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Steve McCoy

About Me

I currently gig with: THE HIGH ROLLERZ (Original songs & Classic covers with LONG improvisational jams), LEO STARWIND & THE RAFT (magical high energy funk rock), PSYCHIC PUSSY (original compositions, Rock based mutifusion with vocals and lots of Energy), THE EXPER'MENTAL FREAKSHOW (we improvise our show from beginning to end), ACOUSTIC MESSENGER (original compositions on acoustic guitars with glowing vocal harmonies) and THE HEART OF GOLD BAND (Grateful Dead and Classic Rock covers).In the past I've played with: Bad Sign, the Pseudo Edsels, Totem, The Transcenders of Mundane Exsistence, Fukengruven, Even Steven, Soul Festival, Hardwood, August West, Ground Luminosity, J.C. and the Jazz Disciples & Cultra Lounge.I'm a founding and active "core member" of the Las Vegas N.O.I.S.E. project. I'm also Creator & co-producer of Club Synergy. 2007 saw me play my first "solo accoustic" gig in 10 years. I think I'll be doing that again real soon! In addition to this, you never know who I'm gonna be sitting in with. Niether do I! It happens more than I plan and I LOVE IT !!!!!! In the past...Solo acoustic shows were a constant in my life until 1999.I hosted Acoustic Asylum (as Paul Summers Jr. "passed on the torch" to me upon leaving Sin City for Portland) for about two years. We did the show at the Shark club atrium, the Cafe Espresso Roma, the Cafe Nero, once at Legends, and one last time at the Boston bar and grill. I believe, Martin Melancon( My partner in accoustic Messenger, who wrote it), his brothers Stephen & John Henry, and myself are the only guys left in the Valley who know how to play that one. Well, Mike Fouts probably knows it, so of us. INTERSECT2 (above)INTERSECT 2 - "Cross Section"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/7/2007
Band Members: I love to take refuge in the PURPLE HAZE & "The Promised Land"
Influences: Aerosmith, Abbey Road, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, The Damned, Abbeyance(the Castro bros & Devon), Samson's Army, Fishbone, Bird & Diz, Jane's Addiction, BB King, Grateful Dead(especially Jerry), Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Phish, the Iceman(Albert Collins), Alexander Courage, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Christian Fischer, Josh Rosen & Jason Murray, Chris Danowski(playwright), Taj Mahal, Hot Tuna, Bob Dylan, Paul Summers Jr.(Cries and whispers), everyone I saw or jammed with at Acoustic asylum, All of the Marleys, anything Pablo Diablo(VA, Jimi Jackpot and the Hot slots, the Big red lobsters, ect..), 70's AM radio's "magic 11 alive KMJJ", Stevie Wonder, KUNV's rock avenue from '84 'til the departure of DJ Ken Jordan) the Allman Bros.(all of 'em), Victor & Reggie Wooten, the Bounders, the Untouchables, Frank Zappa, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, the Shakin' Dominoes, Steele pulse, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ghost(from Japan), Smokey Robinson, the Funk Brothers of Motown, Public enemy, Martin Melancon, Duran Duran, Iron Maiden, the Specials, the Scorpions, Wall of Voodoo, Primus, Stanley Jordan, Rush, Love&Rockets, the Ohio Players, X, P-Funk, John Williams, The Beastie boys, Mad Parade, Michael Jackson, F.S.P. The Vandals, Depeche Mode, Lenny Kravitz, Eric B. and Rakim, Chic Corea, Wayne Shorter, Bob Dylan, the Jungle Brothers, Lydia and Cold Blood, Larry Graham, A night in San Francisco w/John Mcloughlin, Al Dimeola and Paco de Lucia, On the Threshhold of a Dream by the Moody Blues, Any sound I hear, The rare silences, Sesame Street, Elvis Presley & Costello, Ghallib Ghallab, Gene Nakanishi, Ms. Statom...
Sounds Like: Uhhh...Hmmm
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Support your Local music scene...

Support your local Jambands, Jazz, Punk, Rock, Alternative, Groove, Soul, Hip Hop, R&B, DJ's, Progressive...There is so much raw talent here in Vegas & just think... the industry hasn't turned it into...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 14:39:00 GMT

Go with the flow: My interview in City Life

http://lasvegascitylife.com/articles/2008/12/05/ne...Anyone who takes up residence in Las Vegas -- even just for the three days universally prescribed to tourists by other tourists -- soon learns an i...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:46:00 GMT

What is a "Desert Rat" & "What does the Call of the West" mean???

Y'know, to many, the term "Desert Rat" is a rodent but to those of us who truly are "Desert Rats"... We know those creatures as; Kangaroo rats, Deer mice, ect. ...So... What then is a "Desert Rat"? We...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:35:00 GMT

The HIGH ROLLERZ... what we’re up to/set list

Well, Our first show at the Freakin' Frog was a blast!!! Thanks a lot everybody!As Lady Luck would have it, we're playing our second gig this Friday night at Club Synergy!!!Hosted By: Club Synergy Whe...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:43:00 GMT

Lady Luck has shined upon us! Behold...the HIGH ROLLERZ!!

Matt(my brother), Fez(drummer in the Exper'mental Freakshow), and I have been looking for a way to synchronize our misfit power into a workable context for almost 2 years.Now, after much jamming and f...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:57:00 GMT

Who Id like to meet...

A bunch of dead people, a bunch of living people...People who have died, yet still live again...Tulkus...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:30:00 GMT

the Musicians and what they played on these songs youre hearing

Hi!I've just uploaded 3 songs and removed Colorado Man. As of yet, unheard by the general public, or even most of my friends up until this point; these songs are all from "Given a taste...?" - a CD co...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:43:00 GMT

CD's in your vehicle

Every week or two, I take all the CD's out of my truck and take a look at what I've been listening to and reflect upon it. I'm always curious what my freinds and fellow musicians have been listen...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:17:00 GMT