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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