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To our valued repeat visitors, followers, and admitted fans: welcome back. It is for your ears we keep this organic music machine humming. Creativity is unpredictable ~ which is how it should be. The idea is and always was to make new music and have some fun. We're serious about the music ~ players at bottom of page ~ but beyond that... well, see for yourself.

This collection of musicians, singers, techies, friends, and occasional combatants includes some real characters ~ they would be the first to admit it! ~ and as head writer and director, The Steward rides herd on the talents of Toots Headstrong, Sings Two Bears, Lovechio Armitage, Thaler N. Shorter, Dawn Busz-Rider, Trombone Lefty, Fingers Arachnid, Floren de Kichen, Chubbie Pickens, Mr. E. S. Carpenter, Ludwig Von Slingerlund, Sarah Ann Green Eagle, Floral Clustah, Maxie Ripnit, and Lurch Hooper ~ among others.

Of course, you may have another reason for being here. Seeking info about some music heard recently, shared, streamed, or on a playlist? Searching for info about a particular band [Bobby Comstock Band, Headwind, Strange Brew, Farmhouse Garage, etc.] or about a particular song, recording artist or musician, past or current? Sorry ~ no imbedded search function. Check ‘Bandography’ on the ABOUT page; SONG INFO; pics and artwork in PHOTO/ART GALLERY; and wade through the many tidbits ~ both relevant and obscure ~ in our often quoted (if not outright plagiarized!) Q&A pages, © (!) stewardsongs.com 

Then send comments, questions, love and hate mail by using the email addresses on the Q&A page or the CONTACT form there. We answer many inquiries directly, and if interesting on a broader scale, sometimes post the exchange. Thanks.

FROM THE DIRECTOR: 

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One question we  may get so often that I don't put it in Q&A: "Why  do you always have a UFO somewhere"?

Well,  artists traditionally try to show what they perceive to be the truth. And the UFO is an icon of the truth about humanity ~ its past, present and future ~ and how We, the People have been denied that. 

Neil Armstrong's entire quote from the moon (July 20, 1969) was:  "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. The UFOs are watching us as we are walking on the moon."  That big clunky glitch in the audio just after 'mankind' was your government cutting off the truth ~ and damn lousy editing, I might add. (Previously, when preparing to land the Apollo 11 LEM, the crew transmitted: "Oh, my God, you wouldn't believe it. These babies are huge, sir, enormous.")

It's no good to get caught up in fear. Some ETs are here to help us, some only help themselves. I imagine it's like that all across the galaxy. Ultimately, the truth will out – with  help from those who really are our Star Friends. 

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Until then, take a  breath.  Hava mugga joe, a cuppa tea, glassa wine, steina brew, shotta scotch,  splasha juice, or a cool drinka wahwah ~ and roll some of our tunes of remarkably different genres. Might as well  have some fun...

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' ' The music you love is wherever you find it! ' '     TM

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~ Steve

a.k.a. The Steward

Q & A ~ we HEAR from LISSNERS :

COMMENT from Musician D: The Steward aka Stew, LOL ! Just lissened to Hey/Hay !  Excellent lyrical writing and phenom instrumentation. I am blown away. Awesome mix. You don’t take yourself too seriously. Speechless. Can’t say enough about how you keep bluegrass fresh. My emotions went 0-90 in seconds, my thinking stretched with lyrics from Hicksville to infinity. Enjoyed your latest song like i enjoy Handel’s Messiah, Dueling Banjos, Sultans of Swing, and Itchycoo Park, etc. You’re inspiring to many in multiple ways.

 My take on your banjo/fiddle chops, (no matter how they came into creation): they are here today for today’s fid-jo players of stature. To take their best to a new and fresh place. Note: they’re not bionic licks, requiring 6 fingers on 3 hands. These licks are humanly traditionally possible. Just that I’ve never heard ‘em done… at all. Earl Scruggs ‘introduced’ his new fresh style called - what else?: ‘Scruggs finger picking style’. It radically changed banjo playin’. I’ve seen Japanese bluegrass bands of great combined abilities, and ‘da banjo guy is doing (what else?) but Scruggs. Kudos on your organic career, equipping these lyrics with grass roots experiencial knowledge. Top Cat cool. Thank God You’re a Country Boy.

RESPONSE: Hey D, Thanks for all the nice words regarding the hay song. I spend a lot of time lissning and studying good players, and I think it helps me hear in my mind the part I want to hear on the piece – and then it’s up to me and/or us to try to make it happen.

Funny thing is, I busted hump to get that song out for my hay guys during 1st cutting, and they were just here recently doing a 3rd cut, (since we had plenty of rain this year). I asked, “Didja ever listen to my hay makin’ song?”, and Bob said, “No, not yet. I dunno how to work the CD player in the barn.” Well, maybe this winter, I told him…

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Q. The Steward, Hi. Love Reworking the Clone and Crossing Across. I read your recent comments ['From the Director', Oct. '21] about the moon landing, UFOs, etc. with interest, since I am familiar with the whole cover-up scenario. But the ‘entire quote’, as stated, was never on Ancient Aliens or any other show I’ve ever seen. Where does that come from? SkyWARD5

A. Please read the book by William Tompkins, “Selected by Extraterrestrials” (2015) - or chapter 28, at least. An amazing child prodigy design genius, he ‘dreamed up’ much of what made the US space program a success, and went way beyond that. He taught Wernher von Braun some things. He was there in the control room at the Cape and witnessed the live transmission - both audio AND visual - along with many others. Also, please listen for our new single on this subject, (to be released soon), done in a sort of Tom Petty kinda style. ...and I like that you like those instrumentals. Thanks for the Sky writing.  

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