1. Steve Youn… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists using the name Steve Young.
1. Steve Young (July 12, 1942 – March 17, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist, known for his song "Seven Bridges Road" (on Rock Salt & Nails & Seven Bridges Road). He was a pioneer of the country rock, Americana, and alternative country sounds, and also a vital force behind the "outlaw movement" that gave support to the careers of Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, Jr. and more. Young was also featured in the 1975 Outlaw Country documentary Heartworn Highways. He was the subject of the song "The All Golden" by Van Dyke Parks. Young's first album, Rock Salt & Nails, on A&M, was performed on and supported by Gram Parsons, Gene Clark and other musicians from the 1969 musical community in Southern California.
Steve Young has never fit comfortably into categories. He follows his own musical and spiritual quest, weaving together Southern roots with a wide experience of life, and creating new traditions in American music.
Young was born in Georgia and grew up in Alabama, Georgia and Texas in a family which moved frequently in search of work. By the time he had completed high school in Beaumont, Texas, he was playing guitar and writing songs which incorporated influences of folk , country , gospel, and blues musicians and people like Hank Williams , Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and others. Once as a teenager he was blown away by seeing Carlos Montoya , a Flamenco Guitarist. He managed to use that too!
By his late teens, Young was back in Alabama, where he established some reputation on the local music scene. However, the wandering spirit soon took over again. He immersed himself briefly in the Greenwich Village folk scene, at a time when Bob Dylan and others were just being noticed.
Returning to Alabama, Steve found that "my New York folk-protest songs didn't fly in the South." Searching for more receptive audiences, he made short forays to California and other locations before moving to the West Coast in 1964.
In California, he worked with musicians like Van Dyke Parks and Stephen Stills, at one point holding a day job as a mailman. A major-label record deal led to a short-lived stint with a psychedelic country-folk band, Stone Country.
Settling into a solo career, Steve Young became an integral part of the movement which defined the California country-rock sound. Appearing on Steve's 1969 classic album, Rock, Salt & Nails were fellow pioneers like Gene Clark, Chris Hillman, Bernie Leadon and Gram Parsons.
Through 12 albums and countless live performances, Steve Young's music has remained fresh and aggressive, with a sense of deepening spirituality, and a consistent intellectual and artistic challenge, to himself and to his audience.
Many of the stars of the music industry have recorded Steve Young songs, and in some cases forged a career image around them. "Lonesome, Orn'ry & Mean," for example, became the signature tune for 'Outlaw' Waylon Jennings. Hank Williams Jr.'s cover of "Montgomery In The Rain" remains a classic.
Certainly the most-covered Steve Young song of all is "Seven Bridges Road," which has been recorded at various times by artists like Joan Baez, Rita Coolidge, Ian Matthews, the Eagles, Ricochet, and, most recently, Dolly Parton.
While Steve Young songs have brought commercial success to others, Young has never been close enough to the mainstream to sustain his occasional brushes with stardom . He has been unwilling to accept the loss of artistic control that the industry expects of its stars.
And while Steve has lived in country music towns like Nashville and Austin, and his songs have had a strong impact on the direction of country music, he rejects the country label for himself. Young is in many ways a cultural dynamic in himself.
Part Cherokee (from his father) by birth, steeped in Baptist fundamentalism as a child, yet attracted to a Zen spirituality, the young man from the South with a nomadic spirit went on to create a unique form of American roots music with a truly global perspective.
Steve Young has literally toured the world. He has performed in many countries of Europe, in Australia and New Zealand, in Micronesia, China and Mongolia, in Egypt and East Africa and beyond. Wherever he has gone, he has filled the dual role of ambassador for American music and student of the cultures of others.
Young's live performances express the depth and power of his vision. He draws on his own songs, on Southern folk songs from varied traditions, on collaborations and on the best of contemporary songwriters such as J.D. Loudermilk, David Olney and others.
