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Nathaniel Street-West
12+ albums
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Short Bio May 2007 Nathaniel Street-West is a singer, songwriter & guitarist well known for his prodigious talents as a musician and performer. Since he was around fourteen years old he began working as a professional musician and now in 2007 stands at a pivotal point in his decade long career. Street-West's guitar playing is widely admired. He is known as one of the most talented guitarists of his generation. "Not only is he a great guitar player," quips a long-term band member. "He's a scary guitar player." Street-West has written hundreds of original songs and is respected for the melodic hooks, storytelling style and poetic lyrics of his work. Producer Mark Howard (Daniel Lanois, U2, Bob Dylan) who produced Street-West’s most recent release (Witness) says, “Above everything else, I’m drawn to lyrics with a story in them. For me, great songs are journeys,” Howard remarks. “I’ve worked with some of the greatest songwriters alive today, and Nathaniel writes as they do in that his songs give me visions, just like reading a book. You feel that you’re in a dark place, or in a desert; wherever it might be, his songs take me there.” As if this were not enough, Street-West has a strong, easily recognizable voice that spans around five octaves and can easily handle most of the genres of today’s popular music. His songwriting, performing, and guitar styles range from good solid rock, through alternative rock — nimbly dispatch the blues, folk, and Americana — and extend into
