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Old 16-02-2010, 23:32
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Please someone tell me wtf that is about-have I missed something? Where was he dug up from?
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Old 16-02-2010, 23:33
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He is an ancient, mythical fisherman named Steve who suddenly felt seasick.
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Old 16-02-2010, 23:34
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you just need to expand your musical knowledge outside the top 10 singles chart.. I'm not even a fan of Seasick Steve but even I know who he is.
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Old 16-02-2010, 23:44
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massively hyped and latched onto by the jools holland groupies. every drinker who's into live solo guitar music over the age of 35 reckons they knew about steve before he was on Later With Jools.

But they largely mis-remember the truth, and have joined the hypening of an artist beyond all reasonable levels in a manner that is absolutely no different to the way da kidz did with Matt n Luke Bros!

Not groupis but grumpies - pretty much the same thing when i comes down to it!
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Old 16-02-2010, 23:47
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I hope he wins a Brit Award one day

Last year he had to busk for his trainfare
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Old 16-02-2010, 23:52
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My dad adores Seasick Steve, and he has the album "I Started Out With Nothing, And I've Still Got Most of it Left" (great name imo), which is pretty good, but I'm not really into it, if you know what I mean?
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Old 17-02-2010, 00:59
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Try reading about him on Wiki and listening to his music on Youtube and then you may not be so disrespectful.
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Old 17-02-2010, 01:36
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I hope he wins a Brit Award one day

Last year he had to busk for his trainfare
Oh no! That's really sad

Sorry, I'm weird, I feel sorry for old people
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Old 17-02-2010, 01:41
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I only heard of him last year. He played at one of the festivals maybe at Glastonbury? I've seen his name mentioned here and there, don't know much of about his music. From what I have seen of it though, I his stuff really boring.
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Old 17-02-2010, 01:46
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Busked for his trainfare??? You should check-out his Norwegian tax returns .....over there it all gets published on the web you know.

They should enter that wiki page for the Booker prize.
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Old 17-02-2010, 02:29
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Busked for his trainfare??? You should check-out his Norwegian tax returns .....over there it all gets published on the web you know.

They should enter that wiki page for the Booker prize.
It doesn't say anything about busking for trainfare on the wiki page. He's been rich for a while so I'd imagine that's just a rumour
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Old 17-02-2010, 02:50
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"Seasick Steve" is Steve Wold's "character". He's been a session player and studio worker for decades and is no hick.

I think he's incredible and it's a damn shame that his career is probably blighted by music industry ageism.
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Old 17-02-2010, 03:44
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It doesn't say anything about busking for trainfare on the wiki page. He's been rich for a while so I'd imagine that's just a rumour
http://www.gigwise.com/news/49403/Se...re-Brit-Awards
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Old 17-02-2010, 03:45
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"Seasick Steve" is Steve Wold's "character". He's been a session player and studio worker for decades and is no hick.

I think he's incredible and it's a damn shame that his career is probably blighted by music industry ageism.
How old is Steve exactly? The tax return says he was born in 1951, which would make him a good deal younger than a genuine bluesman like BB King.
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Old 17-02-2010, 04:28
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He became quite well known after going on Jools' Hootenanny about 5 years ago.

I've only heard the Dog House Blues album, Fallen Off A Rock, Cut My Wings and Shirley Lou are my favourites, but it's all worth a listen.
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Old 17-02-2010, 08:46
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When we applied for our mortgage a few years ago, our advisor was a massive fan of him )
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Old 17-02-2010, 12:50
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Try reading about him on Wiki and listening to his music on Youtube and then you may not be so disrespectful.
I was'nt being disrespecftul, I was curious.

The various bits of information given by fellow posters confirm what I suspected-he is in with the 'right' people hence the nomination.

I remember a few years back Cat Stevens being nominated similarly and I had a wtf moment as well (I did know who he was incedently).
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Old 17-02-2010, 13:02
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I'm not a massive fan but I have a couple of tracks by him and think he deserves his fame/reputation.

I'm no blues expert but I have listened to quite a lot and I quite like him (the ones I like the most are JB Lenoir and Slim Harpo).
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Old 17-02-2010, 13:28
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He was busking, but not for his trainfare. It was a publicity thing, playing on the fact that he used to live and play on the streets.
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Old 17-02-2010, 13:37
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I was'nt being disrespecftul, I was curious.

The various bits of information given by fellow posters confirm what I suspected-he is in with the 'right' people hence the nomination.

I remember a few years back Cat Stevens being nominated similarly and I had a wtf moment as well (I did know who he was incedently).
Fair enough, but I'd say the likes of Seasick and Cat Stevens are more worthy of a nomination than some of the crap that won awards last night
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Old 17-02-2010, 13:45
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Oh no! That's really sad

Sorry, I'm weird, I feel sorry for old people
What a ridiculously patronising comment.

I dont think Seasick Steve or any other 'old person' wants your pity for that matter.

Though saying that they might feel the same about whiny teenagers who spend their time crying over All American Rejects songs.
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Old 17-02-2010, 13:46
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Fair enough, but I'd say the likes of Seasick and Cat Stevens are more worthy of a nomination than some of the crap that won awards last night
I agree about last nights results(well some of them).

I'd rather return to the panel or industry voters (whoever they are) picking the best single and best newcomer awards rather than go to the public vote.

The list of nominees for best single was draw droppingly bad, Joe McElderry? That just sums things up.And it was a bad cover version.

One the earliest Brits I can remember had people like Sade getting nomiated for Smooth Operator-that would never happen now.
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Old 17-02-2010, 13:51
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Originally Posted by Tom8592
Last year he had to busk for his trainfare
That's a load of tosh.

He is a very wealthy man.
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Old 17-02-2010, 13:51
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I had no idea who he was until his name came up during the Brits, but then that happens sometimes.

And yes, my musical knowledge does venture outside the UK Top 40.

PS - Biko, lighten up lol
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Old 17-02-2010, 14:24
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So "Seasick Steve" is a character invented by Steve Wold .... very much like "Lady Gaga" is a character invented by Stefani Germanotta. Only difference is that Gaga hasn't invented a ridiculous backstory to go with the new image.
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