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{{Short description|American blues musician (born 1951)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Seasick Steve
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When he was four years old, his parents split up and he continued to live with his mother. He claimed that as a child he was taught to play the guitar by [[K. C. Douglas]], who worked at his grandfather's garage, and later realised that he had been taught the blues.<ref name=OGrady>{{YouTube|tmgfVPXI2Zc|Interview on The Paul O'Grady Show}} 15 Oct 2008</ref> Douglas wrote the song "[[Mercury Blues]]" and had played with [[Tommy Johnson (blues musician)|Tommy Johnson]] in the early 1940s.<ref name="Harris">Harris, S (1989). Blues Who's Who, 5th paperback edition. New York, Da Capo Press, pp. 160-161</ref> His mother remarried, to a [[Korean War]] veteran who Wold characterized as abusive, and, at the age of about 13, Wold claimed that he left home following a violent confrontation with his stepfather.<ref>Wright, 2016, p.59</ref>
Wold claimed to have lived rough and on the road in Tennessee, Mississippi and elsewhere, until at least the late 1960s.<ref name=allmusic>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/seasick-steve-mn0001939829/biography Kenyon Hopkin, "Seasick Steve"], ''[[AllMusic]]''. Retrieved 14 August 2019</ref><ref name=ObserverSept08/> However, Wright's biography claims that Wold lived in [[Haight-Ashbury]], San Francisco, for some time from 1965.<ref>Wright, 2016, pp.15-16</ref> He attended the [[Monterey International Pop Festival|Monterey Pop Festival]], regularly saw bands such as [[The Grateful Dead]] perform in the area, and became acquainted with [[Janis Joplin]] and [[Jimi Hendrix]].<ref>Wright, 2016, p.72</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telen.no/kultur/ikke-skremt-av-novembervaret/s/2-2.3402-1.4640555|title=Ikke skremt av novemberværet|website=Telen.no|date=13 November 2000}}</ref>
===Early musical activities===
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* ''[[I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Man from Another Time]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Songs for Elizabeth]]'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://991.com/Buy/ProductInformation.aspx?StockNumber=496733&PrinterFriendly=1|title=Songs For Elizabeth|website=991.com|access-date=January 27, 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Hubcap Music]]'' (2013)
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* ''Blues in Mono'' (2020)
* ''Only on Vinyl'' (2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.totalntertainment.com/music/seasick-steve-only-on-vinyl/|title=Seasick Steve – 'Only On Vinyl'|website=TotalNtertainment|date=September 7, 2022|access-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref>
* ''[[A Trip A Stumble A Fall Down On Your Knees]]'' (2024)
==Backing band==
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