Steve Chizmadia

Artist Information

Biography

Steve is an award winning artist from the Hudson Valley with strong roots in the singer songwriter tradition, country and rock. His influences include The Beatles, Townes Van Zandt, Pete Seeger, Steve Earle, and a host of others too numerous to mention. He's a regular on the Hudson Valley scene with a steadily growing fan base nationwide. Steve is a winner of The 2011 Hudson Valley SongFest Emerging Artist Competition, 2011 Wildflower! Music and Art Festival songwriting competition, 2011 Woody Guthrie Songwriting Contest (Third Place) and a 2011 Kerrville New Folk finalist. He was the 2010 grand prize winner of the Music 2Life songwriting competition (created by Noel "Paul" Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary) for "The Wall Street Fat Cat Tax Payer Bail Out Blues",. His first C.D. "It Is What It Is" reached number 12 on the folk D.J. Charts in 2007.
He has been a Kerrville New Folk finalist (2003), a finalist in the Strum magazine songwriting competition (2010) twice received honorable mention from the Woody Guthrie songwriting competition (2005, 2010) and has had a tri-centric showcase at NERFA. He's currently working on his latest C.D. with producer Peter Calo. Steve plays Gibson and Gretsch guitars.

Instrumentation

Steve Chizmadia - six and twelve string guitars, mandolin

Discography

"It Is What It Is"
"Tribes Hill: We're All Here"
"Hudson Harding Holiday c.d. volume 2"
"The Wall Street Fat Cat Tax Payer Bail Out Blues"

Audio

• Song For Pete
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• That Old Shirt
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• The Wall Street Fat Cat Tax Payer Bail-Out Blues
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• It's Always Texas
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• New York Moon
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• This Old Town
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• Tangled In My Sheets
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• Mamou
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• Maybe You, Maybe Me
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Lyrics

• Katie Belle
• Romeo and Juliet
• Tangled In My Sheets
• It's Always Texas
• The Wall Street Fat Cat Tax Payer Bail-Out Blues
• That Old Shirt
• New York Moon
• Maybe You, Maybe Me
• Song For Pete

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Setlist

Originals. An occasional, thoughtfully chosen cover.

I bring six and twelve string acoustic guitars and a mandolin to most gigs. The guitars have pick-ups. For the time being the Mando is miked.

I do solo and band gigs depending on the venue and the compensation.

Prefer venues with their own P.A. price is is commensurate with the amount of equipment I'm expected to provide

Basic Requirements

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