Steve Meadows is a singer/multi-instrumentalist. He performs solo with an acoustic guitar, and also with ensembles, including: The Brass Junkies/90’s Daughter, Emma Farbman/Steve Meadows Acoustic Duo, The Emma Lacefield Trio, New Orleans Jazz Machine, and The Vine Street Syncopators. Steve was a touring member of Bones Jugs from 2016-2019. He has strong sight-reading and improvisational skills, and is well versed in a variety of Americana, jazz, pop, and rock styles.
Steve holds a Masters of Music in Jazz Guitar Performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Teachers included Larry Gray, Dr. Barrington Coleman, Chip McNeill.
Steve teaches private lessons at the Community Center for the Arts (C4a) in Urbana, IL and is also part-time faculty at Danville Area Community College where he directs the Pep Band. During the summer, he teaches at First Gig Rock N’ Roll Camp and has been part of the teaching staff (rock and jazz camps) at ISYM (Illinois Summer Youth Music) at the University of Illinois for many years.
