop » Singer/Songwriter
Editor's review
No one's going to easily cage (or categorize) Steve Yerkey's music: He can wrap his voice around a song like a gentle pair of hands or wail the blues like an ornery horsefly, backed by bold drums and raunchy guitars. Either way, though, Yerkey (never mind his lack of name recognition) remains one of the best singer/songwriters working today. While his previous effort ("Up from Mo's") was solo acoustic, his latest album "Metaneonatureboy" features a full band (including Scott Amendola, Will Bernard, Ralph Carney, and David Phillips)--not to mention the golden touch of producer Eric Drew Feldman.
Biography
After 50 years, a new kind of hillbilly cat.
Stephen Yerkey was born in 1950, the year of the tiger. Tigers are often cited as born leaders.
Yerkey played guitar for many years with a band called Nonfiction. He was ultimately kicked out.
Though he has admired a great many more from afar, Yerkey once owned a Cadillac of his very own. His first automobile was a 1971 Buick Centurian. He's currently making payments on a late model Toyota.
Yerkey's prize possession is a blonde Gibson J35, which he likes to believe may have once belonged to Hank Williams. Or Bill Monroe.
Originally from West Virginia, Yerkey moved early on to Gallup, New Mexico, where he learned a lot of cowboy songs and began playing in carnivals at age 14.
Metaneonatureboy was released in March, 2006. The album was produced by Eric Drew Feldman.
Regarding "We Don't Get to Watch the Trains," from his previous album Up from Mo's:
"I used to drive to work past Cape Horn, this big canyon, near Colfax. I always loved it there. It's really beautiful. They used to run the Central Pacific Railroad around the cliff. Now the railroad runs through there. I knew there was a lot of history connected with the railroad. I read a book about the Transcontinental Railway and the Chinese who worked on the railroad; they came up with the technology to use dynamite to make the roadway. California was built by Mexicans and by Asian people. It was built by white people, too, but also exploited by white people and when I wrote the song, I wanted people to know that."
--Steve Yerkey
