| steve conte |
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| STEVE ON TOUR W/ NEW YORK DOLLS |
| NEW YORK DOLLS - US TOUR DATES |
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5/20/09 SOLANA BEACH, CA BELLY UP |
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5/21/09 LOS ANGELES, CA FONDA THEATRE |
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5/22/09 ANAHEIM, CA HOUSE OF BLUES |
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5/24/09 SAN FRANCISCO, CA GRAND BALLROOM |
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5/26/09 PORTLAND, OR BERBATIS PAN |
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5/27/09 SEATTLE, WA EL CORAZON |
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5/28/09 VANCOUVER, BC RICHARDS |
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5/30/09 SALT LAKE CITY, UT THE DEPOT |
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5/31/09 DENVER, CO BLUEBIRD |
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6/2/09 OK CITY, OK DIAMOND |
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6/3/09 DALLAS, TX HOUSE OF BLUES |
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6/4/09 HOUSTON, TX HOUSE OF BLUES |
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6/5/09 AUSTIN, TX EMOS |
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6/7/09 NEW ORLEANS, LA HOUSE OF BLUES |
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6/9/09 ST PETERSBURG, FL STATE THEATRE |
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6/10/09 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL CULTURE ROOM |
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6/11/09 ORLANDO, FL HOUSE OF BLUES |
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6/12/09 ATLANTA, GA CENTER STAGE |
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6/13/09 CHARLESTON, SC THE MUSIC FARM |
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6/15/09 CHARLOTTE, NC AMOS’ SOUTHLAND |
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6/16/09 NORFOLK, VA NORVA |
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6/18/09 PHILADELPHIA, PA THE TROCADERO |
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6/19/09 WASHINGTON, DC 9:30 CLUB |
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6/20/09 SAYREVILLE, NJ STARLAND BALLROOM |
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6/22/09 BROOKLYN, NY MUSIC HALL OF WBURG |
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6/24/09 BURLINGTON, VT HIGHER GROUND |
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6/25/09 NORTHAMPTON, MA PEARL STREET |
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6/26/09 POUGHKEEPSIE, NY THE CHANCE |
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6/28/09 BOSTON, MA PARADISE ROCK CLUB |
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6/29/09 MONTREAL, QC CLUB SODA |
6/30/09 TORONTO, ONT LEES PLACE
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| STEVE INTERVIEW ON ULTIMATEGUITAR.COM!! |
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STEVE CONTE - ULTIMATEGUITAR.COM INTERVIEW |
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| Steve Plays Guitar For Film Composer Danny Elfman & Director Ang Lee! |
| I had the amazing opportunity to work with Danny on a new film by Academy Award winning director Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain, Sense and Sensibility) called “Taking Woodstock”, about Max Yasgur - the man who hosted the famous concert on his farm. |
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I was enlisted to play Hendrix-style guitar at the intro of the film. (For all you gearheads: I used my '62 Strat - tuned down to D - through a "67 Marshall Plexi w/ a Vox wah-wah, a Jen "Tone Bender" fuzz & a Dunlap Rotovibe pedal.) |
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Working with Danny was incredible. I was prepared for him to be tough (I'm sure working on an Ang Lee film is as serious as a heart attack) but he was all smiles and totally complimentary toward what I played; sexy Jimi-ish riffs, feedback & psychedelic blues. He let me do my thing but nudged me in certain directions from time to time. Ang Lee was also a sweetheart and seemed to be very happy with what we'd recorded. |
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My guitar will be the very 1st thing you hear @ start of film, before opening credits. Pretty freakin' cool.
