My celebrity photography experiences include NAMM Shows (National
Association of Music Merchandisers) in Nashville and Anaheim with
George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Buckethead; still photographer
for Scorsese's PBS special "THE BLUES" on Marc Levin
directed Chicago segments of "Godfathers and Sons" with Chuck
D and his crew, Common, Marshall Chess and
Muddy Waters' "Electric Mud" bandmates; Chicago Film Critic
Awards and Chicago Sports Source clients.Additionally I
Executive Produced Blues/Rocker Larry McCray's 2001 CD release
"Believe It", following Larry's 2000 Orville H.
Gibson Award for Best Male Blues Guitarist. Larry's CD
release was supported by 23 tour dates with original Allman
Brother, Dickey Betts and 17 shows with Greg Allman
and Friends. Of course I joined the band for
some of those performances. Larry has been a special
guest on stage in various cities with the Allman Brothers
and his good friends Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks who
he has also recorded with and toured.Below is a brief but more detailed introduction and updated
revisions of my bio.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++I am currently a voting member of NARAS, with this
being the forth year I cast my GRAMMY Awards ballot.
The past nine plus years I have been involved with
NARAS and have made many valuable friendships and acquaintances. This past Februray I attended the 50th GRAMMY Awards, my first.I am a Founding Board of Director of Our MVP
Foundation where we were Silver Medal Sponsors of the Illinois
Special Olympics for two years and three years I assisted our
Founder and Chairman, RJ Brennan, (my old team
mate and work out partner), in CO-Hosting
the Chicago Harlem Globetrotter Summer Camp for two years at
DePaul in Chicago and our final year at Triton College in Maywood.We assisted at the camp under the direction of our
fellow East Bank Club hoop team mate Curley Boo Johnson,
who just retired from a seventeen year veteran career on
the Original Harlem Globetrotters in 2005.Below is an updated (2008 revisions) bio from
the original excerpts of the
Harlem Globetrotter Summer Camp
Program from the 2000 camp.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++The Harlem Globetrotters have been the guiding force throughout his life.
Growing up like a nephew, (his uncle's brother in law),
of Globetrotter founder, Abe Saperstein, the related experiences helped
establish his love for the game of basketball, while inspiring him
to be an ambassador of good will and follow in
a unique tradition of innovative marketing.Steve left an international export sales division of a suburban Chicago,
manufacturing company to work with nationally & internationally known blues
artist, Larry McCray, on the production and release of
his 2001 CD, "Believe It," that was nominated for a
2003 Chicago Music Award for Best Blues Album.Steve's freelance photo journalism in the music industry (NAMM shows with
George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and former Gun's 'N Roses masked
guitarist Buckethead), with the Chicago Film Critic Awards (Tom
Hanks, Kevin Spacey, Robert Duval, Martin Landau, Nicholas Cage, Elisabeth Shue,
Gary Sinese, Cate Blanchett, Sir Ian McKellen, Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Lee,
Oliver Stone, Steven Spielberg...) and
with the Chicago
Sports Source (Tiger Woods, Dennis Rodman,
Coach Gary Barnett and
Coach Dave Wanstedt) has enabled him to work and play
with stars of music, film, television and sports.He has long been active and supportive of Not-For-Profit
organizations working closely with the Save A Life Foundation in
their early development and training of Chicago Public School children's
programs in bystander basics and emergency life saving techniques.
| Jerome Rodgers, the keyboard player from Parliment/Funkadelic, celebrated his birthday with my
friend Liz. He played piano in my home, checked out the
old Victrola and I introduced him to King Tubbis, the
Raggae legend who first brought Bob Marley and Burning
Spear to Chicago.
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