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 Cole Prior Stevens's Profile |
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Joy is an inside job... |
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| Location: | LOUISVILLE, Kentucky |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jul 7, 2008 (45 days back) |
About Me |
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Cole Prior Stevens... guitarist, singer/songwriter and bassplayer has been focused exclusively working his craft in the blues and country genre for nearly three decades. As a contemporary electric blues guitarist, Cole also draws his inspiration for bottleneck acoustic style from the pre war acoustic blues masters Son House , Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters . While calling Louisville, KY home, his musical ideas and style were shaped and honed from his West Coast upbringing. Whether he is slinging his favorite Strat while fronting his own band or sliding a bottleneck solo across the fret board of his trusty old metal body National guitar, Cole has developed a definitive, cross-cut style of his own. Cole also fronts a Louisville blues band, called Cole Stevens and The People of Interest which he plays guitar & sings in. In his old hometown, Bakersfield , 1997 Cole opened for John Lee Hooker's last concert. He has shared the stage with Coco Montoya , Charlie Musselwhite , Gregg Allman , Alison Krauss and many others over the years. Cole has tallied scores of regional and local gigs and has recently played the WC Handy Blues Festival , Louisville Blues & BBQ Festival and the prestigious Monterey Blues Festival in California. Cole's music has been featured on internet radio since his 1997 CD debut Out of the Blue . His music has been downloaded by fans all over the world. In fact, Cole is a regularly featured artist on Whole Wheat Radio that broadcasts from Alaska. Neat people, great music! Become a Wheathead ... go ahead I dare ya! You could use the fiber anyway! Right? Cole's song-craft and lyrics are interlaced with personal philosophies about the fragile human experience, to which we all share a common thread. Listeners are gently provoked to consider the unique perspectives of what Cole is all about. He is inspired to carry his blues artistically into all other available musical dimensions. Cole performs our future's blues for audiences here and now. !!! GET YOUR COLE STEVENS RINGTONES HERE !!! Try the BEST MySpace Editor at MySpace Toolbox ! |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 4/21/2006Band Website: colestevens.net Band Members: COLE STEVENS - guitar, bottleneck slide, bass guitar, lap slide & vocals Please visit my official Cole Stevens website to stream my music, gig schedule... etc: Cole Stevens I am also an artist endorsee for the following gear: Diamond Bottleneck Slides John Pearse Strings Turbo Diddley Resonator Guitar Influences: Muddy Waters* Billy Gibbons * Robben Ford * Albert King* Jimi Hendrix* Jimmy Page * Son House* Lightnin' Hopkins* Elmore James* Michael Bloomfield * Albert Collins * Jimmy Vaughn * Houndog Taylor * Charlie Baty * Robert Johnson* Lonnie Brooks * Frank Zappa * Peter Green * Eric Clapton * John Mayhall * Alvin Lee * Scott Holt * Buddy Guy * Stevie Ray Vaughn * Dave Hole * Taj Mahal * Joe Pass * T Bone Walker , Charles Brown * Arlen Roth * Steve Howe * Keith Richards * Little Feat * Savoy Brown * J B Hutto * Elvin Bishop * Rick Estrin * Bonnie Raitt * Jackson Brown * Los Lobos * John Lee Hooker * Tampa Red * Charlie Patton * Bob Wills * David Lindley * Pink Floyd * Willie Dixon * Robert Cray * Bob Dylan * Coco Montoya * Keb Mo' * Bob Brozman * Johnny Winter * * Howlin' Wolf * Louis Jordan * Rick Derringer * Any music that contains blues , R&B , funk , jazz , Western Swing , Delta & pre-war blues, Motown music , bottleneck slide, lap slide acoustic or electric guitars. Blues, rock, R&B and jazz singers have always been my heros! I also lean my songwriting ideas toward new age , gospel & metaphysical influences. Cole Sounds Like: MY ACOUSTIC GUITAR & BOTTLENECK SLIDE STYLE: For my resonator slide style... I'd have to say I play similar to Son House. I resonate a lot with Muddy's style of playing. As a lefty player that strings his guitars righty... fingerpicking is not my strong suite... that's why slide masters like Elmore James make sense to my own personal playing approach. And of course Albert King is my blues master lefty hero! In standard tuning acoustic guitar, Lightnin' Hopkins feels real natural to me. ELECTRIC GUITAR STYLE: I incorporate a few licks from Robben Ford , Albert King, Jimi Hendrix , to name a few. I'm pretty fond of playing swing and jump style tunes too in band situations. My bottleneck slide playing has been extending into my electric guitar applications a lot lately. Most recently, I'm doing a lot of lap slide guitar playing which I'm incorporating into my shows. There's a million open tunings out there, but I primarily stick with two common tunings... open G & open D tunings . Because I use heavy string sets for a stiffer feel, I always use a capo on the 2nd fret when playing an open A or E tuning. That way I don't piss off my guitar necks because of higher string tensions! If I do use open A or E tunings , I always use lighter string sets on my guitars to keep string tension down. It's just good practice... VOCALS STYLE: I sound like me. But I draw my singing style I believe from the old pre-war masters. I sing a lot behind the beat. !!! ALL DOG'S DIG RINGTONES !!! ANOTHER SIDE OF COLE Record Label: Luxor Bey Records/Lonnie Mae Productions Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Americana / Roots Music / Blues) |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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SLIDE-VILLE- What people are saying... |
