Even Steven Levee
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Steven Louis Levee |
| Genres |
Hard Rock Blues Jazz Hip Hop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Producer, IT Professional |
| Instruments | Bass |
| Years active | 1964 - present |
| Labels | i-Potato Music |
| Associated acts | Brad Factor:10 The Slashtones i-Potato Barbara Lee George Gun Hill Lost At Home Malo Life Force Life Source Peter Green Ray Gomez Troy Turner Lost At Home ZRS The Profile Band The Last Band Blue The Hard Way Bluzzion AFU GoodFriends Rhythm Club TV Jimmy Robinson Joy Ryder Roger Bartlett Roderick Kohn Gerardo Velez Phaedra Bill Sims Jr. Wrecia Ford Buzzy Linhart Jim Satin Barry Finnerty Joe Butler Voice OF The People Lez Warner |
| Website | http://BassMasterGeneral.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Even Steven "The Bass Master General" 4 & 5 String Frettless Basses, Michael Tobias Design 5 String, Dan Electro Hodad, Fernadez PJ, Epiphone EB3L, Martin Custom Acoustic | |
Even Steven Levee born Steven Louis Levee, is an American musician, bass player, recording engineer, record producer and former nightclub concert promoter. He is best known for his work with such bands as Lifeforce, ZRS, Brad Factor:10, The Slashtones, The Freak Parade, and his production work with Hedi, Barbara Lee George, MC Magic D and Gun Hill. As a bass player he is known for his diversity, playing with rock, funk, jazz, blues and hip hop artists, and for his use of various fretted and fretless four, five and six string bass guitars. He is also well known within the music industry for hosting premier "all star" jam sessions at various nightclubs in the New York area during the 1990s. Even has appeared on HBO and Late Night with Conan O'Brien during the current century and continues to work in Music and the Information Technology field.
Even Steven Levee, born Steven Louis Levee (1951–present) in Crown Heights, New York. He attended Miami Dade Junior College in Florida as an Art major while also playing bass in various local bands. His early musical influences of The Yardbirds, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin made his approach to music raw and quite loud.
After college, Even Steven and future Grammy winning producer Frank Filippetti formed the band Life Force in 1972. Life Force's blend of Rock, Jazz, Classical and Fusion led to their deal with Paramount Records. Unfortunately the Paramount Label folded before their debut album could be released. One of their songs, "Holy Moses" in 1974, was released on Streaker Records as a single, but was wrongly credited as "Force".
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Life Force disbanded in 1974, but Even Steven and some of the other members changed their sound and formed the band Life Source. The group hit the road touring the US and Canada for the next 2 years with their new "Top 40s" sound.
After Life Source disbanded, Even toured for the following 3 years with The Profile Band, an R&B dance band based out of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Even Steven returned to New York and co-founded Brad Factor:10 (aka "The Yuppies From Hell") in 1987. The band's stage persona was "The worlds first Yuppie Heavy-Metal Band" and their music reflected that. They developed a strong "cult" following performing at major rock venues like L’Amour's, Nirvana, The Cat Club, Limelight, Black Cat, The Chance and many others. In 1988 Brad Factor:10 competed and won the "New York City Rock Wars" contest, beating out Beggars and Thieves, Skin and Bones, The Throbbs and Please (later known as Trouble Tribe). Brad Factor:10 performed with such bands as: The Tubes; Enuffz N Nuff; D' Priest, The Stuttering John Band; Circus of Power; Sophia Ramos; Cycle Sluts From Hell; Electric Angels; Pleasure Bombs; Warrior Soul, Heads Up; and Raging Slab to name a few.
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