Stevie Coyle spent his early years surrounded by music, thanks to a radio station-running dad, mandolinist mom, string-meister David Lindley as his first guitar teacher, and a bluegrass band as next-door neighbors. Stevie himself has led a somewhat checkered past, including stints as a university theology major, as a traveling sword swallower with The Royal Lichtenstein Circus, as an actor on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless, and as a killer whale show announcer at Marine World/Africa USA. He is also a founding member of the infamously talented string band, The Waybacks, and has collaborated with Roy Zimmerman in the folk tribute /parody band The Foremen.

All this and much more provides grist for his quirky, tuneful, and insightful songs. Tonight, Stevie returns to our stage to celebrate the release of his shiny new solo CD, Ten-in-One, with Kendrick Freeman on drums, Sam Bevan on bass, Kit Walker on keyboards, and Walter Strauss on guitar.