Steve Addabbo
| Steve Addabbo | |
|---|---|
 Steve Addabbo at Shelter Island Sound, NYC | |
| Background information | |
| Born |
September 7, 1950 Bronx, New York |
| Genres | Rock, folk, country, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Music producer, songwriter, audio engineer, guitarist, studio owner |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Website |
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Steve Addabbo is a Grammy nominated producer, musician, songwriter and audio engineer who helped launch[1] the careers of Suzanne Vega and Shawn Colvin. He had a vital hand in Vega's hit single, "Luka"[2] and Colvin's Grammy winning Steady On.[3]
He has produced and/or engineered for artists[4] including Bobby McFerrin, Eric Andersen, Loudon Wainwright III, Jeff Buckley, Gary Lucas, Lara Bello, Richard Barone, The Bongos, Richard Shindell, Ana Egge and The Stray Birds, Chiara Civello, Jane Olivor, Olivia Newton-John, The Manhattans and Dar Williams.
Addabbo is also an acclaimed mix engineer who has, among other projects, mixed the Bob Dylan Bootleg 10 “Another Self Portrait”[5] and the Bob Dylan Bootleg 12 “The Cutting Edge”
He owns Shelter Island Sound Studios[6] located in Manhattan, New York.
Addabbo released his first full-length album Out of Nothing in 2016, 14 songs written or co-written by him.
Selected works
- Jeff Buckley - You and I (Released March 2016)
- Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 (Released November 2015)
- Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969–1971) (Released August 2013)
- Bobby McFerrin - Spirityouall
- Global Noize - A Prayer for the Planet
- Suzanne Vega - "Left of Center"
- Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing, Suzanne Vega
- Shawn Colvin - Steady On, Live 88, Cover Girl, Acoustic Christmas (Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas)
- Richard Shindell - Blue Divide, Sparrow's Point
- Olivia Newton-John - Christmas Wish
- Ana Egge - Lazy Days
- Eric Andersen - You Can't Relive the Past, Ghosts Upon the Road, "Stages" The Lost Album
- Richard Barone - Glow
- Richard Barone - Sorrows & Promises: Greenwich Village in the 1960s (Released October 2016)
- Jane Olivor - Love Decides