Steve Wells
Steve
Wells started absorbing
music while growing up in beautiful downtown
Colfax, Louisiana. His dad, Sam Wells, was the District Attorney in
Grant and Winn Parishes for 24 years. Mr.
Sam
didnt understand much about musicians, except that, from time to time, he prosecuted
them for rowdy conduct. Steve's dad was very
supportive of his playing music, though, and helped by getting him his first keyboard and
amplifier. Steve's mom, Maxine, stills holds down
the fort there today and probably can still hear the Beatles or the Monkees oozing
from the walls from time to time.
Surviving high school,
Steve started college life at NSU in Natchitoches,
LA. During
his NSU tenure, he ended up with a degree in Botany. From
the School of Hard Knocks, he ended up with a degree in gigging. He has used the latter degree and has been playing
music ever since. The Botany degree remains
ever poised to leap off the shelf into action.
Yeah,
right.
Following college, two
great musicians, Anthony Robinson and Bill Conerly, joined Steve in The Steve Wells
Trio. They did a little northern tour in
Michigan,
Illinois and Wisconsin. After that,
Steve played
with Rutabaga, Kris Michaels and Good Tymes, Billy Pendleton
and Earth, and The Harmon Drew Group before starting Steve Wells
Music in 1982. And here he is today, still plugging away
and trying his best to play your favorite song.
Steve
Wells Music