Steven Jackson writes intimate, quirky, folk-rock which is no small part influenced by:

• early years playing punk music in Alabama's seedy biker bars.
• finding out from the Replacements, the Smiths, Willie Nelson, etc ... that you can write sensitive, introspective songs without being a nerd
• getting really drunk and making out with girlfriend's roommate (in front of girlfriend) while at a Connells / Toad the Wet Sprocket show
• playing bass in southern rock band Passing Through - fronted by American Idol Taylor Hicks - in 1996-1998
• graduating with a degree in journalism from Auburn University
• marrying his high school sweetheart - long after high school
• having an accident involving an oyster bed and bare feet - realizing he is mortal
• seeing & hearing Doc Watson, Steve Earle, John Hiatt & Nanci Griffith in the span of a few hours
• touring the country's college & club circuit (NACA) for 6 years - playing in concert halls & beside salad bars at universities in every state
• developing stage fright, social anxiety & taking an indefinite break from touring (see previous bullet for clarification)
• fathering 2 amazing children who sing just because they know the song'll never sound that sweet again
• being obsessed with lack of sleep for about 5 years (see previous bullet for clarification)
• trying to figure out what it all means

Beginning in 1999, Steven began releasing intimate folk-rock recordings that prompted Paste Magazine to say Jackson "writes words more beautiful, evocative & true than you could ever find yourself."

Discography

1999  Gathering Rust

2001 Boxfan

2004 Home From the Fight