Steve Farris, Mister Mister: FINALLY COMFORTABLE WITH HIMSELF
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- On this Steve Farris interview, how his lifelong passion for nature impacted his interest in music, his spirituality, and his views on life… great stories about moving to LA and trying to get his career started, auditioning for Kiss (and the ONLY reason why he didn’t get the gig), how Mr. Mister came together, working with Eddie Money, Player, Tom Dowd, Clive Davis, Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, David Coverdale & Whitesnake, Boz Scaggs, Carlos Santana… his Top 3 career highlights, buying his first piece of recreational land and how this changed his life, the beauty of having wildlife respond to developmental changes you make, his vintage guitars, being comfortable with himself, restoring habitats, and much more
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Steve is a founding member, co writer, co producer & guitarist of the 1980s rock group Mr. Mister. The band was nominated for two Grammy awards and sold over 4 million LPs. As a side man he’s played or recorded with over 150 artists incl Gary Wright, Robin Gibb, Vasco Rossi, Eros Ramazzotti, Kiss, Rod Stewart, Eddie Money, Dolly Parton, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Alice Cooper, Graham Nash, Rick Derringer, Madonna, Whitesnake.
Today, Steve spends his time immersed in hunting, both as a vocation and as a business. He’s involved with design and implementation of wetlands restoration and enhancement, owns and operates a hunting club, and has other land & hunting-related businesses. He’s also filmed & hosted dozens of hunting shows on television and cable networks, both here and abroad.
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Steve is a top notch lead and rhythm guitarist, who is just as great live, as he is in the studio! I had seen him with Mr, Mister live, in 1987. Mr. Mister was so tight, that they were better than Heart, which they opened for! I loved the band! Steve Farris made that band smokin' hot musically! It would be great seeing them do a reunion tour!
Having been a close friend of Steve’s in LA, I will testify he is the genuine article. A good and talented man.
Thank you! I'm not a fan of hunting, but Steve the guitarist is criminally overlooked!
You’re not a “fan” of hunting but you sure like a nice steak now and again. Please.
@@thewaragainstcars lol. Dang bruh
@@thewaragainstcars There’s a big difference between eating a steak that was raised for food and killing an animal just for trophies.
@@thewaragainstcars Are you serious those aren't even close to being the same thing. What a ludicrous argument. We're all a little stupider just hearing it.
Great guitarist. Loved his solo on "In my own hands"
Thank you for listening @guydixon231! 🎉🔥😇
I took 2 and a half hours ¡¡¡¡¡ To see, watch, admired listen , my idol The Great STEVE FARRIS
Thank you for listening byron borges! 🎉🔥😇
@@EveryoneLovesGuitar my pleasure ¡¡¡¡¡¡ Best from Chile, Southamerica
I MET TO STEVE FARRIS IN CHILE (1988) AND I TOOK A PIC WITH HIM..WOW. HE IS GREAT AND VERY HANDSOME.
Big mr mister fan , Steve is one of those guitarists that adds some much colour to a song .Absolutely loved his playing on Go On ,I know it didn’t have the critical acclaim of the previous album , but his playing was good on it ,
Agreed! Beautiful riffs on those tunes & such visceral emotions that come out
Couldn't agree more. Incredible sound. An album like no other.
I’ve got go on on cd. Great album! A lot different from WTTRW that I also have on cd 💿 from years ago! One of my favourite bands of all time!
Go On is a guitar masterpiece, immortal
really love this album...and a lot of great, colorful guitar work on it...
First interview I've ever watched of a guitar player I've admired since buying ''WTTRW'' back in 1986. I had no idea his musical CV was so extensive. A clever, funny and fascinating Cat. Was a little anxious when you introduced him as a Hunter! Didn't expect him to be such a colourful character and sounds like music's loss is the US wetlife's gain. Another great interview Mr. Thanks for putting this out.
Glad you enjoyed the interview Allan Harvey, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
Great interview and fun to watch my old friend Faus... and yes Steve's dad Roy WAS the absolute BEST joke teller I've ever met in my life. In fact I still tell his jokes to this day ("and that your honor is my clients defense"). We'd sit in their kitchen during our high school years for hours and just listen to Roy. Miss the good old days :)
NO Steve, none of what you did with MM was to heavy, it was one of the components that created that unique, rich sound. For me there was no other band like it. ❤️
Mr. Mister is one of my favourite Bands ever.After listening to some Mr. Mister Songs the last few days,today it sprung to my mind,what is Steve up to these days,whats he been doing the last years, of late,so i typed in Steve Farris here on You Tube,this came up so i decided to watch it.Very enjoyable interview.
