Steven Edward Sproat (born 18 November 1960) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and ukulele player, who plays a contemporary style of pop music. He has released six studio albums, ''Straight Down the Line'' (1989), ''Tomorrow's Road'' (2004), ''Acer Glade'' (2007), ''Full Circle'' (2011), ''Fruit for the Soul'' (2016) and ''After all these years '' (2023)

Early life

Steven Edward Sproat was born on 18 November 1960, in Lanchester,

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, England, where his father imparted a sense and imbued a love of music upon his son. His songwriting began in 1985, when he was in his mid-twenties.

Music career

His music recording career commenced in 1988, with his first studio album, ''Straight Down the Line'', released in 1989. He has since released more albums; ''There's More to Life'' in 1993, ''So Far So Good'' in 1999, ''Coming to My Senses'' in 1999, ''Tomorrow's Road'' in 2004, ''Acer Glade'' in 2007, ''Full Circle'' in 2011, and ''Fruit for the Soul'' in 2016. He also supported Jools Holland in 2012 on several shows, and Sproat featured on the Formby TV documentary with Frank Skinner (2011) and subsequently repeated many times on

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Author

He authored multiple books about playing the ukulele; the first entitled, ''Starting Ukulele'', in 2007. Sproat's second book was titled, ''Absolute Beginners – Ukulele'', in 2009. He has also been the author of ''Absolute Beginners Ukulele'' books 1 & 2, also ''Starting Ukulele'' and ''Starting Ukulele The Next Step'' (Book 2).

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Straight Down the Line'' (1989) * ''Tomorrow's Road'' (2004) * ''Acer Glade'' (2007) * ''Full Circle'' (2011) * ''Fruit for the Soul'' (2016) * ''After all these years '' (2023)

Singles

*School of Thought – "Dance with Me" (1989)vinyl 7" CDs * The Big Picture (1999) *"You Turn the Light On" (2006) *"Full Circle" (2011) * Holding On (2014) *"Fruit for the Soul" (2016) * Watersmeet (Classical Piano version ) (2016) * To High, To Quickly (2017 ) * Back in Line (2019 ) * A thing called grace ( 2022)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sproat, Steven 1960 births Living people British ukulele players English Christians English pop singers English pop guitarists English male singer-songwriters People from Lanchester, County Durham