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b'\\u201cIn some ways,\\xa0Steve Conte\\xa0is the quintessential rock and roll musician. He lives in New York City\\xa0, has played with everyone from the New York Dolls to the late Willy DeVille, released his own work, and is an unabashed admirer of rock and roll in all its many forms and genres. The latter fact is made completely obvious by the choice of material on his latest CD,\\xa0International Cover Up.\\xa0As a 13 year old live performer, Steve Conte looked to The Rolling Stones, The J. Geils Band, Black Oak Arkansas, The Beatles & Jimi Hendrix for both musical inspiration and how to give \\u201cgood show\\u201d. Cut to 2016 \\u2013 Conte releases his \\u201cCOVERS\\u201d album featuring many of the songs he & his band have played on tour \\u2013 and captures that LIVE spirit in the recordings!\\xa0The album features songs written and/or recorded by Eddie Cochran, Willy/Mink DeVille, Tom Waits/Ramones, John Lennon, Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac and Jason And The Scorchers \\u2013 all delivered in pure Conte-style.\\xa0In addition to playing original songs from his studio albums on tour, Steve would always add a few well-chosen covers. Conte says: \\u201cThis album contains some of my favorite songs to play live; road-tested in Europe with my band, The Crazy Truth International. I kept the album production sparse to showcase the band\\u2019s live energy. All songs were recorded live, in a few takes. Most guitar solos were played live.\\xa0\\xa0\\u201dINTERNATIONAL COVER-UP was largely recorded at Labtones Studio in Dordrecht, The Netherlands by Wilco Minderhoud & Jasper van Dorp. It features 6 studio recordings with Conte\\u2019s European version of The Crazy Truth \\u2013 plus a pair of solo acoustic tracks recorded in New York City; one in his own Manhattan studio, The Joint NYC and the other recorded live on renowned record producer, Steve Lillywhite\\u2019s program for East Village Radio, The Lillywhite Sessions.'