Steve Phillips

b. Nicholas Stephen Phillips, 18 Feb 1948, London, Britain. The kid of sculptor Harry Phillips, Steve initial started playing electric guitar in 1961, at that time emulating rockabilly performers from sunlight Information label. From age eight he previously been enthralled by Elvis Presley, when others of his age group were simply discovering Hank B. Marvin as well as the Shadows. Phillips was also inspired by artists such as for example Robert Johnson and Scotty Moore, which became obvious afterwards in his nation blues playing. Until 1964, Phillips experienced performed piano inside a jug music group, Easy Mr. Steve’s Bootleggers, but by 1965 he turned to blues. By the finish of 1968, he had been booked regularly within the folk and blues night clubs of his geographic area. During 1968, Phillips fulfilled Mark Knopfler, at that time a junior reporter in Leeds, and collectively they created a duo, the Duolian String Pickers. This lasted until Knopfler relocated to London, later on to create Dire Straits. From 1974-76 Phillips fronted the Steve Phillips Juke Music group, including his sibling on bass. He fulfilled Brendan Croker in 1976, plus they performed occasionally because the duo Nev And Norris. During this time period, Phillips have been assisting his music operating as a acoustic guitar repairer along with a home furniture and picture restorer. Carrying out a brief amount of unemployment, he used landscaping painting. Long-time friend Croker coaxed Phillips away from his ‘pension’ by arranging bookings. BBC disk jockey Andy Kershaw, utilizing the developing popularity of root base music, helped develop a demand that allowed Phillips to carefully turn professional in 1986. Phillips attained an increased profile along with his performances as support to serves like the Blues Music group and Nanci Griffith. He was after that contacted by Knopfler, who wanted to generate an record by Phillips. The task progressed into the Notting Hillbillies, including Man Fletcher from Dire Straits, and Brendan Croker. Steve Phillips’ documented output is bound and is not any representation on his apparent skill. In 1991, he documented two paths, ‘Stones IN MY OWN Passway’ and ‘When YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT Friend’, to get a Robert Johnson compilation.