STEVE POLTZ is returning
Australia loves STEVE POLTZ
STEVE POLTZ loves Australia
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It’s that simple. The only thing that has changed over almost twenty visits to this country is that Steve Poltz‘s songs have become even finer, his jokes increasingly hysterical and his live performances have escalated to the level of grin inducing unpredictability that make each and every show a not-to-be repeated event.
And the whirwind of energy’n’songs is returning for a run of Australian dates in late November/early December.
Since his first tour of Australia in the early 2000s Steve Poltz has returned consistently to Australia, building up an increasingly loyal and fervent audience. Along the way his live show has evolved into something truly special. There really is nothing like a Steve Poltz concert. Seriously. Nothing. At all. If you’re already a card carrying member of Team Poltz you know that already, but if not these Australian dates are an opportunity to join the true believers And you will join. He’s that good.
Throughout over three decades in music, Steve Poltz has created an astonishing body of rockin’ countrified folk slices of sardonic Americana in song. Of course, he co-wrote Jewel’s multiplatinum Hot 100-topping megahit “You Were Meant For Me,” but he also went on a whale watch with her and a few federales that turned into a drug bust. The two still share the story at every festival they play together.
In the 20 years since his full-length solo debut, One Left Shoe, he has blessed the world’s ears with twelve solo records, spanning the acclaimed 2010 Dreamhouse and most recently Folk Singer in 2015. NPR summed it up best, “Critics and fans alike now regard Poltz as a talented and prolific songwriter.” By 2016, he survived a stroke, endured anything the music industry could throw at him, and still performed like “280 days a year.”
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However, he still never lived in Nashville, which represents a turning point in the story and the genesis of his new album and Red House Records debut, Shine On.
“My girlfriend Sharon sold the condo we were living in, and I was ready to live in a van, which seemed like a good idea for one night—then I decided I wanted a kitchen and a closet,” he admits. “Sharon wanted to move to Nashville, because she thought it would be good for me. It caused a huge fight. I’d been in San Diego since 1980, and that’s where I cut my musical teeth. I thought I’d never leave. In fact, at the height of our fight, I said, ‘I’m not leaving San Diego. I am San Diego!’ This makes me laugh now. As soon as I got to Nashville, I immediately knew I wanted to make a record in ‘Music City’.”
So, the man who once protested “I am San Diego” made Shine On in his new home of Nashville with one of its elder statesmenbehind the board, Will Kimbrough [Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell]. Holing up in the studio at Kimbrough’s house, nothing would be off limits. Together, they unlocked the kind of creative chemistry you only hear about in band bios – but for real.
Evoking themes of “hope, love, contemplation, celebration of Wednesday, pharmacists, and the fact that windows are not inanimate objects and they sometimes have conversations with each other,” the record represents Steve at his most inspired and insightful.
In the end, for everything you can call him “searcher, smartass, movie freak, lover of technology, news junkie, baseball fan to nth degree, lapsed catholic who still believes in god even though all his friends are atheists and think he’s an idiot, and maker of fun,” you might just call Steve that little light in the dark we all need in this day and age.
To see Steve Poltz live is an emotional roller coaster of inspired songs and pure joyous energy. You may cry, you will be moved and you will most certainly laugh out loud – often. There is only one Steve Poltz. And he’s your Steve Poltz.
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