My Friend Steve was a band hailing from
Orlando, Florida
Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville ...
fronted by vocalist Steven Foxbury (aka Steve Burry). They have earned comparisons to
Counting Crows
Counting Crows is an American rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Formed in 1991, the band consists of rhythm guitarist David Bryson, drummer Jim Bogios, vocalist Adam Duritz, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, David ImmerglĂ ...
.
"Charmed" was their only single which charted, released on their 1998 album ''Hope & Wait'' on
Mammoth Records
Mammoth Records was an independent record label founded in 1989 by Jay Faires in the Carrboro area of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The majority of the acts on Mammoth were executive-produced by Faires and the label's general manager, Steve Balco ...
. The single appeared on
Billboard
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's Modern Rock Tracks and Adult Top 40 charts, peaking at numbers 38 and 30, respectively.
[Billboard Magazine, My Friend Steve Chart History [] Accessed August 25, 2006.][Charts [] Allmusic]
The music video for "Charmed" features actress Selma Blair, as the song was the theme for ''Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane'' in which she starred. That same year, the band released a live performance version of its song "All in All" on the charity album ''
Live in the X Lounge II''.
In 2001, the band released the song "Smash Baby" on the Axis Magazine compilation of that year.
The band consisted of Steven Burry on vocals, Eric Steinberg, Dave McMahon, Pat Koch, Richie Noble, and drummer Eric Gardner.
Albums
''Hope & Wait''
Released October 6,
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
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# The Schooling
# Charmed
# Day Begun
# All in All
# Arnie
# Better Left Behind
# Newest Superhero
# Lessening Mercies
# Always the Way
# Backwards And Sideways
# Chandeliers
# Carflips
Notes
External links
My Friend Steve on Yahoo! Music
Rock music groups from Florida
Musical groups from Orlando, Florida
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