STEFFEN HARTLEIB







STEFFEN HARTLEIB grew up in the wrong Delta — east of the river Rhine, not east of the Mississippi — but he's been on his way home ever since. Steffen’s professional career began at the age of 22 when he landed a gig touring Europe as the guitarist in HAIR. He made the move to the US in 1992 and studied guitar at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. His musical education continued during his two year stint in Oxford Mississippi, where he immersed himself in the rich musical culture of the American South and played with (and documented the life of) Blues legend, Junior Kimbrough. He also worked with other notable talents that include Isabelle Boulay, Buddy Miles, Bobby Whitlock and Daryl Johnson. Steffen has performed extensively as a solo artist. In 1999 he released a solo album of his own songs, Steffen Hartley, on Star Records in Montreal. His song "Married by the Moon" was cut by Isabelle Boulays, and "Straying Angel" appeared in the Canadian short film, La Rage. In 2002 he earned an MBA while playing bars at night — subsequently landing a job at BMG that took him to New York. Steffen currently works for Sony Music Entertainment by day and writes songs at night. He's based in New York City. ..







Steve Williams is a Brooklyn based drummer. And I mean drummer.  He's toured or recorded with artists like Digable Planets, Sade, David Byrne, Peabo Bryson, Ivan Neville, Keith Richards, Chocolate Genius, Will Downing, Imani Coppola, PM Dawn, Da La Soul, Zhane.

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Paul Frazier is currently a member of David Byrne's band (from the Talking Heads), with whom he has worked for 10 years. You can see Paul singing and playing with Lucy Woodward, Kirsten Price, Justyn Matthew, Jason Blum and the Take Out Kings, The Mark Pender Band, Amel Larrieux, Lev's Boom Box, Amanda Homi, Shoshana Bean, The Spinnoza's, Emily Zuzik and Astroglide.

Over the years he has worked with many other artists and producers such as, Arrested Development, Forro in the Dark, Michael Tolcher, Pop Rocks, Ultra Blue (featuring Dave Stryker, Dave Mann, Rachel Z, Pete Belasco, and Kevin Mahogany), Imani Coppola, Shawn Colvin, Funky Poets (co-leader), Dave Darlington, Mic Murphy, Andre Betts, Ray Chew, Alan Freedman, Greg Smith, David Frank, Chaka Khan, Pat Ciscarano (as producer and musician), Jono Manson, Ron Sunshine, Peter Vitalone, Joss Stone, The Beu Sisters, Don Dilego, Mike Mangini, Pat Dillet, Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson, Tony Viscardo, Vic Juris, Digable Planets, Cab and Chris Calloway, Donny Osmond, David Cole (from C+ C Music Factory) and more.

Paul has also toured/played shows with Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Sara McLachlan, Bonnie Raitt, Natalie Merchant, Imani Coppola (at Lilith Fair Performances), Michelle Lewis, Alyson Williams, The Weather Girls, K.J. Denhert, John Popper, Micheal Tolcher with Crosby, Stills and Nash, Carmine Appice, Gilberto Gil and is currently playing with Cafe Soul (featuring Peabo Bryson, Vesta Williams, George Benson, Roy Ayers, Bobby Lyle, Duke Jones, Norman Connors, Glenn Jones, Kenny Garret and more), and many others.

Alright, you're making us all look like slackers...

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Gerald Menke a Brooklyn-based sideman, specializing in pedal steel guitar, dobro, lapsteel and six-string guitars he averages 150 gigs a year.
Some of the artists he's recorded and performed with are: Justin Townes Earle, Julia Haltigan, Melanie Penn, Ari Hest, Israel Gripka, Stars Like Fleas, Super Furry Animals, Rosy Nolan, Alec Gross, Downriver, J Granelli and Mr. Lucky, Pinataland, Justin Tracy, Arum Rae Valkonen, Marc Gartman, The Glaciers, M Shanghai String Band, Emily Zuzik, Mr. Lucky, Christian Gibbs, Kristin Mueller, and many more.  He composed and recorded the "Credit Music for Bacchanale". 

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