Gary "Steve" Strout
We dug up these little tidbits; Some demos with a couple of guys and a few by himself. He co-wrote the Christmas song and sent this demo to his publisher several months ago; The one titled "New Steel Recording" was done early last summer because he told me and played it for me over the phone. All the others? Who knows when....
Definitely one of the top 3 characters I've run across in my newly discovered music life. Got to see him play in very short spurts a few times, but never got to actually play with him other than when he came over and we played a few in the living room, and then again played a few with us at our Festivus 2023 celebration. I had finally talked him into playing with me, but he left us just a few days before we were supposed to play.

He was the happiest grouch I ever met. He had a lot of great stories, mostly about music. Some true, some not. Those of us who spent much time will always be able to entertain ourselves by trying to figure out what was tru and what wasn't.