Steve Elgin

Steve Elgin was a musician born in Bath, Somerset in 1952. He was educated at the City of Bath Boys' School and played violin in the school orchestra. He took up the guitar just before he left school and quickly began writing songs. However, he did not play in public until he moved to London in the early 1970's. He was born Stephen Truscott and the name Elgin came from the street where he used to live when he first came to London. 
Steve released only one record, a single ('Don't Leave Your Lover Lying Around (Dear)') on the Dawn label in 1974. He then advertised on the Melody Maker for four female musicians in 1979 to front a band . The group became Steve Elgin & The Flatbackers. The Flatbackers later pursued their own music career without Steve Elgin.
==Links to Peel==
thumb|219x219pxPeel had Steve Elgin and the Flatbackers do a session for his show in 1979, when the group weren't releasing any records. After the session, Steve Elgin left and the Flatbackers pursued their own music career, where they also did a session for Peel in 1980.
There is no evidence according to available tracklistings on this site of Peel playing Steve Elgin's 1974 novelty single, 'Don't Leave Your Lover Lying Around (Dear)'.
==Sessions==
;Steve Elgin & The Flatbackers
1. Recorded: 1979-05-16. First Broadcast: 23 May 1979. Repeated: 12 June 1979
*Agony Column / Flatbacker / Miss World 79 / Lies
==Other Shows Played==
*None
==External Links==
*Last FM
*Discogs
Category:Artists