Steve Wariner
Steven Noel Wariner ( born December 25, 1954 in Noblesville, Indiana) is an American country musician, songwriter, and guitarist.
His first musical experiences were Steve in his father's band. Heavily influenced by his idol Chet Atkins, he became a virtuoso guitar player. At age 17, he formed a band with some friends. There was a singer and he also took this Part In an appearance at a club near Indianapolis Dottie West was present. After an impromptu duet together, she offered him a place as a bass player in her backing band on. Steve had to decide between school and music. He chose the music and broke the high school a year before the conclusion from.
Steve spent three years with Dottie West and then joined Bob Luman on. During these years he began to write songs. Luman recorded some of his plays and scored with Labor of Love a hit parade placement. RCA became aware of the talented young musicians and in 1977 took him under contract. Died shortly afterwards his mentor Bob Luman.
Career
His first singles reached only the rear seats of the top 100. In 1981, he made it with By Now for the first time in the top 10, and in the same year he reached with All Roads Lead to You # 1 on the country charts. The singles were also published in 1981 from his debut album Steve Wariner. The next singles and albums were not very successful, and so moved Wariner end of 1984 at his own request to MCA Records.
On the new label he created in the first year, three number - one hits in a row. 1986 was released with Life 's Highway, the first album, which was based primarily on self-written songs. Other top hits followed, including 1987 in a duet with Glen Campbell sung That Rocks the Cradle Hand did, which won both a Grammy nomination. His winning streak continued. Until the early nineties into space twice 1 and several top - 10 finishes were achieved. In addition to his musical activities, Wariner had regular television appearances.
In 1991 he moved to Arista label. A common occurrence with Vince Gill, Mark O'Conner and Ricky Skaggs under the name New Nashville Cats introduced a CMA Award and a Grammy. In the same year died his former patron Dottie West. Steve Wariner sang at her funeral Amazing Grace, in his own words the hardest task of his life.
In the following years his albums reached a few times were top places, mostly his singles moving but in the lower half of the top 100. In 1996 he produced a remarkable, purely instrumental album titled No More Mr. Nice Guy, in which numerous friends and colleagues participated (including Chet Atkins, Vince Gill, Bryan White, Béla Fleck, Leo Kottke, Lee Roy Parnell ). Wariner made himself a name as a songwriter, his Longneck Bottle a No. 1 hit for colleague Garth Brooks in 1997.
The previous career highlight began Wariner in the spring of 1998. Now at Capitol Records, reached its sad ballad Holes in the Floor of Heaven # 2 on the charts and won two CMA Awards for Single of the Year and Song of the Year. What If I Said, his duet with Anita Cochran could even place it on No. 1. In the following years he had more hits, the most successful were 1999 Two Teardrops (2nd place) and I'm Already Taken, a re-release of his 1978 published title.