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name: Stephen R. Babb
about: First off, he prefers “Steve” to “Stephen.” Now that that’s out of the way…He’s best known as the bassist and co-writer for the prog-rock group Glass Hammer. A professional musician for most of his life, he started at the age of twelve as a church pianist. Since then, he has traveled the US and a handful of other countries in various bands. He has a million stories of life on the road as a musician throughout the 80s, most of them downright hilarious, some of them utterly shocking. “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times,” he will tell you. Don’t get him started. Fortunately for him, in 1990, he had the good sense to marry the right girl, come home, settle down and start a business. Since then, he has busied himself in the prod First off, he prefers “Steve” to “Stephen.” Now that that’s out of the way…He’s best known as the bassist and co-writer for the prog-rock group Glass Hammer. A professional musician for most of his life, he started at the age of twelve as a church pianist. Since then, he has traveled the US and a handful of other countries in various bands. He has a million stories of life on the road as a musician throughout the 80s, most of them downright hilarious, some of them utterly shocking. “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times,” he will tell you. Don’t get him started. Fortunately for him, in 1990, he had the good sense to marry the right girl, come home, settle down and start a business. Since then, he has busied himself in the production of numerous albums for songwriters, the recording of audiobooks, and in the day-to-day tasks required to operate a recording studio while maintaining the persona of prog-rock star, prolific songwriter, and lyricist. This last bit, he enjoys to the fullest. In 2005 he penned the epic poem, The Lay Of Lirazel, which was published in 2014. For that effort he was honored with The Imperishable Flame Award by The North East Tolkien Society.Steve makes his home in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with his wife Julie and son Jon-Michael. ...more