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Steven Jay Morris  
Steven is an accomplished composer, singer/songwriter, musician and master guitarist. With roots in rock and early classical training, Steven has been creating and performing music in a variety of styles since he picked up a trumpet at age 9. His latest work is an original blues compilation of heart bending guitar, harmonica (Lee Gjolme) and lyrics guaranteed to make you laugh and cry.

Artist History
Music found Steven at age 4 playing with any toy instrument that crossed his path. By age 9 he moved on to real instruments when he received a trumpet as a gift. He spent countless hours in his room teaching himself how to play the trumpet and the guitar, and started composing in his early teens. Steven pursued rock music as a career throughout his teens and early twenties, composing and performing with such bands as Daze of Nite, Yellow Bird and Thunderpussy before embarking on a solo career. Steven received classical music training at Southern Illinois University. Steven has composed and recorded more than 100 songs spanning a variety of genres including rock, jazz, guitar and piano instrumentals and blues.

 

       

Darrol Schexnayder, former guitarist for The Little Richard Band, Mark Andes, bassist for Heart, Mike Kowalski, Drummer for the Beach Boys and Steven Jay Morris working in the studio circa 1992

 
CDs  
Cant Cry No More, Moon Rising, Roaming Man, and Thunderpussy Documents of Captivity.

Influences
Shubert, Cash McCall, Buckminster Fuller, Jimi Hendrix, Wanda and Joe Schuster, Plato, Elvis, Epictetus, and Neva and Shelby Morris.

Music Styles
Rock, Smooth Jazz, and Blues

 

 

 

                     

SJM's (14 yo far left) First band 1964           The Daze Of Nite 1965                                    Yellow Bird  1969

                                                                                                                                                                               

        

 Steven Jay Morris 1972                                Thunderpussy 1973                              Steven Jay Morris & Darrol Schexnayder 1989

                               

 Steven Jay Morris 1980's                   Steven Jay Morris & Lee Gjolme 1988                   Steven Jay Morris 1990                            

                          

                                                                 

  Steven Jay Morris & Mark Andes 1992                                                          Steven Jay Morris 2005