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'''Steven Soles''' is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and guitarist.<ref>{{cite web|title=Steven Soles – Biography|url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/soles_steven/bio.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220144242/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/soles_steven/bio.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 20, 2008|publisher=Country Music Television|accessdate=December 30, 2010}}</ref><br />
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Known also as '''J. Steven Soles''', he was asked by [[Bob Dylan]] to join the band for his 1975–1976 "[[Rolling Thunder Revue]]" tour, he appeared on Dylan's album "Desire" and he also played with Dylan on ''[[Street-Legal (album)|Street Legal]]'' and the following tour, including the live album ''[[Bob Dylan at Budokan]]''. When that tour ended, Soles and two other members of Dylan's band, [[T Bone Burnett]] and [[David Mansfield]], formed [[The Alpha Band]].<br />
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Like most of the musicians in The Rolling Thunder Revue, Soles appeared in the 1978 film, ''[[Renaldo and Clara]]'', in which he played the rôle of Ramon.<br />
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During its time, The Alpha Band released three albums, ''The Alpha Band'' in 1977, ''Spark in the Dark'' in the same year and ''The Statue Makers of Hollywood'' in 1978.<br />
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After its breakup, Steven Soles went on to a distinguished production career, working with artists such as [[Roy Orbison]], [[Lisa Marie Presley]], [[John Mellencamp]], [[Counting Crows]], [[Elton John]], [[Elvis Costello]] and [[k.d. lang]]. He won two [[Grammy Award]]s and an [[Academy Award]].<br />
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Steven Soles released two solo albums of original material, ''The Promise'' in 1980, and 1982's ''Walk By Love''. [[Allmusic]] gave the first an album rating of three stars and the second four stars, commenting of ''Walk By Love'' that, "more commercial than ''The Promise'', this second solo album features catchier songs and fuller pop arrangements."<ref>{{cite web|title=Allmusic |website=[[AllMusic]] |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/walk-by-love-mw0000892172|accessdate=April 28, 2016}}</ref> Allmusic pointed out that the albums had both been critically acclaimed, "if little heard".<ref>{{cite web|title=Allmusic |website=[[AllMusic]] |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/steven-soles-mn0000756394/biography|accessdate=April 28, 2016}}</ref><br />
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Soles went on to produce or perform on albums by [[Bob Dylan|Dylan]], [[T-Bone Burnett|Burnett]], [[The Washington Squares]], [[Bob Neuwirth]], [[Steve Poltz]], [[Peter Case]], Elvis Costello, [[Roger McGuinn]], [[Don McLean]], [[The Monkees]], [[The 77s]], [[Olivia Newton-John]], Roy Orbison, [[Tonio K]], [[Victoria Williams]], [[Steve Scott (poet)|Steve Scott]] and others.<br />
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He was part of the highly acclaimed [[Cinemax]] special ''[[Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night]]''. As J. Steven Soles, he is credited as "Music Supervisor" in the movie ''[[Space Truckers]]'' ([[Stuart Gordon]], 1996).<br />
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Soles was married to actress [[P. J. Soles]] from 1973 to 1975.<br />
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