Besides being a Fan of Steve,s 🎸 playing,i was always also a Fan of his hair.😃Looked awesome back in the day,It still looks 😎in this Video.Very likeable,interesting guy too btw.😃
Thank you for listening AREA 147! 🎉🔥😇
I wish I could hunt some ducks with Steve! I've got a duck blind in Southwest Louisiana! But Steve has the premium high plains hunting spots!
So much to know about this awesome guitar player and his musical career, he´s also a great human being. One fact, Steve also toured with Rod Stewart (1988 or 1989) and performanced for Dolly Parton.
I’m in West Australia and new to your channel and have to say, what excellent well thought out questions!
I listen to Steve on Tone Talk which led me here...
Stellar conversation!👌
Welcome aboard and thanks for listening!
Love how Craig just gets out of the way and let’s the Artist tell their story. Not every musician wakes up ever morning wanting to play their instrument and some take sabbatical’s away from it. Steve has achieved a high level of success with the guitar and it is great to see he is doing the same with other passions. The guitar was the vehicle to allow him to follow his true calling. Great Interview.
Thanks for your kind words David Charron and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫
Very cool 😎. Steve is one of my fave guitarists. Thanks for this very special episode
You're welcome, Uwe Reith and thanks for listening 🔥🎶🙌🏻 ...
Thank you so much for this interview. I was pleasantly surprised.
Glad you enjoyed it!
*I absolutely love this interview, and I'll forever be a Steve Farris fan. There's a lot here that is incredibly intriguing to me, that's well outside of music, that I never knew till this interview. That's an absolutely beautiful home/lodge. Talk about a different time in the music biz! Him, and Dann Huff, are criminally unrecognized. But, of all of his work, the Creatures of the Night lead as killer as it was, I don't get, to this day, as far as the hype goes (at least not for the standard SF has set for himself).* Maybe it's almost entirely due to the Kiss brand, itself (and that was a good KISS album, as well).* It's a great lead, on a good Kiss song, but people are making it out to be the second coming. I think SF himself is scratching his head a little with it. Not saying it isn't a great lead, I'm simple saying the hype for such a short part is a little odd to me, because it doesn't really represent the best of SF's body of work, which is stunning. It almost makes me wonder what-else was played by Steve prior to that take, on that session.
Glad you enjoyed the interview @phillamoore157, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
wow... this is an unsung hero!!...
I'll start to watch it right now.
thanks for posting !!
I was a big fan of Mr. Mister and Steve.... Bigger fan now knowing he is a nature guy and hunter. I grew up bird hunting in the plains of Texas.
I love Steve 💖
Steve Farris is a legend. Awesome guitar 🎸 player and interesting guy. Been a fan of his since 1985! Great 2 hear him talk about his life!
Glad you enjoyed the interview Michael, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
Thank u for sharing this ...Isnt too much on Steve Farris these days ...I could listen to him talk.all day tell stories
You're welcome, Trish Jacobs and thanks for listening 🔥🎶🙌🏻 ...
How awesome. I was listening to is it love the other day. Love the solo you did on that.
Rock on!
I heard a rumor that Steve Farris gave up on music 🎶 🎵 and became a Farmer!!!!😮 But I heard among my peers that Steve Farris is an awesome musician!!!! I think I'm going to explore more and listen to more Mr. MISTER albums and discography of Steve!!!! I really liked this interview!!!!❤😊😊😊
Glad you enjoyed the interview @michaelbujanda8785, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
Criminaly underated Musician!!!!
Big fan, Steve 🎸
Steve Farris - The harmonic squeel master for pop rock. Dimebag Darrell was the harmonic squeel master of heavy metal.
Epic.......
Thank you for listening @georgesydney4541! 🎉🔥😇
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What’s that P90 LP hanging on the wall?
Yeah you did a great job, it was real real good interview, thanks man
I did alot of work for Steve when I worked at Valley Arts guitar 1987-90. After a 2 year stint with Tobias guitars I started my own guitar repair and I did all Steve's work until he left LA. One time we spent a total of 4 hours trying out PAF pickups and 500k CTS pots on 2 1968 Gibson Les Paul Goldtops he owned. Fun times! Tell Steve Gil Chavez said hi!
