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"Tuff Love"
Boom Boom Steve V & The Knockouts
© 2009
NOTICE: "Tuff Love" has been selected by the Greater Twin Cities Blues Music Society as the best entry into the Blues Foundation's "Best Self-Produced CD" competition for 2010. See press comments and review link below.
"From The Shadows"
Cold Wind Records, © 2002
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Steve Vonderharr
15728 Forest Circle
Burnsville, MN 55306
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Email: SteveV@bluesonstage.com
Phone: 612.203.9956
2016 Calendar
- Jan 8, Boom Boom Steve V & the Knockouts, Wilebski's Blues Saloon with special guest BRUCE McCABE 6:00 to 10:00
- Jan 17, IBC fundraiser at Wilebski's Blues Saloon, 1:30 to 6:00
- Jan 22, Boom Boom Steve V & the Knockouts, Shaw's, NE Mpls, 9:00 to 1:00
- Feb 5, Boom Boom Steve V & and Knockouts with special guests Tim Wick (keyboards) and Rose Duffy (saxophone) @ Rafters in downtown Stillwater, 8:00 PM to midnight. $10 Donation at the door. All proceeds go to the Herb Brooks Foundation
- Feb 12, Boom Boom Steve V and the Knockouts Birthday Bash at Dicks Bar in Hudson, WI, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Feb 20 Boom Boom & the Knockouts, Hollihans, WBL 8:00 to 12:00
- Feb 27, Boom Boom Steve V & the Knockouts, Neumann's, N. St. Paul 8:00 to 12:00
- Mar 26, Boom Boom Steve V & the Knockouts, Hollihan's, White Bear Lake, 8:00 to 12:00
- Apr 1, Boom Boom & the Knockouts, Shaw's, NE Mpls, 9:00 to 1:00
- Apr 2, Working With a Net, Grand Kabaret, New Ulm, MN 7:30 to 11:00
- Apr 8Kildahl, Vonderharr & Pengra, Wine Bar, Mankato, 8:30 to 12:30
- Apr 30 Boom Boom & the Knockouts - Private Party - Legion, N. St. Paul 8:00 to 12:00
- May 6 Boom Boom & the Knockouts - Schooner, Mpls 9:00 to 1:00
- May 20 Boom Boom Steve V & the Knockouts, Dicks Bar, Hudson, WI, 6:00 to 9:00
- May 21 Boom Boom & the Knockouts, Shaw's, NE Mpls, 9:00 to 1:00
- May 28 Boom Boom Steve V & the Knockouts, Neumann's, N. St. Paul 8:00 to 12:00
- May 29 Boom Boom Steve V & the Knockouts, Muddy Waters, Prescott, WI 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Jun 1 Boom Boom & the Knockouts, Legends/Holiday Inn, St. Cloud, MN 7:00 to 11:00
- Jun 3 Steve V with the Bridget Kelly band, Smokin in Steele festival, Owatonna MN 7:30 PM
- Jun 4 Steve V with the Bridget Kelly band, Shaws Bar, NE Mpls 9:00 PM
- Jun 11 Steve V with Renee Austin - Moe's, Moundsview 9:00 PM
- Jun 16 Boom Boom Steve V and the Knockouts, Marketfest/White Bear Lake Hollihans, 8:00 to 12:00
- Jun 19 Boom Boom Steve V and the Knockouts, Muddy Waters, Prescott WI 4:00 to 8:00
- Jul 8 Boom Boom & the Knockouts, Grand Kabaret, New Ulm, MN 7:30 to 11:00
- Jul 9 Madelia Park Days Blues festival, Medelia, MN
- Jul 17 Kildahl and Vonderharr, Patrick's Patio, St. Peter MN, 4:00 to 7:00
- Jul 27 Boom Boom Steve V and the Knockouts - Olmsted County Fairgrounds (Beer garden) Rochester MN 6:00 to 8:15
- Jul 28 Boom Boom Steve V and the Knockouts, Neumann's N. St. Paul 7:00 to 11:00
- Aug 5 Boom Boom Steve V and the Knockouts - Dicks Bar, Hudson WI 6:00 to 9:00
- Aug 12 Boom Boom Steve V and the Knockouts - Big Guys BBQ Roadhouse, Hudson WI 8:00 to 12:00
- Aug 20 Steve V with Renee Austin, Big Bull Falls Blues Festival, Wausau, WI 1:00 PM
- Aug 24 Kildahl/Vonderharr/Pengra - 331 Club, NE Mpls 7:00 to 9:00
- Aug 26 Good Time Willy band, MN State Fair - Famous Dave's stage (RC's BBQ) 6:00 to 9:00
