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When Abi Wallenstein and Steve Baker started the "Blues Celebration" event in Hamburg's Fabrik in 1993, with rotating special guests, they had no idea that they were starting a ball rolling that is still providing good vibes and excellent music today. Drummer Martin Röttger has been part of the regular line-up since 2002. The show offers space for both acts' concert programmes as well as truly spontaneous improvisations during the popular closing session.
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The new video to the current single from the album Too Much Is Never Enough, starring Yogi Jockusch, Christian "Chrille" Schulz & Jeff Walker. Raw acoustic reggae with funky harmonica. Filmed by Kevin Winiker at Monkey Club Hamburg.
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This is about how easy it is to overestimate your own importance. A rough semi-acoustic reggae, recorded live with Jeff walker (upright bass & vocal), Robert Carl Blank (guitar & vocal), Heinz Lichius (drums) and Yogi Jockusch (percussion). Steve sings and plays some mean harp.
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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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A recent interview on the occasion of the new album Too Much Is Never Enough
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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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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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The second single release from the album "Too Much is Never Enough" Timezone Records 2023
A warning about the dangers posed by demagogues and populists of all colors
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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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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 (Timezone Records CD TZ1884, LP TZ1931) Recorded in Hamburg with Steve's band the LiveWires.
With his second solo release „The Great Divide“ (Timezone Records CD TZ1884, LP TZ1931), Steve delivers an uncompromising set of new material. Featuring 11 new originals as well as a riveting version of Bob Dylan's Wheels on Fire.
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Vintage Baker product finally available online from Timezone Records
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The new standard in harmonica microphones
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The first single from the new album The Great Divide (release: March 20 2020)
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At the SPAH festival 2019 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Steve Baker was honored with the Pete Pedersen Lifetime Achievement Award. “To receive this prestigious award from the most important harmonica organisation in the USA is a huge honor and I’m really grateful for the peer recognition. Many thanks to all at SPAH, I hope to be able to thank you all in person soon!”
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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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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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Steve Baker Harmonica among the top 25 harmonica Youtube channels
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After 10 years as musical director and organiser, co-founder Steve Baker has left the European Music Workshops
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Here is the video for the first single "Apeman" from Steve Baker's album "Perfect Getaway". It was recorded at Mühle der Freundschaft among others with Kai Strauß on guitar. I originally wrote and performed this song with Tough Enough in
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Alexis Korner, Tony Sheridan & Steve Baker live in the RIAS studio, West Berlin, June 19th 1981
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An exciting and practical way of learning how to play the blues harp in a wide range of contemporary styles
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"40 years of living from and with the harmonica" - Steve tells Swedish harmonica society Harpmeet how it was …
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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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