Steve has seen a meteoric rise in his popularity and wider public recognition, including airplay and positive feedback, with his music appealing to a growing acoustic audience who enjoy self-styled individual songwriters. These days Steve mainly tours and gigs with bass guitarist Ian Catchpole and Derek Edmond on drums.The band formed shortly after the album launch of the 3rd album 'Boy On A Beach' at the Stables.This album was tremendously received and it allowed the band to tour the UK between March and September 2008. During this time they worked on Steves' 4th studio album 'Ungodly Hour' with most of the song arrangements by Ian Catchpole and this was recorded between January 2009 and October 2009 in North London. A strong track named 'Knolls Wood' went off to be mastered at the Abbey Road Studios in St Johns wood. Some tracks draw on Steve's many influences from several contemporary song writers such as Ray Lamontagne, Damien Rice, Josh Ritter, Tom Petty and Crowded House, earlier years of listening, included Neil Young, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Carole King, Jonie Mitchell, Donovan, Jonathan Kelly, Don McLean, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Eagles. Over the last ten years Steve has appeared solo and with the band at some of the country's best known intimate venues such as The Borderline,The Musician, The Trades Club and The Stables Theatre where he supported Shawn Colvin in the summer of 2007. A recent quote by one of Steve's fans summed up his music by saying "it's like I have heard all of these songs before but at the same time I know they are original." Having played guitar since his teens, Steve worked the London music scene for over 7 years in the 1980s and with the help of three top music agencies he was working virtually full-time. After getting married he committed himself to family life. He may have thought his performing and writing days were over.However, this was far from the truth. In 2001 Steve wrote ten new songs in quick succession, helped along by his newly acquired Martin acoustic guitar. The resulting debut album 'Cut and Run' was released in September 2002. Steve's musical career was re-ignited, and included a joint album promotion with Mike Silver at the Union Chapel in Islington in October 2003. The Stables at Wavendon Milton Keynes heard the album and booked Steve successively over the following eighteen months. Here he performed with Ten Years After, Aynsley Lister and Carl Palmer. Touring Americana artists, Joe D'Urso and Stewboss also heard Steve's music and each invited him to join them for gigs on their 2004 tours. Steve's second album, 'Building Bridges', was released in March 2005 on the Smokey Rooms label. As with 'Cut and Run', the fluid melodies of 'Building Bridges' perfectly fill the contours of the heartfelt lyrics, conveying, with clarity and honesty, an emotional journey through a landscape of life experiences. The thirteen songs are intertwined with the sweet sounds of Steve's new Lowden guitar, plaintive harmonica and haunting cello, with the chilled harmonies of songwriter Nici Wilcox. The album was supported by a tour including a launch at The Stables and shows at The Borderline in London. Steve's creative flow has continued. His third and most critically acclaimed album to date, 'Boy On A Beach', was released in September 2007 with Proper Music Distribution as exclusive UK distributors. 'Boy On A Beach' was launched at a sell out gig at The Stables Theatre, Milton Keynes. Listen to the awesomeness of Steve Gifford here: https://soundcloud.com/stevegiffordband