I write sad songs that sometimes sound happy.

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creator of @psalmsforinsidetimes

The James Dean Garage Band is a collaboration between songwriting partners Howard Parsons (aka "the ekcotones" ) and Steve Pease.Their eponymous album was recorded at emptyroom studios in Leeds, England. The James Dean Garage Band tip their hats in thanks to Rick Moody-for the stunning short story that gave the band their name; and to Lewis Shiner-whose seminal rock'n'roll fantasy "Glimpses" provided impetus and inspiration for the album.

Steve Nieve – was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 as a member of Elvis Costello and the Attractions. 

In 2007, his opera, ‘Welcome to the Voice’ had six performances at the Chatelet Theater in Paris with Sting, Sylvia Schwartz, Elvis Costello, Anna Gabler, Joe Sumner, directed by Muriel Teodori, who wrote the book and lyrics. 

APPEARS WITH (ON STAGE AND  ON RECORDINGS)

Steve Nieve - Sting, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Madness, Squeeze, Burt Bacharach, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Morressey, Lou Reed, Annie Clark (St. Vincent), Vanessa Paradis, Robert Wyatt, Francois Hardy, Jane Birkin, Sandy Shaw, Allen Toussaint, Paul Weller, Kirsty Maccoll, Mick Jagger, Smokey Robinson, Barbara Bonney, Laurie Anderson, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and others…..

MUSIC FOR MOVING IMAGES composed by Steve Nieve:
Desaccord Parfait  (de Caunes)
Le Passager (Caravaca)
L’Annulaire (Bertrand) 
Sans Plomb (Téodori)
Arrivederci Millwall  (McDougall)
À dix minutes des naturistes (Clavier)
L’Epervier (Clavier) 
Montechristo (Téodori) 
The Incredibly Strange Film Show (Harries)

SOLO RECORDINGS

Keyboard Jungle (1983)   
Playboy (1987)
It’s Raining Somewhere (1996) 
Mumu (2001) 
Windows (2004)
Welcome to the Voice, (2007) 
Lazy Point (2011)  
ToGetHer (2013)

ALBUMS WITH ELVIS COSTELLO + THE ATTRACTIONS +THE IMPOSTERS + AS STEVE NIEVE  PIANIST AND ARRANGER...

This Year's Model (1978) Armed Forces (1979) Get Happy!! (1980) Trust (1981)
Almost Blue (1981) Imperial Bedroom (1982) Punch the Clock (1983) Goodbye Cruel World (1984)
King of America (1986) Blood & Chocolate (1986) Brutal Youth (1994) Kojak Variety (1995)
All This Useless Beauty (1996) Painted From Memory (1998)
When I Was Cruel (2002) Cruel Smile (2003)  North (2003) The Delivery Man (2004) 
The River In Reverse (2006) Momofuku (2008) National Ransom (2010)


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