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| Here's a collection of what folks are saying about my new release Slide-Ville. Let's start with the crown jewel penned by Rick Anderson from Decauter AL...Reviewer: Rick AndersonLet me begin with how ... Posted by Cole Prior Stevens on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:48:00 PST |
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Download- Cole's RINGTONES |
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| Gotta have some downloadable bluesy ringtones for your cell phone? No problem! Go here: COLE'S RINGTONESKeep checking back too... I'm adding new ones everyday! ... Posted by Cole Prior Stevens on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:11:00 PST |
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SLIDE-VILLE CD Released on CDbay.com! |
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| Okay gang... it's finally official... my new release Slide-Ville is on sale at CDbaby. Go here: Cole's CDbaby page Spread the good word!To hear all of the tunes in their entirty go here:colestevens.ne... Posted by Cole Prior Stevens on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:51:00 PST |
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WC Handy Blues Festival- Henderson KY |
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| Well we couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day for us to play the blues! Steve and I were honored to kick off... and set the energy for... the WC Handy Blues Fest for the 2007 seaso... Posted by Cole Prior Stevens on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:26:00 PST |
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What I did on my summer vacation |
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| Well it all started out pretty innocently... I thought "Hey, let's go to Michigan and play some blues!" So I called my pal Tom at the Lever Agency in Battle Creek and we made a plan... because ... Posted by Cole Prior Stevens on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:39:00 PST |
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Watermelon Slim Show |
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| Wow! Watermelon Slim is my new lapslide hero! He's wonderful showman, super slide and harp player... and his band rocks big time! If Watermelon Slim and The Workers come to you town... do not miss his... Posted by Cole Prior Stevens on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:21:00 PST |
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THE LEVER AGENCY |
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| Okay Boys 'n Girls...Uncle Cole got lucky... he's now working with Tom Pennock's The Lever Agency a great new agency that offers the best in the blues! So if you're venue and looking for great b... Posted by Cole Prior Stevens on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:25:00 PST |
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More Neil Young Approved tunes... |
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| If you came here by way of Neil Young's webpage Living With War: LWW Song Page thanks for stopping by to give a listen to Willy Peter Blues. You can also hear more Neil Young approved tunes by going t... Posted by Cole Prior Stevens on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:43:00 PST |
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KENTUCKIANA BLUES SOCIETY REVIEW |
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| From the June issue of KBS' Blues News...We had a great sunset that must have been an omen of things to come. No disrespect to the other bands but Cole Stevens, Steve Boros, and Andy Brown put on a fa... Posted by Cole Prior Stevens on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:32:00 PST |
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WELCOME TO COLE'S BLOG |
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| Howdy Friends 'n neighbors...Welcome to my blog! I'll be updating all y'alls from time to time so feel free to step in a say howdy! Keep it clean, mind yer manners, no punching below the belt... check... Posted by Cole Prior Stevens on Wed, 31 May 2006 05:01:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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D.C., Jim Weider's ProJECT PERCoLAToR, TONY CAGGIANO ( Sr. & Jr.), BAKERSFIELD SOUND, EUNICE (aka.Neecey), Matt Walsh, King Clarentz, Gina Sicilia, Dan Stevens, Murrell, Teeny Tucker Band, Paul Priest, River City Blues Band, Mojo Bey, Michael "Blind-Dog" Gatewood, The Mighty Jeremiahs, Britt Meacham, Kathleen & the Blues Junkies, Don Rich, Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys, Son House, Lowell, outthereman, Rob Pickett, Essie the Blues Lady, Bryon Shepherd, Kelly's Lot, He who burns, ~Michelle~, MR. RICHARD, Joe, BAD_ATT2D, Vonnie and Mikey, Danny, Owen Brand, david wulfekuehler
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