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Comment by Dave Yoho on October 27, 2009 at 9:10pm

STEVE ACKER A Man and His Guitar Now Available For SOLO and DUO Performances (
with former Joe Walsh Bassman Bill Lohr) From Cleveland to Pittsburgh and All Points in Between
Songwriter - Singer - Producer - Bluesman Deluxe
From the 1950s through the late 1970s few areas of the country boasted a more dynamic or more exciting popular music scene than Northeast Ohio and Southwest Pennsylvania.
The entire steel belt between Cleveland and Pittsburgh teemed with brilliant talent, great bands, and hundreds of clubs and concert venues for music fans of all ages. Many of the rock era’s most celebrated musicians spent their formative years in this area. One of most popular area bands throughout the 70s was Youngstown, Ohio’s
LAW, featuring 21 year old Steve Acker on guitar and vocals. Acker was the band’s principal songwriter and on the strength of his songs—and the band’s amazing live show—LAW was discovered and signed to MCA Records by Roger Daltrey of The Who. LAW toured throughout the 70s with the biggest acts of the era: The Who, Bob Seger, Boston, Earth Wind & Fire, Genesis, Bad Company, and many others. Three albums later the band disbanded in 1978. Steve moved to Mississippi to re-join his family, who had moved there in 1972, and went on to a successful
career in advertising for a quarter century as a copywriter and broadcast producer. He produced numerous jingles during this period and continued writing songs. On June 29, Steve moved back to his home in Youngstown, Ohio...after a 32 year absence. Currently he is in rehearsals with two new bands including some the best players in the Valley. We hope to be performing across the Valley with both bands by years' end. Steve has performed live only rarely in the last 30 years. Most of his music has been made in his own home studio or in various recording studios in Nashville, New York, and Jackson. But he still has the edge and the chops that made him a legend in Northeast Ohio in the 70s. He's still rockin' and he's ready to rock audiences in his hometown area again, both as a member of the band and as a solo acoustic performer. In addition, Steve now writes and produces music for recording artists, jingles, and theme songs for The Studios @ SST New York City. With a catalog of more than 250 songs--both
originals and classic favorites in all genres, Steve could play a three night stand and never play one song twice. But some of them are worth repeating, and you can hear those songs, intimately performed by a man and his guitar, now. A magnetic and moving performer, Steve entertains; he connects. Steve writes and performs all pop songs of all kinds, but he is still a bluesman at heart, and man can that white boy sing the blues! His sets are liberally sprinkled with down home, gritty, blues favorites, as well as his own touching originals. To book i>b>Steve Acker-A Man and His Guitar for clubs, concerts, weddings and special events, call 601-667-7627 or email him at steve@steveacker.com
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