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21 Nov 1952
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Born 1952. Scorpio. Dragon. Went to Sexy's School Bruton Somerset and The Bristol Cathedral School. Then The West Of England College Of Art for a few months before dropping out and going to live in a tent in a wood - in 1970. His first band was called Squidd (www.rodneymatthews.com). Steve then moved to Worthy Farm, living there for 3 months, and helped to build the first pyramid stage for the 2nd Glastonbury festival in 1971. This time he had a larger tent - a roof of a marguee in a beduoin tent styleee! He moved to London on '73 and lived in a squat in Camden, then after a short spell touring the free festivals of the UK in a dodgy old van with the band The Sommerstown Squatters Band, and squatting in a disused slaughterhouse in Jericho in Oxford, Steve got a publishing deal with Chappell Music and a record deal with RCA, having been taken on by a violent, aristocratic, gay junkie alcoholic called Mark Edwards who was obsessed with him. Edwards produced his first album 'Messages'which was released in'74, whilst abusing him physically and mentally. He then blew Steve's deal with RCA by sweeping everything off the MOD's desk with his umbrella in a drunken rage, as the second album 'Swallow' was being readied for release.

This album, and it's never-before released flollow-up have recently been digitally remastered and reissued on: http://www.cherryred.co.uk/esoteric/artists/steveswindells.php

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since 1978 till 1979 Keyboard, Synthesizer

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