Steve Huston

US drummer / Vocals (November 17, 1949, Centralia, IL - July 25, 2023 Houston, TX)
Singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and drummer for Head East. He wrote five of the nine songs on the band's debut album “Flat as a Pancake” which still sells after its release in 1975. His compositions “Ticket Back to Georgia” and “Jefftown Creek” remain crowd favorites at Head East concerts. The 1970's was recordings, nonstop touring, sold out stadiums, and outdoor events like the Texas Jam in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. Steve left Head East in 1980 to work in television and recording production studios in Des Moines, Iowa until 1989, when he moved to Houston to become a partner, chief engineer, and studio manager in a new recording studio. In 1993, a band he had worked with in that studio persuaded The Art Institute to recruit Steve to teach audio production. An Associate Professor, he retired from the Art Institute after more than twenty years' service. In 2018, he wrote and published “Head East: A Labor of Love,” essays about music and his career. He sang with Head East as a guest vocalist, most recently in the Head East 50 year Reunion Tour. Steve was a member of ASCAP, AAUP, American Federation of Musicians, Record Industry Association of America, Northwest Forest Republican Women, The Sky Club and was the founding member of the Spring Creek Forest Neighborhood Watch. With the current and original of Head East, Steve was inducted into the Iowa Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in 2011.