Steve passed away on March 17, 2016 at age 73
2. 'Steve Young' is also a pseudonym of Peter Friel, ambient tape musician.
Always Loving You
Steve Young Lyrics
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And the dead of night is too
And I recall all the things we done
You know I'm always loving you
Sometimes I think my train's done gone
The way all old things must do
Yet I still wait for its return
Bridge :
And babe , I still hear that old whippoorwill
And the ghost of the midnight train
And I walk alone sometimes
Down by the old Union Station in the rain,...
Hey I don't know where you are tonight
But I feel you cross the miles
I'm standing there inside your mind
Just behind your pretty smile
Bridge :
And babe , don't you hear that old whippoorwill
And the ghost of the midnight train
And do you ever dream about
The old Union Station in the rain,...
The song "Always Loving You" by Steve Young is a poignant ballad about love, loss, and longing. The lyrics speak of the singer's loneliness during the evenings and nights, and how he remembers all the things he and his lover had done together. The singer talks about waiting for the return of the "train," which could be a metaphor for his lover or their relationship. He knows that his train may have left for good, but he still waits for it, and he is always loving his partner.
The bridge of the song repeats the reference to the "old whippoorwill" and the "ghost of the midnight train," emphasizing the singer's sense of loss and how he keeps hearing echoes of his past. The reference to Union Station adds to the song's melancholy vibe, as if the song's protagonist is stuck in one place, waiting for something that may never come.
The song's lyrics are deeply poetic and heartfelt, and Steve Young's performance is filled with emotion. The song's pared-down, acoustic guitar-based arrangement underscores the singer's sense of isolation and longing. It's a beautiful song about love that is lost but never forgotten.
Line by Line Meaning
The evening is lonely babe
I am alone in the evening and it feels lonely without you.
And the dead of night is too
Even in the middle of the night when it is quiet and still, I feel your absence and it's hard to bear.
And I recall all the things we done
I remember all the moments and memories we shared together and they are always on my mind.
You know I'm always loving you
No matter how much time passes, my love for you remains constant and unwavering.
Sometimes I think my train's done gone
There are times when I feel like I've lost my way or direction in life, like a train that has gone off track.
The way all old things must do
This is the natural course of things, that everything eventually fades and comes to an end.
Yet I still wait for its return
Despite feeling lost, I still have hope that my train (my purpose or sense of direction) will eventually come back to me.
And babe , I still hear that old whippoorwill
The sound of the whippoorwill, a bird known for its haunting call, still echoes in my memory.
And the ghost of the midnight train
I can still feel the presence and memory of the trains that used to run at night, now just a ghost of what they used to be.
And I walk alone sometimes
There are times when I am alone and walking through life with only my memories and thoughts for company.
Down by the old Union Station in the rain,...
Especially when it rains, I am reminded of the old Union Station, a place where many farewells and reunions were had, and where I long to be with you again.
Hey I don't know where you are tonight
I am unsure of your whereabouts and what you are doing at this moment.
But I feel you cross the miles
Despite the distance between us, I still feel a connection to you that transcends physical distance.
I'm standing there inside your mind
In my imagination, I picture myself being with you in your thoughts and memories.
Just behind your pretty smile
Even when you smile, which I imagine you doing often, I sense there is something deeper going on behind it.
And babe , don't you hear that old whippoorwill
I wonder if you also remember the sound of the whippoorwill, which I can still hear in my mind.
And the ghost of the midnight train
Do you also feel the presence of the trains that used to pass in the night, a memory that lingers on?
And do you ever dream about
I wonder if you often dream about and long for the things we used to share together.
The old Union Station in the rain,...
in particular, the old Union Station, where our paths crossed and we made many memories, and where I yearn to return to once again.
Contributed by Taylor Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Kim Young
on Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
The lyrics posted here are not actually correct and I don't understand why they are not. If you listen to Steve's vocal you will hear what they should be. This song is truly about getting clean and sober, according to what Steve told me!