On 3 January 2010, Wold appeared on the popular BBC motoring show Top Gear as the Star In A Reasonably Priced Car. [50] A friend of Steve's had given him a guitar made with hubcaps off a Morris Minor (he owned one at the time), and he played it on air.

Steve Wold was born in Oakland, California, as Steven Gene Leach, though his biographer suggests that he may have been adopted as a baby. He took the surname Wold in the early 1980s, from that of his second wife. [15] In 2000, he gave his age as 50, [16] though later publicity implied that he was older. Official birth records confirm his birth year as 1951. [2] Man from Another Time, Steve's fourth studio album, was released in October 2009. The album peaked to No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. Wold claimed to have lived rough and on the road in Tennessee, Mississippi and elsewhere, until at least the late 1960s. [19] [6] However, Wright's biography claims that Wold lived in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, for some time from 1965. [20] He attended the Monterey Pop Festival, regularly saw bands such as The Grateful Dead perform in the area, and became acquainted with Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. [21] [22] Early musical activities [ edit ] This section possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( July 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Around 1980, Steve Leach returned to Europe. [31] In 1982, he appeared as singer and guitarist on an album, Women and Sports, by the band Clean, Athletic & Talented (C.A.T.), co-writing their single "I Love To Touch Young Girls". [4] He met Elisabeth Wold in a blues bar in Oslo, Norway, and adopted her surname after she became his second wife. For a time in the early 1980s, he lived in London, and then with Elisabeth in Skelmersdale, England, which biographer Wright notes is the location of a major Transcendental Meditation movement center. [32] He later claimed to have run a recording studio in Europe before selling it. [33]

In 2010, Wold made numerous festival appearances throughout the summer, including the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival, [51] the main stage at V Festival, [52] the main stage at the Hop Farm Festival and many more. [53] In February 2010, Wold was nominated for a Brit Award in the category of International Solo Male Artist for the second consecutive year. [45] Goods that are faulty or sent in error must be returned to Crash Records Limited, 35 The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 6PU within 7 working days of the item being received by the customer. Le Top de la semaine: Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 41, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved October 18, 2016.

a b California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Ancestry.com. Retrieved August 4, 2019 A Roland CUBE 30W amplifier placed on a chair to his left and set to the 'tweed' setting. [59] Fender Bassman [ edit ] He was well received in the UK, winning the 2007 MOJO Award for Best Breakthrough Act and going on to appear at major UK festivals such as Reading, Leeds and Glastonbury. In 2007 he played more UK festivals than any other artist. At that time, it was claimed in press coverage that he was 66 years old, though he was later demonstrated to be ten years younger. [4] Wold has five adult sons, [6] and has married twice, marrying his second wife in the early 1980s. [6] Wold has said that he has problems putting down roots in one place, and he and his wife have lived in 59 houses to date, including Norway and the United Kingdom. [6]

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In an interview with an Australian magazine, Wold attributed much of his unlikely success to his cheap and weather-beaten guitar, "The Trance Wonder" and reveals the guitar's mojo might come from supernatural sources.

Sonic Soul Surfer: Ryan, Gavin (2015-03-28). "ARIA Albums: Spirit Of The Anzacs Hits No 1". Noise11 . Retrieved 2015-03-28. Steve has also announced a run of intimate concerts to celebrate the release of the album. The dates, which will be an opportunity to see him and Crazy Dan close up in some fantastic grass roots venues, are partnered with record stores across the UK. a b "Later with Jools Holland - Latest show information and exclusive performances filmed for the web". BBC. 2011-07-12 . Retrieved 2011-12-30. When he was four years old, his parents split up and he continued to live with his mother. He claimed that as a child he was taught to play the guitar by K. C. Douglas, who worked at his grandfather's garage, and later realised that he had been taught the blues. [7] Douglas wrote the song " Mercury Blues" and had played with Tommy Johnson in the early 1940s. [17] His mother remarried, to a Korean War veteran who Wold characterized as abusive, and, at the age of about 13, Wold claimed that he left home following a violent confrontation with his stepfather. [18]I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left, Steve's third studio album, was released in September 2008. The album peaked to No. 9 on the UK Albums Chart. The album is his first on the record label Warner Bros. Records, but the vinyl releases are still on his old label, Bronzerat Records. After returning to the US, he trained as a paramedic, [34] before moving with his wife and their three sons from Nashville, Tennessee, to Olympia, near Seattle, in 1991. [35] The move was partly motivated by Elisabeth Wold's desire to live in an area reminiscent of her native Norway, but also reflected the area's developing indie music scene. [6] In Olympia, Wold established his own guitar store and recording studio, Moon Music. [33] He was acquainted with Kurt Cobain, and began producing records by local musicians, including Kathleen Hanna and Fitz of Depression. [33] Wold produced the 1996 debut album by Modest Mouse, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, [36] and recordings by the band P.E.Z. on which he played guitar. He also worked closely with a local band, the Tremens, and with them started to form a band, Dr Steel and the Forty-nines, with himself as singer and lead guitarist, but this fell through. A 2001 interview with the Tremens described Wold as a " Pacific Northwest music icon... who has put his recording stamp on some of the most influential bands to come out of Puget Sound." [25]