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Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere

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About Me

Todd Steed is originally from Knoxville and has never escaped,… completely. After years of touring and recording with Smokin’ Dave, Opposable Thumbs, and also Apelife, Steed has now happily settled in with his current lineup, Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere.Their latest record, 'Heartbreak and Duct Tape' (Disgraceland), was released in July 2005 and is already gathering great reviews. The record includes the much loved “Freebird 2” that has become a staple of the Suns of Phere live show. Steed explains that instead of a grand theme For Heartbreak and Duct Tape, this time he decided to simply go with the best songs he could write.“Heartbreak and Duct Tape is basically a collection of the best songs we have at the moment. These songs have worked well live and I think the studio versions do them justice, if not improve them. If there is a theme it’s probably about life and change in the South. This is where I live so this is what I write about. And as always, it’s about the joyous escape from everyday crap and modern boredom, the south of soul, so to speak. So yeah, I am fascinated by the various souths. That's a lot of what Knoxville Tells was about. You just got to make peace with where you are and who you are. Or not."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/27/2005
Band Website: toddsteed.com
Band Members: Todd Steed, Ed Richardson, Dave Nichols, Bob Deck, Jeff Bills
Influences: The Ruttles, The Shaggs, The Roches, John Coltrane, Paradox, wooden instruments, food, air, trees, dogs, Frank Zappa, Beefheart, R.B. Morris, Beatles, Camper Van Beethoven, The Planet Venus, Loudon Wainwright, Woody Guthrie, Balboa, Mingus, John Prine, Bob Dylan, Louvin Brothers, Everly Brothers, Brian Eno, Brian Wilson, Dogs (the animals), Randy Newman, Tom Waits, Cas Walker, The Generation Gap, L.E White, Mark Ribot, Pink Floyd, Owen Davis, John Lee Hooker, The City of Knoxville, Burl Ives and Ted Nugent.
Sounds Like: NRBQ, Knoxville, They Might Be Giants, Drive By Truckers, Neil Young, Kurt Vonnegut, Spaulding Gray, Frank Zappa, Loudon Wainwright, Green on Red, The Generation Gap, Mark Twain's Id, Jayhawks, Randy Newman, That guy you went to shcool with, Camper Van Beethoven or Cracker, The Dbs, Peter Holsapple, Brave Combo, Fidel Castro, Ravel, R.B. Morris, The Sunsphere, Tennessee River, Mr. T, MTX, Electric Prunes, Puff Diddy, Martha Stewart, Baby Jessica, Washoe the talking chimp, Lucy the skull found in Africa, Sir Lancelot Link, Smokin Dave, Apelife, Opposable Thumbs, and mabye you.
Record Label: Disgraceland/Apeville
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Updates really for real

OK, some major updates:Quit my job at UT in the C'tr for I'tnl EdWorking for AC Entertainemnt starting in DecemberCreating new show for WUOT (Studio 865)Making progress on new recordbought a biketryin...
Posted by Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:37:00 PST

36 degrees of cooperation

Let's see. What's next?We are off to Asheville, NC this weekend to play with the Cheeksters. They are releasing a new fab record, too. Come see us if you are around that way.Just finished mixing a...
Posted by Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:09:00 PST

Fall Makes Sense

It's been a blog-while. Life, you know.Finally had to make the symbolic dumping of the rust water out of the steam heat unit in the basement in anticipation of the ending of the LONGEST SUMMER IN FRE...
Posted by Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:24:00 PST

HOTTFEST

Suns of Phere tonight at Hottfest- 8:40 and 9:40.Temp is supposed to drop a bit, thankfully. I popped down to the Corner last night and it was a great evening of music, beer, and community talkinbout...
Posted by Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:08:00 PST

GIBSON GUITAR

I am going to turn over one of my guitars- something I rarely do because of a blind devotion to six stringed instruments.In any case:GIBSON LES PAULSTUDIO, excellent conditiongold pickups550 bucksLet ...
Posted by Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:22:00 PST

CARPE LIBREM

My brother and I will be peforming (he reads his book, i sings my songs) Saturday at 2:00 at Carpe Librem.Smokin' Dave plays Saturday night at the Corner Lounge with Kat Brock. A weekend to remember,...
Posted by Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere on Thu, 31 May 2007 01:39:00 PST

The Latest Dope

Smokin Dave will do a rare club show- JUNE 2 at Corner Lounge with special guests and super songstress Kat Brock. This will be a non-smoking show since Dave is already Smokin'. We welcome all smoke...
Posted by Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere on Sat, 19 May 2007 06:18:00 PST

time and place

Smokin' Dave set at B'roo is THURSDAY, JUNE 14 at the TROO MUSIC TENT, located near the fountain. We go on at 8:15 sharp and blast out for 50 minutes.http://www.bonnaroo.com/smokin-dave-and-the-premo...
Posted by Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere on Tue, 01 May 2007 07:18:00 PST

B'roo update

We have our time for B'roo. We are playing, THURSSDAY June 14 in the TROO MUSIC TENT.More details to come. We may be first on!
Posted by Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:26:00 PST

So Long Kurt

Kurt Vonnegut- what a life. What a planet.
Posted by Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:52:00 PST