@@shasba Nice man yeah he seems like a real decent dude as a girl that's a great interview true musician and an honest man forthright and friendly
What a great interview...i haven't heard a more transparent and honest interview. Love Steve!
Thanks for your kind words @modscientist9793 and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫
@@EveryoneLovesGuitar love your work Craig, you always have amazing guests on, ask thoughful and insightful questions and keep it fun. The Ty Tabor interview was great too. Boy, many of us wish we could sit down with our guitar heroes and just chat like old friends. You have a gift, thanks for sharing it.
@@modscientist9793 Thanks man, that's very kind of you to say. For many of my guests it's a "pinch me" moment and I have no clue how this all happened lol. Just having fun and grateful to be here. Have a great weekend, and thanks again 🙂
@@EveryoneLovesGuitar you're blessed man! Thanks, enjoy as well.
Steve seems like the most genuinely approachable dude in so many ways. I wish I could hire him for a session, and some land development....great interview!!
This such a good revealing interview, it gives us answers about the man, & us Mr. Mister fans we didn't know about so in depth so cool. He doesn't appear to hate his former bandmates, & that's pleasant to know. I do find it interesting he doesn't play anymore, but he has another passion, & god bless him for that. He's not Pompous as Dennis DeYoung, I didn't care for his for his interview, very into himself, dissappointed. Love his talent songwriting, singing & performances, but personality no. I get why Styx will never Reunite. So Steve Thank You, us music fans have missed you a lot. But a fun cool ginuine guy, honest, pleasant, fantastc memory, you always had your way of doing things, & stuck to it, much love to you Brother, Mr. Mister is a part of my history in 85' I was 23. Got to see you guys in Sacramento CA at Cal Expo amphitheater in 86', great memory awesome show, awesome day, like you, I still have a stellar long term memory, drives my friends crazy, God bless ya Brother. I would love to see you guys Reunite for one more night only, no touring, just a one off show, that'd be cool, I'd go to that show, & buy the dvd or blu-ray Peace & Love Mr Farris 😁
Glad you enjoyed the interview Dean, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
I just learned he is the guitar player for Cosas de la Vida by Eros Ramazzotti - killer track, I've had on repeat since I found it a year ago!
It has some Broken Wings DNA to it.
I listen to your show on podcast's a lot and always really enjoy your interviews as you always have a good repour with the interviewee and listen to what they're saying, and it always turns into a good chat
So pleased you've had Steve on. One of my favourite guitarists of all time, and always a smart & eloquent guy to listen to telling his stories
Thank you for listening Tony - glad you enjoyed this and have a great week! 🎉🔥😇
Would you ever consider doing a like interview with each Pat Mastelotto, Richard Page, & Steve George? I'd love to hear their full background stories as well. Steve Farris was so forthcoming with everything and in such interesting detail, I truly appreciate & enjoyed hearing about it, & would love it if the others would do the same. Pat is pretty accommodating & I feel like of the 3, he'd be the most likely to oblige - I don't think Steve George has ever done any one on one interviews in depth at all .... only brief appearances on news shows during the Mr years & when Pull was released... and Richard has done a few short interviews here & there. Just wanted to suggest it ~
Thank you for listening One Hope 4 Heaven, and... you never know who can pop up on here! 🎉🔥😇
@@EveryoneLovesGuitar ooooo you've got my ears
👂 👂 perked up! 🥳 😃 🥳
Faire un solo en 2 mesures . Steve Farris. Incroyable
Fantastic interview, thank you guys!!!
Thank you for listening Eric Larkins! 🎉🔥😇
To me Steve means Mr Mister and I recently found about Kiss. I could not be more jealous .I'd like to know why he wasn't in Kiss after Ace had left.
not down with the hunting thing but I did love his playing on the Mr Mister stuff
Thanks for listening :-)
GREAT guitarist!
Not much interest in hunting myself, but very entertaining episode! - Thanks Craig!
Thanks Bob, have a great weekend!
The song by on Golden blond, is on CZcams
Such a shame Steve doesnt have music in his heart anymore. Real shame. A lost talent. Music is the rhythm of the soul. Damn.
Always great Craig
I wish Mr Mister would regroup and do ONE world tour. Just one. Disbanded way too soon.
