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steff chanat and friends

About Me

i play mandolin and sing harmony. i LOVE to jam. i'm blessed w/ a good ear and natural ability in various musical styles. i most recently played in a duo w/ Becky Alter called "us featuring you", and just reunited with the "Placitas Mountain Band". i still collaborate on the side w/ musical friends and acquaintances (as many as will have me), and i'm really excited to share their songs voices and instruments with you on this page...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 03/10/2006
Band Website: see myspace "usfeaturingyou" and "magenwhite"
Band Members: i currently play with the Placitas Mountain Band and with other friends/bands that will have me on the side (the more the better!) see also "us featuring you" for the duo i most recently played in with Becky Alter; and Magen White (i played strings on two of magen's songs for her recently released 3rd cd, "...my life 'til now").
Influences: neil young; brother jeff; becky; patty and marisa; lisa (reese); alison krauss; joan armatrading; pink floyd; ani difranco; indigo girls; david lindley; old and in the way; fleetwood mac n stevie nicks; the brand new heavies; ann and nancy wilson; crack the sky; emmylou harris; nanci griffith; sharon gilchrist; lucinda williams; patty griffin; gillian welch; yerba buena; tori amos; bonnie raitt; john prine; michael franti; grateful dead; sara mclachlan; jonatha brooke; js. & cpe. bach; led zeppelin.
Sounds Like: you tell me...
Record Label: not. duh.

My Blog

IM ON MAGEN WHITES CD! www.myspace.com/magenwhite

my friend magen invited me to play backup mando on two songs for her new cd,  "My Life Till Now".one of the songs, "Back Then" is posted on her myspace, so check it out!www.myspace.com/magenwhite...
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 11:50:00 GMT

new mexico

"new mexico" is an awesome song written by an awesome man, arden sisson.  although arden currently resides in ocean city MD, a big part of his heart remains in new mexico where he grew up spendin...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:14:00 GMT

broken shells

marisa longo, aka chia (check out her hair),  is a dear friend, talented songwriter, vocalist, lap dulcimer player, mandolin player, and emerging harmonica badd ass.  she lives in ocean city...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:51:00 GMT

why

patty buchta is like a sister to me.  we met in ’83 when i was a teenager and patty just graduated from college - working in a jewelry store on the boardwalk in ocean city MD.  patty c...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:07:00 GMT

angel band

"angel band" is traditional hymn written by william batchelder bradbury in 1862.  it's also known as "my latest sun is sinking fast".    it was featured in the movie "o brother, wh...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:13:00 GMT