Steve Bedunah: News

Texas Singer/Songwriter Steve Bedunah appeared with his band featuring Erik Herbst on electric guitar, Chris Peake on bass guitar, and Ben Holt on drums December 1, 2007 and performed "Plug it in and Play"



To view the video and witness Steve's style of folk rock music click on this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey5w_tmCNkg

Steve's CD "Plug It In And Play" debuts this week on the Americana Music Chart at #40.

The twangin’ title tune to Bedunah’s latest is meant as an inspirational musician’s celebration. But his dusty, world-weary voice makes it sound haunted, dark and desperate. I dig that.

Robert K. Oermann

From the Austin-American Statesman:

Fort Worth-born Steve Bedunah's writing has been compared to James McMurtry, but stylistically he rides somewhere between Townes Van Zandt's monotone and Kris Kristofferson's gravelly vocals. Plug It in and Play isn't his first recording, but it's the one that should bring him the right audience. Bedunah's knack for wry lyrics suits the grit in his limited vocals, and it's clear that the eye he casts the modern world is as acerbic as his tongue. "Wireless networks and DSL, I want to e-mail them all to go to hell," proclaims "Down to This River," pitting rustic roots against technology. Bedunah is the heartbroken lover in "Down the Drain," while on the title track he's the faithless lover in love with playing guitar: "Some things are scared, some things are holy. Like a twangin' Telecaster, then there's matrimony."
Margaret Moser - Austin Chronicle (Apr 19, 2007)

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid%3A467039

For more reviews of Steve's music and songwriting go to the Press/Reviews page.

When it comes to narrative-focused country songwriters, few regions can match up to the Lone Star State. Add Steve Bedunah to the list of talented Texans with the ability to spin rugged and robust stories with almost literary flair. Plug It In and Play, his second album, details the desperate and down-and-out, the out of touch and out of time, the proud and the not yet defeated. "If I want a taste of good whiskey," offers the character in "Down The Drain", "I'll tear the drain pipe from beneath the sink." Meanwhile, the technophobic protagonist of "Down To This River" says he wants to e-mail them all to go to hell." The penultimate track,"Reunion", tells a disturbing tale of a mountain man whose aim is truer than an angel's halo" and who has a basement "full of dry goods and booby trape wire." On a lighter note, the rave-up title track is barroom blues at its best. Bedunah's low-key vocals are not especially distinctive, but his finely crafted songs are.

‹ Andy Turner / No Depression

USA Today's "Line Up" included Steve's title cut from his newly released CD "Plug It In And Play" in its playlist for the week of February 20, 2007. It was included with such notables as Johnny Cash, Joe Ely, and Barenaked Ladies.

Brian Mansfield wrote:

"Plug It In and Play, Steve Bedunah: Bedunah sings like James McMurtry and writes like him too, making painfully vivid this aging guitarist's dilemma between family responsibilities and his true first love."

Plug It In And Play- Steve Bedunah

Another rootsy Texan, Steve Bedunah plays folk-rock with a bit of grit and edge, as well as a tantalizing twang. His themes relating to the common man ring true. He is a keenly observant storyteller. Armed with strong lyrics, he should become a prominent figure on the Americana music scene.