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.
I'm a One Woman Man
Steve Young Lyrics
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If you let me hold you honey I'd holler out loud.
I'll never love another, even if I can.
Oh come to me baby, I'm a one-woman man.
Oh wantcha let me baby just to kind of hang around.
I'll always love ya honey and I'll never let let ya down.
I'll never love another even if I can.
I'd climb the highest mountain if it reached up to the sky
To prove that I loved you I would jump off and fly.
I'd even swim the ocean from shore to shore
To prove that I love just a little bit more.
The lyrics to Steve Young's song "I'm a One Woman Man" are a declaration of loyalty and devotion to one woman. The singer expresses his pride and happiness in the idea of being loved by someone and declares that he will never love another, even if he could. The chorus repeats this sentiment with the plea for the woman to come to him, as he is a one-woman man.
The second verse reinforces the singer's commitment to his love, as he pleads for the opportunity to spend time with her and promises to never let her down. He reiterates that he is a one-woman man and that his love for her is unwavering. The final verse contains the ultimate expressions of devotion, with the singer declaring that he would climb the highest mountain or swim the ocean to prove his love.
Overall, the song is a classic declaration of love and loyalty to one person. The singer expresses his devotion and commitment, making it clear that he will never love anyone else. The catchy melody and simple lyrics make it an enduring classic of the country music genre.
Line by Line Meaning
If you told me that you loved me I'd feel so proud
If you expressed your love for me, I'd feel an immense sense of pride.
If you let me hold you honey I'd holler out loud.
If I had the opportunity to embrace you, I'd be ecstatic and yell loudly.
I'll never love another, even if I can.
I am committed to being loyal to you and won't give my heart to anyone else.
Oh come to me baby, I'm a one-woman man.
Please be with me, as I am devoted to you and you only.
Oh wantcha let me baby just to kind of hang around.
Please give me the chance to be in your company and spend time with you.
I'll always love ya honey and I'll never let let ya down.
My love for you will remain constant, and I'll never disappoint you.
I'd climb the highest mountain if it reached up to the sky
I'm willing to go to great lengths to show you how much I care, even if it means scaling a mountain that reaches the heavens.
To prove that I loved you I would jump off and fly.
I am so enamoured with you that I would risk my life and fly through the air to demonstrate my love.
I'd even swim the ocean from shore to shore
I'm willing to travel a great distance to showcase my affection for you, even if it means swimming across an ocean.
To prove that I love just a little bit more.
I will continue to express my feelings for you, as no measure of love could ever be enough.
Contributed by Molly J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
luckyrascal
Great song!