About Steve
When Steve Meckfessel fires up his Collings slope-shouldered dreadnaught guitar with its sunburst tobacco finish, people turn and listen. With its evocative chord progressions, haunting melodies and unadorned lyrics, Steve’s music reminds us of what we may have given up for lost.With his music described as “jazz inflected, urban folk, this singer and original song writer will pick and sing his way into your heart.
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As Long As He Is Gone
What people are saying
Here’s what some people who ought to know are saying about Steve Meckfessel’s
Music:
“Steve’s songwriting is true and vulnerable and strong and there are so
few guys who are willing to let themselves feel like that. His music is
truly special. He really has it.”
Barbara Higbie
Grammy nominated composer and recording artist
“Steve's music is clean, honest, and comes from a place of real emotional
depth. Whether it is celebratory, lamenting, or simply telling a good
story, it reaches straight for my heart.”
Beth Wood
Singer/Songwriter Winner of the 2006 Sisters Folk Festival Dave Carter
Memorial Songwriting Contest
"As an experienced composer and musician in film and television, I knew
Steve's first CD Twice had the kind of mood and place setting
music that would accentuate any scene. When I shopped it around, one of
the producers of the hit TV series JAG agreed. It was a real treat to
play Steve's CD for them, and as an added pleasure, to hear one of his
songs in an episode of such a successful show."
Peter Andrews
Guitarist and Composer and acoustic blues soloist for the Emmy Winning,
Miss Evers Boys, starring Alfre Woodard and Laurence Fishburne
“The first time I heard Steve singing his song As Long As He Is Gone
I had to step outside and wipe the tears from my eye's, it was hard to
determine if the tears were born from my love and concern for my own beautiful
son or from the fact that I hadn't written the song. Steves impact as
an artist combines a triple threat of fluid guitar playing, rich unforced
melodies and a deep natural human insight.”
Keith Greeninger
“Steve is one of those quiet, "under the radar" songwriters that when
you "discover" him you think, lucky me! Everyone should know his beautiful
songs. "As Long As He is Gone" is one of the most compelling songs I've
ever heard...an anti-war song that reaches across time, like The Big Muddy,
from the other side. A heartfelt melody surrounding a father's bittersweet
plea.”
Claudia Russell
Named Best New Artist of 2000 by WUMB FM in Boston and finalist in
the Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Competition and the Sisters Folk Festival
Songwriter’s contest in Oregon
