Miami Steve
| Steven Van Zandt | |
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Van Zandt at the 2011 MIPCOM, in Cannes
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Steven Lento |
| Also known as | Little Steven, Miami Steve, Silvio, Stevie Van Zandt |
| Born |
November 22, 1950 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Origin | Middletown Township, New Jersey, United States |
| Genres | Rock, heartland rock |
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| Years active | 1968–present |
| Labels | Columbia, Epic, EMI America, BMG, Manhattan, RCA, Renegade Nation, Wicked Cool Records |
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| Website |
undergroundgarage littlesteven |
| Notable instruments | |
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Rickenbacker 660/12 Guild X-79 |
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Steven Van Zandt (born November 22, 1950) is an American musician and actor, who frequently goes by the stage names Little Steven or Miami Steve. He is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, in which he plays guitar and mandolin. He is also known for his roles on television dramas such as Silvio Dante on The Sopranos (1999–2007) and Frank Tagliano / Giovanni "Johnny" Henriksen on Lilyhammer (2012–2014). Van Zandt also had his own solo band called Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul in the 1980s. In 2014, Van Zandt was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band.
Steven Van Zandt was born on November 22, 1950, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was born as Steven Lento and is of Southern Italian descent (his grandfather was from Calabria and his grandmother's parents were Neapolitans). He lived at 16 Edgecliff Road in Watertown, Massachusetts.
His mother, Mary Lento, remarried in 1957 and he took the last name of his stepfather, William Brewster Van Zandt. The family moved from Massachusetts to Middletown Township, New Jersey, when he was seven.
Van Zandt found his love for music at an early age, when he learned how to play the guitar. He watched the performances of the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show and Rolling Stones on Hollywood Palace in 1964 and referred to the former as "The Big Bang of Rock n' Roll". He said that when he was 13, George Harrison was his favorite Beatle, but he is now friends with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Around August 1964, he formed his first band, the Whirlwinds, which was short lived. He later formed the Mates in 1965 and join the Shadows in May 1966. Van Zandt has cited British Invasion bands such as the Dave Clark Five, as well as Ravi Shankar and the culture of India as early influences.
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