The Steepwater Band

You should already know these songs. If the old saying about talent equaling success were true, then the steepwater band would already be a household name, rubbing shoulders with aerosmith, bad company and other like-minded travelers in our collective rock 'n roll fantasy. But that's not how things always work, and this band knows it and still leans into it, smiling, with everything in them, not for brass rings and marquees, but because they must! For them, the music life is a calling and not some stupid costume one puts on to shake loose gold, fame, and groupies. In a land of caricatures, it's striking to come face-to-face with the real thing.something primal lurks in their music, but always wrestling with emotions and stories that are everyday-ready ~ music at once strut-inducing sexy and brass knuckles honest, a sound evolved smartly & patiently through countless gigs, running the bulls whenever…   "Shake your faith is a stomping, seductive cry that real rock 'n' roll is alive and well in a band with the swagger, justified confidence, and badass tunes of a modern classic, a collection with all the heart and hips of 70s stones and serious competition to contemporaries like the black keys, ben harper, and jack white." By Richard Milne   "'Live & humble' is a modern-day 'rockin the fillmore!'"   By Creem magazine   "Not only do these longhairs know their johnny winter and their johnnie walker, they sure as shootin' dish it out in a nuclear hoedown of dirty fuzztone lead and slide guitar riffs."   classicrockrevisited.com By Ryan Sparks   “Anchored by the ultra-solid and at times, the funky rhythm section of bowers and winters, their unshakeable base allows massey and saylors the freedom to take their dynamic guitar interplay to new heights (on live & humble).”   The waster.com By Martin Halo   “With blaring rock n roll bravado (on live at the double door), the trio fired a bullet directly into the heart...with ramble ready dynamic shifts, full-toned vocals and the makings of a band on the run.”   jambase.com   "Clava is one of the best rock albums to hit in 2011... Nothing’s too gussied up so the honest grit and sweat of rock ‘n’ roll come through loud and clear and behind everything a crossroads right blues soul howls. Clava continues the group’s evolution by simply refining every promising aspect this taut trio has exhibited in the past. If you’re charged up by what the black keys or black crowes are putting down lately, there’s little doubt clava will flip your wig big time." Chicagoist   "With their latest offering, clava, the group has stepped out from under their influences' shadow to claim their own sound." Dirty Impound By Dennis Cook "...the steepwater band excel at slow burns throughout this set, prowling ‘round your back door and howling in a low, sexy way, swinging with the angels dancin’ around their heads and leaving blood on the floorboards. Folks enamored of mick taylor-era stones, early hendrix, and the black keys will eat up this up with impolite gusto. It’s a great pleasure to see a band fully realize their potential as they ride into their second decade together, and clava presents these chicago survivors at their earthy, appealing finest." whatsthatdueplay.com "Clava is the steepwater band at its best. It is more focused and more mature than any effort (album) before. " solo-rock.com By Santino "Every record is better than the former, and they always maintain an evolution within the american roots rock. For the moment we can only wonder when they will reach the top of their abilities. Marah and drive-by truckers have been dethroned. Everybody stand up to salute their new majesties: the steepwater band." bluesbunny.com "This band has traveled a long and winding musical road. From the delta to the electrified blues of chicago, across the atlantic to the blues-inspired rock of the stones, zeppelin, and free before making their way back through the texas roadhouses."