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A general communion with the people and world around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEasy to call such things hackneyed in this cynical time, but in Steve’s case, it’s very hard to separate the person from the art. It’s real. It’s pure. This, is Steve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMelody begins with the needle drop on \u003cem\u003eThis is Steve\u003c\/em\u003e, and it’s this hallmark as a songwriter on display in tune after tune that has defined all of \u003cstrong\u003eDelicate Steve\u003c\/strong\u003e's work. It’s his incredible capacity to write wordless songs that are impossible not to sing along to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe works in no genre, there are no words, but there is never a question as to what he is saying. \u003cstrong\u003eDelicate Steve\u003c\/strong\u003e (a.k.a. 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