ZYDECO BLANCO
Steve Lamphier
Timmy gave him his first guitar. Being an eager
twelve year old, and his love for music, Steven
began playing the guitar avidly. "My Uncle Timmy
showed me how to play Blue Grass on the
guitar", Steven says, "But I soon moved on to
playing rock and blues bass guitar".
Steven feels music is his life's journey and enjoys
sharing it with everyone around him. He feels
music can be healing and uplifting for the soul. He
loves playing the bass for a variety of styles of
music but favors playing music that has deep
roots such as zydeco and reggae.
In 1987, he moved from the Chicago area to
Dallas, Texas , where he studied jazz and pop
music for two years at Richland College. While
following his hearts desire in music, he worked as
a cook at The Cajun Cafe and learned the art of
cooking crawfish, gumbo, alligator tail, and
froglegs.
He then moved on to Austin,Texas in 1989. He
has played in a variety of bands including reggae,
rock, blues, and funk. Steven feels he owes a lot
of his music ability to the three years he studied
at Austin Community College of Arts / Music. He
has been displaying his very diverse styles and
abilities of bass guitar playing around Austin for
many years.
Steven and his family have lived in Blanco, Texas
since 1994. " I feel I've trully found home here in
the Blanco River Valley....where the catfish are
easy and the gumbo's always hot!" One hot
summer day back in 1997, Steven met Harvey
Trahan at the local health food store in Blanco.
Harvey invited Steven to "jam" with him and Leif
at gig at the Feed Mill in Johnson City. They have
been playing music together ever since (along
with his good friends Brandon, Larry, and Brad).
Steven adds a heavy rythimic pulse to the
traditional zydeco songs and a spicy flare to the
Zydeco Blanco originals. (Y'all come dance , now!
Y' hear?)
