Stephen Cline
An accomplished musician and composer, Stephen Cline plays many instruments on the recordings: acoustic and electric guitars, piano, cittern, bass, laud, lap steel, as well as singing lead and harmony vocals. Stephen has performed widely in the West and Midwest over the years in bands, duos, and solo.
He has performed and recorded with such talented people as Stephan Dudash (currently of Nashville, who played with Dave Brubeck and Olivia Newton John), and recently with partner John Gates, a rising singer songwriter in Santa Barbara. In 2002, Stephen, along with partner Chuck Roehm, won a singer/songwriter competition and subsequently performed a concert produced by Vashon Allied Arts in Washington State.
Stephen's style of music has reminded some listeners of such performers as Stephen Stills, Leo Kottke, and Joni Mitchell, while others comment that there is something both very contemporary and also medieval in his melodies and arrangements.