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BIOGRAPHY

My Musical Career ...

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1957 Born in Los Angeles, California (with my twin brother, Phil)

1970 Summer bought first guitar in 7th grade with paper route    .........money.

1971 Formed “Third Creation” rock band with my brothers.

1974 Joined Musicians Union. Youngest members to join.

1978 Went all original with “Third Creation”. First job at a music .........store in Huntington Beach, California.

1979 Worked with Dobro design team on new electric guitar for   .........Dobro Guitars

1982-83 Formed “Voyager” rock band.

1986 Moved to Phoenix, Arizona joined “Jetstream”, a popular cover .........tune band. Worked at a music store as the lead guitar luthier .........and amp tech manager.

1988 Acker Night starts its first year.

1989 Delivery and set of up back line gear for pro bands touring .........through Phoenix.

1990 Taught “Basic Electronic Repair in the recording studio” at a .........local sound recording school.

1993 Managed local music store

1994 Started my own music repair shop “Star Tek Electronic”. Joined ........“Blonder Tongue”, all original rock band with Sean Delany road .........manager & composer for KISS and some fantastic local .........musicians. Technical advisement & repairs on musical .........equipment for stadium venues and touring bands throughout .........Phoenix area.

1995 Studio guitar work. Hired to play on various musicians albums, .........including recording studio sessions.

1996-97 Joined “Déjà vu”, local copy band.

1998 Joined “Phoenix”, an original local rock band project.

1999 Collaborated with other local musicians, writing, recording, .........and sound engineering for various artists.

2006 Writing, composing & recording my own personal library of .........music.

2008 Helped form the “Fuel It” band for Polaris - Official Victory .........Motorcycles Band.

2011 Moved fulltime to the city of Prescott, Arizona

2012 Became an active part of Acker Night. A magical night of Music .........in Prescott

.........raising funds for local music scholarships & school music .........programs.

2016 - Present  Writing music for television, movie, and commercial .........productions. Used by FOX Sports & MTV.

2018 Helped form the “Claus and Affect” band. A fun blues group .........with Santa as our lead singer.

2019 In the recording studio writing & recording original songs.

2020 The start of the Stevie Acker band

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I have played and worked in the music industry with many incredibly talented and creative people for over 40 years in every facet imaginable. It has been great!!! My dream is to play full time, tour the world, meet great people!

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