- Aug 27 Good Time Willy band, MN State Fair -Famous Dave's stage (RC's BBQ) 3:00 to 7:00
- Sep 1 Good Time Willy band, MN State Fair - Famous Dave's stage (RC's BBQ) 6:00 to 9:00
- Sep 2 Good Time Willy band, MN State Fair - Famous Dave's stage (RC's BBQ) 6:00 to 9:00
- Sep 3/4 Good Time Willy band, MN State Fair - Famous Dave's stage (RC's BBQ) 3:00 to 9:00
- Sep 5 Kildahl and Vonderharr, MN State Fair - Famous Dave's stage (RC's BBQ) Noon to 3:00
- Sep 9 Boom Boom Steve V and the Knockouts - Wilebski's, St. Paul MN 6:00 to 10:00 - Special guest Bruce McCabe on piano
- Sep 16 Kildahl/Vonderharr/Pengra - Grand Kabaret, New Ulm, MN 7:00 to 10:00
- Sep 17 Boom Boom Steve V & the Knockouts, Neumann's, N. St. Paul 8:00 to 12:00
- Sep 22 Boom Boom Steve V and the Knockouts - Neumann's N. St. Paul MN 7:00 to 11:00
- Sep 25 Boom Boom Steve V and the Knockouts - Hudson Bandshell, Hudson WI 12:00 to 4:00
- Oct 14 Boom Boom Steve V and the Knockouts - Shaws Bar, NE University, Mpls 9:00 to 1:00
- Oct 19 Boom Boom Steve V and the Knockouts - Legends Bar, St. Cloud Holiday Inn 7:00 to 11:00
- Oct 30 Boom Boom Steve V and the Knockouts - Minnesota Music Cafe with Reverend Raven and the Chain Smoking Altar Boys
- Dec 9 Boom Boom Steve V and the Knockouts - Shaws Bar, NE University, Mpls 9:00 to 1:00
- Dec 10 Boom Boom Steve V & the Knockouts, Neumann's, N. St. Paul 8:00 to 12:00
What the press is saying...
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- "Tuff Love offers up a great set of blues, and I highly recommend this CD. The CD closes with a nod to Little Walter, with Boom Boom Steve taking the Mississippi saxophone to new heights on the “Sad Hours” instrumental. I’d like to think that Little Walter would have appreciated and enjoyed this cover, and I can’t give it any higher praise than that. A solid blues record from an accomplished band." – Eric Steiner, Editor - Washington State Bluesletter
- "Great sound, production and playing by all concerned...Franken is smokin'" - Reverend Raven
- "Steve Boom Boom Vonderharr tore the place up." - Blue Monday, February 2007, Eckhart
- "Steve Boom Boom Vonderharr…sounds like a jet taking off...Steve picks em’ up and lays em’ down." - Blue Monday, February 2008, Eckhart
- "Vondy’s future is so bright he has to wear shades, besides if you’re as cool as he is you may as well wear your shades too! If you’ve ever been to see Steve play before, you know that the harp becomes part of his energy field and he rides it from the first song to the last. He’s like a shooting star on a cloudless night!" - Blue Monday, Twin Cities Beat, June 2008, Shepherd
- "Bluesy Steve V. and the Knockouts will bowl you over. (Steve) plays with conviction and purpose, expressively wringing the life out of that little piece of metal and wood (harmonica) like some kind of whirling dervish." - Duluth News Tribune, June 2008, Ziegler
- "From the Shadows is Steve Vonderharr's first solo recording and a wonderful offering..."
- "Over the past 22 years Steve Vonderharr has...become one of the most respected and influential veterans of the Twin Cities blues scene." - Dave "Doc" Piltz, Blues On Stage & Twin Cities Blues News
Read the Reviews...
Boom Boom Steve V Interview November 2009
Boom Boom Steve V & the Knockouts - Tuff Love by Eric Steiner
CD Review Oct 2002 by Craig Ruskey
CD Review Oct 2002 by Dave "Doc" Piltz
Live Review Sep 2002 by Ray Stiles
