“Steven Gullett - One of the strongest singer/songwriters I've come across in a long, long time. He's got two great CDs out since the split-up of his glampunk band, The Mystery Addicts. Cheap Reflections is subtitled A Collection Of Demos; it's just an amazing set of 4 track recordings and the fact that he covers Peter Laughner, The Stones and Neil Young should tell you where he's coming from. What will take your breath away is that his originals measure up to these classic covers! The newest CD, Sad Like Marilyn, is another home recording with a bit more attention to production and it's even more brilliant. Unless you're passing through Dayton, Ohio you might never get to see him so I'd suggest you check out his website: www.stevengullett.com
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Jeff Dahl, Carbon 14 #23
“I don't know who Steven Gullett is personally, but I'm comfortable enough in my sexuality to say that if I was a woman, then I would want to have his baby...Or maybe not. That sh*t hurts from what I hear.
Anyways, Sad Like Marilyn is an anti-folk (or folk/punk synthesis) gem that captures a profound sense of both introspection and cynicism at times. He does have the type of songwriting chops and lyrical inventiveness that would make Bob Dylan (one of his influences) proud.
The first song, "Low Expectations" is a candid warning against both putting too much confidence in and also no trust whatsoever in what people say and do as he relays with just the first few lines alone.
Managing to be sentimental without being sappy, Steven Gullett easily, has the potential to grow enough to make a future album on par with Highway 61 Revisited, Blue, or Graceland.
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Anti Reviews, AntiMusic.com
“I caught Gullett's solo show at Elbo's. I had not gone to do a review, but I immediately knew I wanted to interview him after only hearing him play for a few minutes. Gullett has a moody, updated folk sound with a punk edge that catches a crowd's attention.
Interviewing Gullett was different than other musicians I have talked to. He was a very shy guy, but you could tell that music is his lifeblood. When asked whom he would compare himself to, he said Paul Westerberg and John Easdale. When asked what he liked most about his solo project, he stated that he could "explore being a musician instead of a punk guy around town". Gullett is originally from Elyria, Ohio, and has been in Dayton since 1991.
A song of special note would be Southern Belle (about the famed Dayton bar), which I also got to see him play live. Gullett puts a lot of energy into this song, and really gets his crowd going.
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Holly Quinn , Dayton Exposed
“Unlike his previous solo records, Sad Like Marilyn and Cheap Reflections, his newest album, Songs About Them & Me & You, takes a serious glance at the direction of his life, meaning, and purpose and whips back with a fine answer - the performing and recording of acoustic music.
With refined vocals and social commentary Gullett offers us more of his catchy choruses and charcoaled, sentimental lyrics. With over a decade's worth of performing live shows, Gullett has turned 180 degrees from shocking audiences with razor-sharp glam punk songs to placing more value on intrinsic motivations and personal issues in his music.
Although he may sound similar to other folk singers of the era, Gullett is better described as an anti-folkster. He has traveled from the darkest gutters of basement rock bands to the core of his being - a lone man with a single acoustic guitar and a microphone lit up on a dim stage.
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Leslie Benson , Dayton City Paper
“Songs About Them & Me and You is an apt title for the latest solo CD from Steven Gullett, a local songwriter with a growing reputation for crafting memorable, musical short stories about real-life troubles, insecurities and loss. His believable character studies and personal confessions set to simple acoustic-guitar accompaniment (with occasional electric guitar overdubs) are a perfect musical soundtrack for this age of reality TV and overt voyeurism.
Faking It All for You is a biographical sketch that captures the claustrophobia and hopelessness often prevalent in small towns where options are limited and disappointment is a top ten word. In Look What Music Did to Me, Gullett takes a humorous look at the good and bad aspects of being a hard-core music fan with a penchant for wearing flamboyant glam-punk clothing. Angels Are Never Enough is a powerful first-person account about coping with the untimely death of a loved one. ”
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Don Thrasher, Dayton Daily News
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Amazing lyrics, music, composing!! great crazy warm wishes to you, Steven!!