Steve Tannen
| Steve Tannen | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Steven J. Tannen |
| Born | 1968 (age 48–49) |
| Origin | New York City, New York, United States |
| Genres | Indie Folk, folk-pop, Folk Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Nettwerk |
| Associated acts | The Weepies, The Tannen Brothers |
| Website | theweepies |
Steven J. "Steve" Tannen (born 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. He is best known for being in the folk-pop duo The Weepies.
Tannen was born in New York City, but grew up in Australia and Canada in addition to New York. He started performing at an early age and learned music at home. He is the grandson of magician Louis Tannen. He is the brother of songwriter Greg Tannen and screenwriter Robert Tannen.
Steve graduated from Mamaroneck High School. He received a degree in English from Stanford University. Tannen worked as a production assistant in Hollywood, becoming a script reader and assistant to film director Norman Jewison. He interned at radio station KCRW, and then moved to Colorado to work for the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). He left NCAR after a year and worked odds jobs around the US, developing a personal mix of folk and rock.
He returned to New York and, with the help from former Suzanne Vega guitarist Jon Gordon, started a rock and roll project. This turned into his debut album "Big Señorita" which was chosen as one of Performing Songwriter Magazine’s Top 12 Independent Releases of 2001. In 2001, while touring behind Big Senorita, Tannen met his future wife and musical partner Deb Talan at a show at Club Passim in Boston, Massachusetts. His second solo CD "Stopped at a Green Light" was released in September 2003; this was quickly followed by the first Weepies album Happiness in December of that same year.
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