Well-managed interview from Craig Garber: interesting questions & answers while allowing Steve to respond without interruption or unnecessary comments.
However, as a musician myself who adored Mr. Mister back in he day (saw them in concert 3 times in 86 & 87:
@ The Palace/Hollywood &
@ The Greek Theater/Los Angeles),
and as much as I admire Farris' artistry & technical prowess as a guitarist, I can't get on board with him on the hunting. Yeah, ... I know ... it's part of Nebraska's "heritage" & geographical nature, (& probably a good skill to have if faced with a "forage for survival" scenario), ... but hunting for survival & hunting for the "joy of sport" (i.e., luring/fooling an innocent duck with a whistle just so you can kill it) are two different things - opposing mindsets. When Farris says he "LOVES" nature & wildlife yet is willing to destroy it for the sake of sport - AND build a business around it - what he's really saying is he "loves the freedom to kill animals" - (which is nothing more than misplaced anger, aggression, & depression if you ask me). If he REALLY LOVED animals & wildlife, he'd turn his land into an animal SANCTUARY to shelter & rehabilitate injured, abandoned, sick, or endangered animals instead of killing them. Yes, ... my comments may be candid, but I felt too strongly about it to keep silent - I'd rather be a voice FOR animals to state their case.
Now I know what Farris meant when he referred to his guitar as a "weapon" in previous videos ... yeah ... he "kills" it musically, but does so litterally when it comes to animals. 🤨😠
Glad you enjoyed the interview One Hope 4 Heaven, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
Easily...Easily, Mr. Farris could have been in the Vai, Johnson, Satriani,etc... genius club. EASILY.
GREAT point, the guitar mixes were very low.. WAY too much reverb . I realize its the 80s, but, yeah, thats the one downside I hear in those albums
I'm surprised that Steve and Ted Nugent , had never colaberated, in music and with hunting....I bet that would have been gold and platinum , back in the early 80's....maybe because Steve duck hunts and Ted will go for the ground hunt !!
I wondered the same thing actually :-)
Just a “ guess” . Teds a huge conservative and Trump supporter. If I had to take my guess Steve is probably like the others in mr mister and part of the elite left wing. Just a guess as I said
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Hey Craig ~
Wouldn't you just love to hear Steve play the guitar solo on this tune by Mike Lindup, (keyboard player of Level 42)?!
czcams.com/video/Yu7qiMleJ-s/video.html
FF to 2:22 for the guitar solo
(... & not that Alex Hutchings didn't nail it, but can you imagine how Farris would deliver it?! - & engineered more so to the forefront!) I wonder if Steve would like this tune ... I love it... really captures the feel of a fast-paced life with the slow under current of the subconcious wishing it were slower ~)
he would have the gig now because so many acts play to a track and all the bv's are in the track...
Well that’s an interesting “ beard”.
Is he a hunter of the night , silly song reference.
did this guy play on the Warrant records?..
Not that I know of, Jason but perhaps allmusic might show more?
As far as I read, Mike Slamer did for studio sessions.
@@gullyfoyle6354 yeah, that’s the name.
Always loved his playing. But does he believe in Bigfoot?
That's a question for the next episode ;-)
Pull desperately missed Steves presence.
I hate hunting. Mr Mister's rather spiritually enlightened lyrics were a major plus. Ho hum. Disillusionment comes from finding out you have no respect for someone beyond their talent. Glad Steve and Ted Nugent are in a minority.
Steve, it is beyond me how you can fall on your knees and pray and give thanks, and the next minute, go out and shoot a living creature in the face?! Its so contradictory, beyond my comprehension. There is a deep unconsciousness going on.
My god, eating meat is just next to being a cannibal. Blood and guts, nothing humane about it.
Its so disappointing to hear from someone who has touched you with his music, and sensitivity.
cannibal? Do you know what a cannibal is? At what point did steve admit to eating human? Humans Eating animals is not even close to cannibalism. I suppose a lion eating a zebra makes a lion a cannibal? You're right it is beyond you're comprehension or you wouldnt have tried to draw that poor comparison
What right do you have to judge his actions? I'm guessing you're a vegan? You may choose to live your life how you wish , Steve has that same right
@@toma.4808 LMAO cannibal; carnivore; it's all the same to these retards, amirite?
Understand your point and agree with the main idea. It's not hunting if you are not hungry. It's shooting. Killing for the sake of killing is beyond my comprehension.