Biography
My music and guitar playing has been influenced by many musicians and styles over the years. I receive great audience response, especially for my acoustic slide guitar work. My slide guitar version of Amazing Grace has been viewed over 51,000 times and counting on YouTube; see link below. There's also a link to an original slide guitar tune on YouTube.
I began perfoming professionally in the late 1960's with Marc Cashman as part of a folk duo, Cashman & Raiken. Marc and I performed in the Eastern U.S. and Canada as featured performers and as a lead-in for major acts such as Tom Rush, Hall & Oates, and George Carlin.
Instrumentation
Solo singer/songwriter, playing acoustic guitar.
Discography
I recorded a full-length CD in L.A. in September 2004. Five cuts from the CD, Waterfall, can be heard by clicking Audio, above. A new studio recording (A Father's Song) is also accessible under Audio. The CD can be ordered on-line for CDN $15 through Indie Pool Canada. It can also be digitally downloaded from iTunes for US $9.99 or selected songs for US $0.99 (use links below). All songs are copyrighted and registered with the Songwriters Association of Canada.
Links
| Steve playing Amazing Grace on YouTube |
| Steve playing original slide tune on YouTube |
| Download iTunes and search "Steve Raiken" |
| Indie Pool - Buy Steve's hard copy CD on-line! |