Red Velvet Media and The Indie Cafe "STEVE CONTE NYC"

Published: Oct. 24, 2014, 9 p.m.

b'About "STEVE CONTE NYC"\\n\\nSteve Conte\\xa0has been one busy musician over the past few years. After leaving\\xa0New York Dolls\\xa0in 2010 he joined up with former\\xa0Hanoi Rocks\\xa0front man\\xa0Michael Monroe\\xa0as guitarist, songwriter and backing vocalist to release 3 albums, the most recent of which \\u2013\\xa0Horns And Halos, 2013 Spinefarm Records \\u2013 he wrote the lion\\u2019s share of the songs for (it\\u2019s already been nominated for \\u201cAlbum Of The Year\\u201d by the Finnish Grammys and The Nordic Music Prize). In the summer of 2011, in between touring with Monroe he began work on what was to be his first official solo album, naming the project \\u201cSteve Conte NYC\\u201d.And now in 2014, after years of making records with others,\\xa0NYC guitarist/singer/songwriter Steve Conte has stepped out on his own to release\\xa0The Steve Conte NYC Album.\\xa0His first official solo\\xa0record\\xa0delivers all the guitar, vocal and songwriting skills you know from his previous bands;\\xa0Steve Conte & The Crazy Truth,\\xa0Crown Jewels, The Contes\\xa0and\\xa0Company Of Wolves.And that \\u201cbunch of friends\\u201d includes some serious talent. Joining Steve are members of\\xa0Foo Fighters, The Wildhearts, New York Dolls, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Hanoi Rocks, Georgia Satellites, Alice Cooper, Mink DeVille, Hellacopters, The Urban Voodoo Machine, Mott The Hoople, Backyard Babies, The Wallflowers, Company Of Wolves, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, and players from the bands of\\xa0Ian Hunter, John Mellencamp, Roseanne Cash\\xa0and\\xa0Bruce Springsteen.The new album was mixed and mastered by\\xa0Niko Bolas\\xa0(Neil Young, Keith Richards) and\\xa0Richard Dodd\\xa0(Tom Petty, Counting Crows), respectively\\xa0\\u2013 the same team who did the 2009 release,\\xa0Steve Conte & The Crazy Truth.\\xa0http://stevecontenyc.com'