Delicate Steve

Event Details

(((folkYEAH!))) presents critically-acclaimed songwriter and guitarist Delicate Steve!

Wednesday, November 19th

Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm

$20 in advance / $25 day of the show

21+

*Tickets on sale Friday, July 27th at 10am PT*

**All sales are final - no refunds*

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About Delicate Steve

Steve Marion, the critically acclaimed and completely wordless songwriter and guitarist known as Delicate Steve, has unveiled a new album called Delicate Steve Sings. Is the album title a reference to the instantly recognizable voice of his guitar? Does he actually sing this time? Has he not been singing all along? That's the crux of Sings.

Marion is the rare guitarist where you can put on any of his records and know exactly who's playing. In an indie rock landscape stuffed end-to-end with guitars and amplifiers, nobody else sounds like this. That unique voice has kept Steve busy in an unpredictable variety of settings. The sheer spread of his work outside his own records—collaborating with Miley Cyrus and Paul Simon, playing in Amen Dunes and the Black Keys, and being sampled by Kanye—doesn't mean Steve's a chameleon. It means he's singular.

One night while on a trip to Greece, Marion looked out over the sea while listening to Willie Nelson's pop standards record Stardust, a cosmic epiphany washing over him about what his next record could be. Delicate Steve Sings is a record centered on channeling iconic voices with his guitar. In doing so, Marion is casting himself in the role of iconic singers like Willie who make standards their own. In the process, he reveals just how singular (dare we say iconic) that voice is. The guitar sings these songs smoothly, sweetly, boldly, and on its own terms.

Recorded with Jonathan Rado on bass, Kosta Galanopolous on drums, Renata Zeiguer providing strings, and co-writer Elliot Bergman, you can hear this team of exceptional musicians approach the album with the same smooth reverence you'd hear on something like Willie's classic. Still, there's a requisite subversiveness to what Marion's doing here—this isn't a full-on standards album. He's got original songs with titles that suggest they might be new recordings of classics. "I'll Be There" is smooth like a lost Bill Withers track; "Easy for You" isn't the Elvis song of the same name, but there's a hint of the king in there all the same.

Age Restriction

This event is 21 and over. Any ticket holder unable to present valid identification indicating that they are at least 21 years of age will not be admitted to this event, and will not be eligible for a refund.