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Steve Hunt is an American keyboardist who has performed live and on record with Allan since 1987 up to around 1994, appearing on the albums "Secrets", "Wardenclyffe Tower", "Hard Hat Area" and "Then". In addition, they perform together on tracks from Steve' solo album "From Your Heart And Your Soul" and David Hines "Nebula". Steve also recorded a solo piano version of "Funnels" for his solo album, as well as rerecording his tune "Dodgy Boat" under the name "Belle Facia". Steve reunited with Allan for Allan's last gigs in April 2017, and has performed Holdsworth material on later tribute gigs, and live with Virgil Donati's band. | |||
http://www.friendsofdanmusicpodcast.com/steve-hunt/ | |||
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If I’ve written something, it’s a very specific thing, and I want it to be a certain way. Even though someone else could play it, they might not play it exactly as you heard it, whereas if you’re playing it yourself - not that it’s any better - it’s going to be specific. And that’s really important. Even though Steve’s new tune "Joshua" sounds really open, it’s actually very specific in terms of the voicings and what he wanted to hear in the accompaniment. And in that instance, you let the guy do his thing. To serve that, we did that take live. | If I’ve written something, it’s a very specific thing, and I want it to be a certain way. Even though someone else could play it, they might not play it exactly as you heard it, whereas if you’re playing it yourself - not that it’s any better - it’s going to be specific. And that’s really important. Even though Steve’s new tune "Joshua" sounds really open, it’s actually very specific in terms of the voicings and what he wanted to hear in the accompaniment. And in that instance, you let the guy do his thing. To serve that, we did that take live. | ||
==[[ | ==[[Guitarist's Guitarist (Jazz Times 1989)]]== | ||
With or without large label interest in his career, Holdsworth is moving forward enthusiastically. He is particularly excited about the new album. Secrets, which features L.A. All Star drummer Vinnie Colaiuto [sic] on drums, Jimmy Johnson, his regular bassist, '''Steve''' '''Hunt''' (a drummer playing keyboards on Maid Marion his own piece), with Chad Wackerman (his regular drummer) also playin on one of the tracks. | With or without large label interest in his career, Holdsworth is moving forward enthusiastically. He is particularly excited about the new album. Secrets, which features L.A. All Star drummer Vinnie Colaiuto [sic] on drums, Jimmy Johnson, his regular bassist, '''Steve''' '''Hunt''' (a drummer playing keyboards on Maid Marion his own piece), with Chad Wackerman (his regular drummer) also playin on one of the tracks. | ||
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I’m gonna deliver it as soon as I can, but as to when they put it out, it’s up to them. But once I deliver it, that’s it for me with Restless. So, that’s another reason I was thinking about doing the solo album—something like the Music For Imaginary Films record. A compositional type of record. At the same time, I don’t want to just do that if it’s not the right time. I’ve been working on music for a new band album, and I want to do that with the existing band, which is Gary Husband, '''Steve''' '''Hunt''' and Skuli Skeverson. So, unfortunately, the money that they’re paying me isn’t enough for me to pay all of these guys to do it even though I know they’ll work for nothing, because they’ve done it before. It’s just really hard for me to ask them to do that. So, it’s a tough one, shall I do the band album even though the guys have offered to do it free, or shall I do the solo album because that’s basically all they’re paying for? Either way I’m going to do the best job I can. That’s the other thing. It might be great to hold back on the band album and give it to another label. | I’m gonna deliver it as soon as I can, but as to when they put it out, it’s up to them. But once I deliver it, that’s it for me with Restless. So, that’s another reason I was thinking about doing the solo album—something like the Music For Imaginary Films record. A compositional type of record. At the same time, I don’t want to just do that if it’s not the right time. I’ve been working on music for a new band album, and I want to do that with the existing band, which is Gary Husband, '''Steve''' '''Hunt''' and Skuli Skeverson. So, unfortunately, the money that they’re paying me isn’t enough for me to pay all of these guys to do it even though I know they’ll work for nothing, because they’ve done it before. It’s just really hard for me to ask them to do that. So, it’s a tough one, shall I do the band album even though the guys have offered to do it free, or shall I do the solo album because that’s basically all they’re paying for? Either way I’m going to do the best job I can. That’s the other thing. It might be great to hold back on the band album and give it to another label. | ||
==[[Allan Holdsworth | ==[[Allan Holdsworth: An interview (Atavachron 1994)]]== | ||
CH: Really? That was probably the most difficult on "Hard Hat Area" for you to play? | CH: Really? That was probably the most difficult on "Hard Hat Area" for you to play? | ||
