I was born Steven Allen Speis, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lived there my whole life, so far. All my other brothers and sisters; I have seven, were born in St. Louis, Missouri. I went to Manzano High School, and the University of New Mexico.

I started playing guitar many years ago, learned mostly by ear and jammin' with other players. I played in a country/rock band named Outrider, back in the 80's. When that ended, I just kinda stopped for a while, like 18 years or so. After a major change occurred in my life I re-discovered guitar, and more importantly, music. I began writing songs, a lot of songs. I had a song on the radio back in 1983, and when we recorded it I had a blast, I played 3 different guitar parts, and sang lead vocals. I always thought it would be fun to record again, and play a lot of parts. I had some offers from other players when I started recording "That's Where You'll Find Me", but I thought it would be fun to do all the parts myself. On the CD I played everything. The drums were the hardest, I had to practice for awhile before I was ready to record, but I had a blast doing it. The whole project has been enlightening and fun. I am working on some new songs and I will include some keyboards on my next recording.

I have performed at places like, Kelly's Brew Pub, O'Neils, Ned's, The Gin Mill, The Jockey Club, Garduno's, Our Place II, Elliott's, Pelican's, The Tavern Pub, and others in the Albuquerque area. I plan to begin playing a lot more live dates in Northern NM, and in the Phoenix, Denver, and Dallas areas soon. I really enjoy live shows, it's a great feeling to entertain people. With seven brothers and sisters, I had to entertain just to get noticed, so it's kinda natural.

I am currently single, and I’m really diggin' it. I guess we'll see if there's a girl out there who can make me feel differently about that part of my life.

I am a sports guy, I really like to compete. I'll play anything. Golf is a great game, so is Chess. I’m a better loser than I am a winner.

I don’t believe in Luck, good or bad. We all get good and bad bounces in life, its how you react to them that’s really important.

I know I'm a guy so I'm not supposed to say this, but a lot of movies make me cry, not like a baby, but tears of happiness, joy, sorrow, pain. It touches me to see others get happy or sad, even in make believe. Some cartoons even make me cry. But don't get me wrong, I'm a rock, ask my friends and family.

I have a lot of respect for people who can admit a weakness, and a lot of respect for those who put out the effort to fix it.

One of my passions is my children, I have two young boys, and they are everything to me. I am truly blessed to have such great children. I think it’s a no brainer that the children are the future, and that they really can change the world, so let's help them. Another passion is music, it is such a powerful thing. I’ve learned how much healing power it can have. Another passion is people, everyone is so unique, complicated, and interesting in their own way, especially the women.

If you can’t have fun, find a way, if you can’t find a way do something else. We all have the right to be happy, so get happy. I try to have as much fun as possible, with one catch, I can't hurt anyone in the process.

Some of my favorite musical artists are, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dan Fogelberg, Aerosmith, REO Speedwagon, Boston, Lionel Richie, Stevie Nicks, Garth Brooks, Bon Jovi, Kenny Chesney, The Eagles, Billy Joel, and Pat Benetar. Lots of thanks to them and everyone else who lets the music flow.

Some little things bug me, like people who leave their shopping carts all over the parking lot, people who don’t use their blinkers, I never know where they are trying to go, makes me wonder if they even know.

I hope that my music can make someone, think, feel, laugh, smile, or cry. That is all I could ever hope for.

On my CD I thanked a lot of people, but not nearly enough. And mostly I need to thank God, I am truly blessed, and I will continue to live my life in a way that will give back more, than I ever take. Other people’s happiness will always be more important to me than my mine, it’s what makes me happy.

Stevie Lee