Steve Grams

Steve Grams was born in Huron, SD. Sept 23, 1948

Steve Grams, who cut his bass teeth in Sioux City, Iowa, and at the University of North Dakota in the mid-to-late ’60s, and later in Minneapolis , MN (GRIZZLY, GOLDSTREET), has been in Tucson since 1979 (LOS LASERS, L MONDO COMBO, KINGS OF PLEASURE, KGB TRIO, BAD NEWS BLUES, THE FLUFFINGTONS) and built a reputation as one of the area’s most reliable acoustic and electric bassists, touring the USA, Europe, and Canada extensively. During that time he has played on and/or produced over 100 LPs and CDs, and been selected bass player of the year for the Tucson Area Music Award (TAMMY) in 1998 and 2005. He was elected to the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 2000, the Iowa Rock and Roll Music Association’s Hall of Fame, and in the initial induction group of the Tucson Musician’s Museum. His list of sideman credits includes working with Teddy Morgan, ‘the Hacienda Brothers’, Dave Gonzalez and ‘the Stone River Boys’, Nappy Brown, Candye Kane, Johnny Rawls, tenor sax monster Terry Hanck, Smokin’ Joe Kubek and Bnois King, Andrew “Jr. Boy” Jones, Bo Diddley, Long John Hunter, R.J. Mischo, Freddie Roulette, Holland’s Mr. Boogie Woogie, and French singer/songwriter Alexandra Roos. He and DANNY KRIEGER have had GRAMS & KRIEGER up and runnin’ since 1999 and are currently completing their seventh CD “Cheers to Nonie”, expected to be out later this year.