Joey Stec (born 1947) is an American songwriter, singer, guitarist, producer and president of Sonic Past Music.

Biography

In 1967, he became a member of the Millennium. In 1969 he joined

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, and formed The Dependables. In 1976, he released a solo album on Playboy Records, produced by

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producer

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. While Stec doesn't have name recognition, he worked with well-known artists.

Career

1960s to 1980s

An article about Tom Takayoshi the vice president for

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appeared in the 2 October 1976 issue of ''

Record World ''Record World'' magazine was one of three major weekly music industry trade magazines in the United States, with ''Billboard'' and '' Cashbox''. It was founded in 1946 as ''Music Vendor''. In 1964, it was changed to ''Record World'' under the ...

''. The article, "Takayoshi Sees Double Sales For Playboy" stated that Takayoshi had outlined the release of six new albums. Each of them would have their own promotion and merchandising campaign. In addition to releases by

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, Hamilton, Joe Frank & Dennison,

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and

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and, there would be debut albums by

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and Joey Stec. With Weapons of Peace adding to the r&b area and Stec adding to the rock area, the article also said that Stec's album was long awaited. It also made note of the producer

who in the past had produced material for the

and

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.''Record World'', October 2, 1976
Page 34 Takayoshi Sees Double Sales For Playboy
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1990s to 2020s

Joey Stec founded Sonic Past Music in 2000, a record label focusing on previously unreleased work by classic rock artists.

References

External links

Sonic Past Music
* Joey Stecat Allmusic Living people American rock guitarists American male guitarists Place of birth missing (living people) Playboy Records artists 1947 births The Millennium (band) members {{US-rock-guitarist-stub