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For as long as songwriters and musicians have been plying their creative wares, it's been understood that music is a funny business. For comedian/songwriter Steve Goodie, a slight twist might be more apt: "Funny is a music business."
House emcee at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe for over a decade, and a favorite of the legendary syndicated radio host/producer Dr. Demento (who calls Goodie "One of our most talented 21st-century parodists"), his songs have also been played on morning shows nation-wide. His Youtube videos have been seen by millions, he's won numerous awards (both for his songwriting and his technical artistry), has appeared on national TV, and performed onstage literally thousands of times. And he's created an entire cottage industry writing and recording songs about Harry Potter. In the thirty-plus years since Goodie first introduced himself and his hilarious parody songs, original compositions, and hysterically blunt observations about our society and the world-at-large, he's put out a body of work rivaled by few artists of any genre. And, for the most part, he's done it by himself. In 2018 his A Confederacy Of Douches marked his twenty-ninth release. While a few of the projects (Two Jew Revue, Falling Standards, Actual Size, Girlband, and The Wizenheimerz) have been collaborative efforts, most have been solo, with Goodie writing or co-writing every song, playing almost every instrument, engineering, producing, designing the CD packaging (cassette packaging at first), and even directing and producing his own videos. A Chicago native who has called Nashville home for the vast majority of his career, Goodie - when not performing or recording his own projects - keeps himself busy with Pitch-Perfect Recording, his full-service studio highly in demand among Music City songwriters and artists. He's also a model train junkie, and admits that the hobby, while not taking up a disproportionate amount of his time, is taking over his house. Lately, Goodie's been working on a one-man autobiographical musical/multi-media production, the latest incarnation of which he's calling, simply and characteristically, "Steve's Big Dumb Show." He debuted the project in Nashville in 2016, took it on the road for a month of nation-wide house concerts this past Summer, and is currently booking dates for similar tours in Summer and Autumn 2018. As Ty Hager, a long-time friend and collaborator, puts it: "He's like a f***ing creative Energizer Bunny, and makes all of us lazier musicians look bad. That's why no one likes him." |
| STAGE |
| House emcee at the world-famous Bluebird Cafe: 2007 - present |
| One Man Show, Steve's Big Dumb Show, around the USA, 2016 - present |
| TELEVISION |
| Showtime: The Areola |
| Featured performer, The Today Show, NBC |
| Short Attention Span Theater Bootcamp Special, Comedy Central |
| Charlie Daniels' Talent Roundup, TNN |
| Comic Relief, Nashville TN |
| Charlie Chase's Funny Business, TNN |
| RADIO |
| Airplay of "You Stink, George W" on The Howard Stern Show 2004 |
| Heavy rotation airplay of "Quidditch Ball Wizard" and "Harry's Wand" on XM-KiDS Satellite Radio 2001-present |
| Airplay of "Ned Beatty" on The 5 O'Clock Funnies, KLOS 95.5 Los Angeles 2001 |
| Airplay of comedy songs on over 200 radio stations across the U.S. 1995-present |
| Regular syndicated airplay on The Dr. Demento Show 1999-present |
| Regular syndicated airplay on The Bob And Tom Show 2001-present |
| Regular syndicated airplay on The Rick And Bubba Show 2001-present |
| Regular syndicated airplay on The John Boy And Billy Show 2001-present |
| FILM |
| The Areola (Hog) - appearing on Showtime, Fall 2001 |
| Cadmium Red Deep (Sid the Weasel-Boy) |
| The Pound Of Music (Larry the Annoying Musician) |
| ("The Pound Of Music" was written, produced, and edited by Steve, |
| and premiered at the North By Northwest DV Short Festival) |
| The Adventures of Zoey (Director) |
| ("The Adventures Of Zoey" was directed and edited by Steve, and was a finalist at the Telluride IndieFest 2004. Steve was awarded first runner-up for Best Director. |
| RECOGNITION |
| Winner, Comedy Central's Comedy Bootcamp Competition |
| Semi-Finalist, National Lampoon's Comedy Playoffs |
| Finalist, Johnnie Walker Comedy Search |
| COMEDY CLUBS | ||
| The Improv, Los Angeles CA
Laugh Factory, Los Angeles CA Comedy Store, Los Angeles CA Zanies, Chicago IL Headliners, Washington DC Charlie Goodnights, Raleigh NC Giggles, Seattle WA Laffs, Albuquerque NM Zanies, Nashville TN Funny Business, Madison WI Loonees, Colorado Springs CO Comedy Zone, Knoxville TN Looney Bin, Memphis TN Comedy House, Little Rock AR Comedy Cove, Phoenix AZ Bonkerz, Ocala FL Comedy Club, Huntsville AL Bonkerz, Orlando FL Headliners, Alexandria VA Comedy House, Augusta GA Comedy Catch, Chattanooga TN Laffs, Tucson AZ Laughs Unltd., Sacramento CA Funny Bone, St. Louis MO Comedy Zone Charlotte NC Slapstix, Wichita KS Club Comedy, Milwaukee WI (among others) | ||
| NAMES STEVE CAN DROP | ||
| Worked with: Charles Fleischer, Bobcat Goldthwait, Janeane Garafalo, Kevin Meany, Brian Regan, Rich Hall, Pam Stone, Margaret Smith, Richard Belzer, Willie Tyler and Lester, Gary Muledeer, Judy Tenuta, Jay Mohr | ||