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West Coast singer/songwriter Stephen Ashbrook had access to only two records growing up (Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water and Jesus Christ Superstar), both of which were enticing enough to send the California native on a hunt to his local library to expand his musical horizons. Citing heroes as diverse as John Steinbeck, the Rolling Stones, and Winston Churchill, Ashbrook honed his chops amidst the fertile late-'90s Tempe, Arizona alt-rock scene, where he took home The Phoenix Tribune's Best Acoustic Performer title in both 1998 and 2000; he even got to play for President William Jefferson Clinton, at the request of the White House. Known for his rich baritone, smooth falsetto, and penchant for open-road heartland folk-rock in the vein of Tom Petty, the Wallflowers, and Joe Henry, he released an EP, About Last Night, in 1993, followed by a full-length eponymous studio album with his band Satellite in 1995. His solo debut, the critically acclaimed Navigator, arrived in 1998, with Drive and American B-Sides, the latter of which featured members of the Gin Blossoms, the Pistoleros, and Dead Hot Workshop, arriving in 2001 and 2002, respectively. Ashbrook relocated to Portland, Oregon after the arrival of the latter, releasing his first live collection, Double Live @ Long Wong's, in 2004, and White Balloons, his sixth studio album, in 2008. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi
Proof Positive that the majority of people are tone deaf. This guy sounds like the lead from Crash Test Dummies about as much as a Coyote sounds like a Ground Hog!
Love Stephen Ashbrook, was so pleasantly surprised when he came up on my Greg Brown Station! If anyone isn't familiar with Stephen, I highly recommend Double Live @ Long Wong's - in my opinion his live stuff is so much better than the studio (which is good too)
Love stephen Ashbrook - used to listen to him play evry Thursday at Long Wongs in Tempe. Good to hear him on Pandora!
cr917lover
is he from kansas city?
jake4131
nice guitar lick
cuccia51
Sounds like Jackopierce
rachelga2
And no, he's not the Crash Test Dummies guy.
rachelga2
Glad to see so many people discovering Steve's music! He is awesome. I've been a fan from the early days when he was playing small gigs on Mill Ave in Tempe, AZ- before Long Wongs. Keep listening- you won't be disappointed!!
Brad Roberts was the lead for Crash Test. I just went to CTD's station. Good tunes. That band was awesome!
wbutler2
How weird mloncs - I came here for the exact same reason. I was looking for his bio to see if he sings that awful MMMM song. By the way, I discovered that Brad Roberts is the lead singer for Crash Test Dummies.
mloncs
I had to google this guy to see if he was the lead singer of the Crash Test Dummies. --Does not appear that way.
Yeah, it's pretty funny, I hadn't heard him b4 pandora, but this winter I was looking in my small town paper and found out he does shows here pretty often. He's based on Portland, about 60 miles away. He comes up here and has a ski day and then does a PJ party show at a local venue that night. He's a pretty fun artist, has a good local following in Portland.
After hearing this I clicked over and listened to some samples on CD Baby. Listening reminded me of someone else, but I couldn't come up with the name. There it was in the notes, Pete Droge, definitely can hear the connection between the two.
nloglisci
i can't believe this isn't the guy from crash test dummies! they sound the same. i love it
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Dummies
You are all dummies!
That's the first thing I thought, too. His voice has a terrific tone.