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Stevie Coyle

A.K.A. "Benny Lava"

About Me

Former rhythm, fingerstyle and lap steel guitarist / vocalist with and co-founder of The Waybacks and solo performer. Co-conspirators over the years have included Roy Zimmerman , The Foremen, Bob Frassetto and The Back Room Boys, Rory McNamara and The Frontmen, Marla Fibish & Jamie Bell and The Heart Of The Roll and Doug Adamz . Regular contributor to Acoustic Guitar Magazine . Stevie gives guitar lessons both at home in the the San Francisco Bay Area and while on the road.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/10/2006
Band Website: steviecoyle.com
Band Members:

Influences: Jorma Kaukonen, David Lindley, Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges, Michael Gulezian, Rev. Gary Davis, Eric Schoenberg, Libba Cotten, Mother Maybelle Carter, Pete Seeger, Bert Jansch, R. Crumb, John Renbourn, Stefan Grossman, Sol Hoopi, Dave Laibman, Skip Spence, Mississippi John Hurt, Pete Townshend, Alvin and The Chipmunks, Stan Freberg, The Ventures, The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett, Bob Evans, Jeff Cook, Charlie Aslanian, Mark Kardel, Mance Lipscomb, Ted Heath, The Cowell Brothers, Martin Denny, Bob Brozman, Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, Doc & Merle Watson, Pierre Bensusan, Jerry Reed, Led Zep, Pentangle, Norman Blake, John D. Loudermilk, Peter Lang, John Fahey, CSNY, The Who, David Grisman, Tony Rice, Darol Anger, Rick Ruskin
Record Label: Compass Records (via The Waybacks)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Stevie back from Greece and in ME, NH, MA, RI and your living room, maybe?

NB: When presented with the first draft of this newsletter, the editors here at StevieCoyleDotCom threw up their hands, astonished and not a little dismayed at the sheer, oppressive, presumptuous leng...
Posted by Stevie Coyle on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:42:00 PST

Stevie in CA and overseas, like

Howdy, Compadres -Thanks a million - no, two million - to all of you who have come to catch my act at venues and festivals and house concerts this year. I really appreciate it, and I'm having a blast...
Posted by Stevie Coyle on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:32:00 PST

Stevie Coyle May tour through FL, SC, MC & VA

[This is gonna be quick note. You see, I'm really getting to know the denizens of this little cafe (and if you've ever wondered what a 'denizen' was, well, we got 'em here.) Sure, I know some of the c...
Posted by Stevie Coyle on Fri, 02 May 2008 06:18:00 PST

Stevie Coyle in CA, FL, GA, SC, NC, VA and maybe your living room?

Hola, mis hormigas!Hello and welcome to all except Tom on MySpace who claims to be my (bendy fingers) "FRIEND," but never answers my email about what MySpace is for, exactly, or what kind of mood I ha...
Posted by Stevie Coyle on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:32:00 PST

Stevie Coyle in CA, FL, GA, TN, SC & NC (Caflagattin sicknick)

Compadres and Compadrettes -No foolin'. This time the newsletter really will be blisteringly brief. There's been plenty of caffeine, and the desire to rant has not been lacking ... there's just been n...
Posted by Stevie Coyle on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:16:00 PST

Guitar guru Walter Strauss is now on MySpace

Cult guitar monster Walter Strauss has arrived on MySpace. Checkitout from the first Friends listing on my MySpace space or ping http://myspace.com/walterstrauss.Walter is a truly astonishing fingers...
Posted by Stevie Coyle on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:30:00 PST

Stevie shows in CA, then FL, GA, TN, SC & NC

Howdy, Compadres -It's 2008. The future is here. This big blue bus we're all on has rounded the corner and it's careening headlong into a whole new year. The Burma Shave signs on the roadside of life ...
Posted by Stevie Coyle on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:16:00 PST

Stevie retires from The Waybacks

Folks, it's been a long and wonderful run for me, but now my muses are calling me away to a new adventure. So here at the end of the band's seventh touring season, and with much gratitude to the guys ...
Posted by Stevie Coyle on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:16:00 PST

In the On The Off Chance You Were Interested dept:

A gentleman called Prater Francus has begun a rather toothsome blog over at Blogspot.com. Some might find it diverting.
Posted by Stevie Coyle on Mon, 28 May 2007 08:12:00 PST

Magna Carta - root document of habeas corpus - on display in VA

Dear Dick, Karl, and Alberto ....oh, and George, too (I always forget):The Magna Carta is on display in Virginia Beach, VA. You really ought to go see it. I checked on MapQuest, and that's only 3.5 ho...
Posted by Stevie Coyle on Wed, 23 May 2007 03:54:00 PST