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LiveWires in Monkey Club |

New Video - Terminal Road

The 2nd video from the current album Too Much Is Never Enough, filmed by Kevin Winiker in Monkey Club, Hamburg, February 19th 2024.

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Interview Jazz Blues News

A recent interview on the occasion of the new album Too Much Is Never Enough

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New Video – Bad Blood

The first video from my latest album release Too Much Is Never Enough on Timezone Records TZ 2491. Some people are willing to go to great lengths to pursue their own advantage, but this seems to almost always lead to ill feelings. Unfortunately it doesn’t really get you anwhere. Bad blood is never gonna set you free, it’s gonna come back to bite you.

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CD Release: Steve Baker - Too Much Is Never Enough

Steve Baker releases his 3rd solo CD, recorded by Uli Kringler, featuring Jeff Walker, Robert Carl Blank, Heinz Lichius, Yogi Jockusch, Stefan Stoppok and Gina Baker

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Single Release: Steve Baker - Poison Chalice

How much longer will we have to pay for a bunch of jokers don't care if we believe a single word they say?

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Single Release: Steve Baker - Distant Shore

This song is about parting and loss. Sometimes we have to make difficult choices and sometimes life makes them for us.

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The LiveWires with new line-up

Since autumn 2022 Steve Baker & the LiveWires have been playing in a new line-up with Jeff Walker on upright bass & backing vocals and Robert Carl Blank on guitar and backing vocals. Whenever possible they are joined by master percussionist Yogi Jokusch.

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The Great Divide

Steve Baker's 2nd solo release, recorded with his regular band the LiveWires

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Steve Baker Bandshop

Vintage Baker product finally available online from Timezone Records

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HB52 Harp Blaster Microphone

The new standard in harmonica microphones

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Don't Worry About The Money

The first single from the new album The Great Divide (release: March 20 2020)

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Lifetime Achievement Award

At the SPAH festival 2019 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Steve Baker was honored with the Pete Pedersen Lifetime Achievement Award

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Damn Good Run - The Best of Chris Jones & Steve Baker

14 years after Chris Jones untimely death, Acoustic Music Records releases a compilation of Songs from all four CDs by this remarkable duo.

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Cover Perfect Getaway |

Solo CD: Steve Baker - Perfect Getaway

Steve’s first solo album Perfect Getaway (Timezone Records, TZ1473) was released on February 9th 2018. It features 14 original songs and shows the harmonica ace in a new role as singer, bandleader and arranger.

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Recognition for Steve's youtube channel

Steve Baker Harmonica among the top 25 harmonica Youtube channels

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Steve Baker leaves European Music Workshops

After 10 years as musical director and organiser, co-founder Steve Baker has left the European Music Workshops

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Official Video Apeman

Here the video of the first song "Apeman" from Steve Baker's forthcoming album "Perfect Getaway"

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Historic recording – The RIAS Session

Alexis Korner, Tony Sheridan & Steve Baker live in the RIAS studio, West Berlin, June 19th 1981

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Blues Harp App for iPad

An exciting and practical way of learning how to play the blues harp in a wide range of contemporary styles

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New Interview

"40 years of living from and with the harmonica" - Steve tells Swedish harmonica society Harpmeet how it was …

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New Marine Band Videos

Steve, Joe Filisko and David Barrett discuss the legendary Hohner Marine Band harmonica and explain why this model (the original blues harp) remains their instrument of choice. They also talk about the recent developments in the Marine Band range including the Deluxe, Crossover and Thunderbird. Nice infotainment.

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