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| discography |
the contes - bleed together (thunderdog recordings)
crown jewels - bubble & squeak, bootleg rarities (thunderdog recordings)
crown jewels - linoleum, spitshine (thunderdog music)
new york dolls - morrissey presents: the return of the new york dolls, live from royal festival hall (attack/sanctuary)
new york dolls - one day it will please us to remember even this (roadrunner)
adrienne frantz - anomaly (wrong records)
dr. selflove - deuce bigalow: european gigolo soundtrack, SC - better things (sony)
various artists - altogether now: a beatles children's album featuring SC, the bangles, grandaddy & rachel yamagata (little monster)
maceo parker - funk overload (W.A.R.)
peter wolf - fool's parade (mercury records)
billy squier - tell the truth (capitol records)
yoko kanno - cowboy bebop, wolf's rain, brain powerd, song to fly, ghost in the shell (victor)
company of wolves - company of wolves, rhythm & booze (mercury records), steryl spycase, shakers & tamborines (ryf records)
various artists - bigger than the beatles: a beatles tribute (main man records) SC - working class hero
steve conte - turn, turn, turn-(CNR/arcade)
mr. henry - tremolux, jackhammer, 40 watt fade (mighty hudson music)
jessica owen - ever-so-slightly rearranged (sway gypsy records)
better days - leaving the blue (bd records)
pancho's lament - leaving town alive (as you wish music)
slaves of new brunswick - (westwood entertainment)
paul king - joy (epic records)
alex rozum - lost to the street (warner bros.)
drive she said - (music for nations)
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| video |
new york dolls - morrissey presents: the return of the new york dolls, live from royal festival hall
new york dolls - dance like a monkey
new york dolls - gotta get away from tommy
company of wolves - call of the wild, the distance
glen burtnick - follow you
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| equipment |
| guitars: |
gibson - ’59 & ’60 les paul juniors, ’70 les paul custom, ’77 ES-335, early ‘60s melody makers (6 & 12 string), 2005 white les paul supreme, 2006 non-reverse firebird w/ 3 p-90s
fender - ’62 stratocaster, ’68 telecaster w/B bender, ’63 fender VI (6 string bass)
other - ’59 danelectro "jimmy page", MSA pedal steel, lap steel
acoustics - martin D-18, gibson J-160E, guild 12 string
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| amplifiers: |
’67 marshall "plexi" 100 watt head w/ ‘70s 4x12 cabinet
’62 vox AC30 (non-top boost)
’65 blackface fender bandmaster head w/ 2x 12 cabinet
‘60s ampeg reverb rocket
‘60s brownface fender princeton
‘60s sano hi-fi lounge amp
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| effects: |
boss CE-1 chorus ensemble
maestro echoplex
e-bow
colorsound & vox wah-wah pedals
electro harmonix small stone phase shifter
mutron II envelope filter
voodoo lab tremelo pedal
ibanez analog delay pedal
ibanez tube screamer Pedal
boss octaver pedal
boss graphic EQ pedal
sans amp stomp box
jen tonebender pedal
ampeg "scrambler" pedal
seek-wah pedal
digitech "jam man" looping pedal
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| education |
B.A. in jazz guitar performance from rutgers university, NJ (studied with kenny barron, ted dunbar & paul jeffrey)
A.A. in music, brookdale college, NJ
private studies with barry finnerty, dennis sandole, chris spedding, harry leahey and mike santiago
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| other |
| (musical director, televison, touring, recording, songwriting) |
| jill jones (paisley park), glen burtnik (A&M), john waite, chuck berry, the uptown horns, robert gordon, etta James, phoebe snow, dan hartman, charlie midnight, delmar brown & bushrock, jules shear, francesca beghe (SBK), tina arena, bernard "pretty" purdie & the hudson river rats, chynna phillips (EMI), suzi quatro (polydor), blood, sweat & tears, sam moore, taylor dane, david cooper (FNAC), fiona flanagin, shy talk (CBS), the late show with david letterman, late night with conan o'brien, the henry rollins show, the jonathan ross show (UK), the chart show (UK), canal tv (FR), new year's eve 2006 little steven's underground garage, live from hard rock cafe (ESPN), the today show, solid gold, top of the pops, MTV, MTV europe, much music (canada), regis & kathy lee, westwood one radio network and sony worldwide radio network (live) and the uncle floyd show. |
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