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Lovesick Steve

Seasick Steve
Feb 17, 2010 Updated Feb 18, 2010

Legendary troubadour and former hobo Seasick Steve is determined to show his softer side...sort of.

Songs for Elisabeth is a mini-album of Steve's love songs....but they're love songs with a difference.

Inspired by his wife of 28 years - the Elisabeth of the title - Steve trawled through his back catalogue of four studio albums for the EP, which also includes one new track, Ready for Love. 

"They're kinda love songs" he says."But they're weird, so that's maybe why I didn't recognise them as such."

Source: Guardian Online external link

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Steven Gene Wold, commonly known as Seasick Steve, (born 1941) is an American blues musician. He plays (mostly personalized) guitars, and sings, usually about his early life doing casual work. Life and career Childhood and early life: Wold was born in Oakland, California, USA. When he was four years old, his parents split up. His father played boogie-woogie piano and at five or six years old,...

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