Steven Soles is an American

United States

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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, record producer

Record producer

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, and guitar

Guitar

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ist.

Known also as J. Steven Soles, he was asked by Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

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 to join the band for his 1975-1976 "Rolling Thunder Revue

Rolling Thunder Revue

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" tour, and he also played with Dylan on Street Legal and the following tour, including the live album Bob Dylan at Budokan

Bob Dylan at Budokan

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. When that tour ended, Soles and two other members of Dylan's band, T-Bone Burnett

T-Bone Burnett

Joseph Henry Burnett , widely known as T-Bone Burnett, is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer.He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band on the Rolling Thunder Revue...

 and David Mansfield

David Mansfield

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, formed The Alpha Band

The Alpha Band

The Alpha Band was a rock band formed in July 1976 from the remnants of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue. Band members were T-Bone Burnett, Steven Soles, and David Mansfield, plus sidemen who differed from record to record and included: David Kemper ; gospel great Andrae Crouch; and former Beatle...

. The band released three albums, The Alpha Band in 1977, Spark In The Dark in 1977 and The Statue Makers of Hollywood in 1978.

Like most of the musicians in The Rolling Thunder Revue he appeared in the film Renaldo and Clara

Renaldo and Clara

Renaldo and Clara is a surrealist movie, directed by and starring Bob Dylan. Filmed in 1975, during Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour, it was released in 1978...

playing Ramon.

After the breakup of The Alpha Band

The Alpha Band

The Alpha Band was a rock band formed in July 1976 from the remnants of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue. Band members were T-Bone Burnett, Steven Soles, and David Mansfield, plus sidemen who differed from record to record and included: David Kemper ; gospel great Andrae Crouch; and former Beatle...

, Soles released two solo albums, Promise in 1980, and 1982's Walk by Love, and went on to produce or perform on albums by Dylan

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

, Burnett

T-Bone Burnett

Joseph Henry Burnett , widely known as T-Bone Burnett, is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer.He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band on the Rolling Thunder Revue...

, The Washington Squares, Peter Case

Peter Case

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, Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello

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, Roger McGuinn

Roger McGuinn

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, Don McLean

Don McLean

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, The Monkees

The Monkees

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, The 77s

The 77s

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, Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John

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, Roy Orbison

Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...

, Tonio K

Tonio K

Tonio K. is an American singer/songwriter who has released eight albums. His songs have been recorded by Al Green, Aaron Neville, Burt Bacharach, Bonnie Raitt, Chicago, Wynonna Judd and Vanessa Williams...

, Victoria Williams

Victoria Williams

Victoria Williams is an American singer-songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. She is noted for her descriptive songwriting talent, which she has used to immerse the listener of her songs into a...

, Steve Scott

Steve Scott (poet)

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 and others.

He was part of the highly-acclaimed Cinemax

Cinemax

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 special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night

Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night

Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night is a 1988 Cinemax television special originally broadcast on January 3, 1988 starring Hall of Fame singer/songwriter Roy Orbison. The special was filmed entirely in black and white...

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