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Steve Fister is a skillful and accomplished axe wielder currently based in Los Angeles, California (U.S.A.) who represents his playing style as melodic, blues-influenced rock, as a listener can readily appreciate on his most recent album, "Age Of Great Dreams".  His most utilized guitars consist of a '63 Gibson ES 345 (once owned by Freddy King) and a Fender Strat. Fister has been playing guitar since 1973, and without beating around the bush reveals his career aspiration, "To make a new "Steve Fister" record every two years and tour in support of it 3 to 4 months a year while continuing to play on other peoples records and tours."
When prompted to divulge his ultimate effect for the guitar, Fister responded by saying, "Digital delay," and continued by citing his musicial goals, "I am trying to express myself through songs that convey strong emotions and feelings--music that paints a picture and tells a story, without relying on a lyric to tell the listener how to think or feel." He eagerly hopes to one day study film scoring, and is presently listening to John Scofield, Muddy Waters, Bill Frisell, Charlie Christian and James Brown. His principal fulfillment? "To play a show with my trio and have people who are not into mostly instrumental "guitar music" leave happy, preferably buying a CD and telling their friends," he declares without a doubt.
Fister concludes by detailing current and approaching undertakings enthusiastically, by saying, "Being a Los Angeles "gun for hire". It's not easy to pay the bills on instrumental guitar alone, but I'm working on it."
Fister's discography (available here at Guitar Nine Records) includes one recording project (Pat Travers "Blues Magnet").
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Vol. 17, No. 2: Feb.-Mar. 2012
