STEVIE CORNELL BAND 11/09 6-8PM NO COVER FEE

Stevie Cornell started his career in the late 70s with the East Bay punk band The Young Adults. While the group never released any music, it's members went on to The Dead Kennedys and Wire Train. In the 80s, Stevie played with proto Americana band The Movie Stars, who released two critically acclaimed records and toured the country, playing SXSW and Bumbershoot back in the early 90s. He also played in ex Avengers Penelope Houston's folk ensemble, opening for Iggy Pop and touring the West Coast. The 90s saw him touring with Wesley Stace as John Wesley Harding) which included an appearance on the Tonight Show. He also lent his expert pedal steel playing to the first two albums by the SF retro country band Red Meat, including the tune "Broken Up And Blue" that was featured in the movie "Monster's Ball". He did soundtrack work, learning his way around the orchestra, winning an Emmy (for a song about Teddy Bears!) and then put his career on hold to raise a family in a tiny town Vermont (where he taught guitar to a young Noah Kahan among many others) before moving back to California and settling in Santa Rosa.