Steve White New Documentary Trailer: Painting The World with Music
Hi to All,
My name is Clint Burkett. I'm a filmmaker from Leucadia, California.
I'm making a documentary about the life of Steve White. The story that I want to tell is about meeting one of the most original singer-songwriters that you never knew.
This film is about Steve's incredible legacy of music and art and a humble man who gave of his heart.
I met Steve in 2009 and was mesmerized by him. I told him I wanted to do a film about his life and he gave me his blessings.
We need your help to make this film and it's universal distribution possible through our Kickstarter campaign. It's a grass-roots funding effort.
And we need all the help we can get.
So...please go to our link and check it out! If you can, please spread the word through your mailing lists and social networking groups.
Thank you very much for your support and donation.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1005294315/steve-white-painting-the-world-with-music?ref=email
Clint Burkett
Check out the new website: http://stevewhitefilm.com/
Dear fans and friends of Steve's,
Thank you so much for the emails and phone calls, postcards, and words in the guestbook expressing your love for Steve and your support. It had been a hard time for me and for everyone that loved Steve so much but we keep on going... one day at the time like he alway said.
Thanks to our friends of AER:
http://www.aer-amps.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=312&Itemid=100283&lang=en
Steve White (1950-2011), an Appreciation
Steve White passed away, Friday, April 22, 2011 just before midnight. He was dearly loved by many of us. It's impossible to put such things into words.
But you should know about his music. He lived in Southern California, 57 Miles from Mexico. He played small gigs along the coast, where the media-saturated and distracted audiences didn't pay enough attention to know what a gem they were missing. He could make a living, because he toured Europe twice a year to audiences who did know. But that's a different soapbox. If you like acoustic blues/roots music, then you have albums and albums of great music to listen to. Steve developed his own approach. He played a baritone guitar, double-dropped D, but sometimes tuned down to a low C or A. He used a percussive hand technique to keep the beat, and play the bass notes against the treble. On top of that, he was a killer blues harp player. With the harp in a rack, his unique right-hand groove and a slide on his pinky, you'd think you were hearing enough music. But that wasn't all. He built an amplfied footboard and turned his feet into his traveling percussionist. When Steve got going, you just wouldn't believe all that sound was coming out of one person.
But the best part was how damn musical he was. When you listen to Steve, especially on the many cuts where he was playing by himself, you have to appreciate that he was recording live, one take, no overdubs. His dad was in the foreign service; so Steve learned to play the blues in Thailand. Never wealthy, never compromising, he worked day jobs, honed his craft, and never quit, never quit, never quit. The result was solid, sometimes brilliant songwriting, masterful playing, and a legacy of original songs that anyone can play, but only Steve could own. For the last 10 years, after developing connections with blues fans in Europe, he was happily able to make a modest living. On one of his tours, a film crew followed him around and produced some great footage that you can checkout on YouTube.
Best of all, Steve was a generous soul. His music is available and reasonably priced. Best best of all, shortly before he was diagnosed with the cancer that silenced him, he made what might arguably be his best album ever, Home Away From Home (see below). You're probably listening to some of it now, if you've got the site player going. Produced in Iceland with a quartet of great musicians, it will be released in the next month or so. One of the remarkable things about Steve was that music was simply something he breathed. He was trained as an artist, and he became a good one. Some of his album covers are from his paintings, but Home Away From Home is a treasure because it comes with a lyric booklet thats full of his artwork. If you want actual music right now to put on your iPod, head over to iTunes or CD Baby, or look thru this website. You like acoustic blues and roots music? I present the great Steve White. You will thank me.
P.S. In the interest of minimizing frustration, I'd like to point out that iTunes is befuddled when it comes to finding this particular Steve White. There are two other Steve Whites, one a blues musician, another listed as "comedy." I can't vouch for them, they may be good finds as well. The Steve White I'm talking about here has three albums currently in iTunes: Better Days, Brand New World, and 57 Miles from Mexico. More music is available through his website.
Please post to the Guestbook rather than call or email at the moment. There will be a memorial gathering planned in the near future. Check back here. Thanks to all the people who have liked and loved Steve and Alda. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
