Steve, The Frustrated Rock Star
By Katarina
I'm Steve's oldest daughter - one of the things I'll miss most is talking about and listing to music with my dad. He knew every music fact and knew how to rock out. We really connected on that.
One of his friends said he was really a "frustrated rock star" and would go to every Rolling Stones show he could in his youth!
An old fashioned guy - he never had a Spotify or Apple Music. If you got in his car it was a burned CD of his faves. I turned it into a Spotify playlist. Here it is.
Tracklist:
1. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
2. Small Town - John Mellencamp
3. Chest Fever (Remastered 2000) - The Band
4. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
5. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
6. Crossroads (Live) - Cream
7. Rebel Rebel (2016 Remaster) - David Bowie
8. Love & Happiness (Live) - David Sanborn
9. This Kiss - Faith Hill
10. Fire and Rain (2019 Remaster) - James Taylor
11. Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix
12. Start Me Up (Remastered 2009) - The Rolling Stones
13. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Mono Version) - The Rolling Stones
14. One Way Out (Live at Fillmore East, June 27, 1971) - The Allman Brothers Band
15. I Go to Extremes - Billy Joel
16. Waiting for a Star to Fall - Boy Meets Girl
17. Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
18. Take Five - The Dave Brucket Quartet
Plus His Favorite Sirius XM Channels:
1. Watercolors (Channel 66)
2. Classic Rewind (Channel 25)
3. Classic Vinyl (Channel 26)
4. Doctor Radio (Channel 110)
5. CBC Radio One (Channel 169)
6. FOX News (Channel 114)
7. Real Jazz (Channel 67)
8. 60s Gold (Channel 73)
9. 70s on 7 (Channel 7)
10. 80s on 8 (Channel 8)
A week before his passing - my Dad celebrated his 70th birthday in a joint party with Carolyn who was turning 60.
An awesome benefit of this amazing memory was selecting a playlist for the party with my dad's help. There are 2 playlists - 1 for the cocktail hour and 1 for the dance portion. And man could he dance.
Some of Dad's Thoughts I Remember
My Dad could list Rolling Stones's list of greatest songs and guitarists ever. He was a real fan.
He thought Prince's solo in this performance of "Still My Guitar Gently Weeps" was perhaps the greatest of all time. And that Prince was highly underrated as a guitarist.
I remember him saying Gimme Shelter by the Rolling Stones was the Greatest Rock Song of All Time.
Man.. he thought this song was so funny and related to it a bit I think. But not really.
Remember a song/artist Steve liked?
Please submit your musical memory of him!