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Steven Polwart (acoustic/electric guitars & vocal)

After failing to make it as a professional footballer on account of only being able to do 32 keepy-uppies (all with his right foot), Steven turned his attentions to international pop stardom, only narrowly missing out on his dream as a member of the highly acclaimed yet strangely under achieving mid-90s guitar pop combo “whybradley”. He studied classical guitar at Napier University in Edinburgh and now combines his work in the KP band with a guitar teaching post at a school in Edinburgh.

Whilst on tour Steven enjoys engaging in geographical trivia exchanges with the other band members. He hasn’t quite memorised all the capital cities of the world but is working on it; test him at a gig if you see him! Steven is a Leo and his current favourite colour is yellow. His girlfriend is called Karen and he can beat her at table tennis but not tennis (yet!). Steven is the tallest, and therefore the best member of the KP band. He is willing to accept a 5-aside football challenge from members of the public or celebrities.

Oh yes, Steven is also Karine’s wee brother (the second of four, always the easiest to rear).

Steven says:

"The musician I’d most like to invite over for tea is Django Reinhardt (but I wouldn’t mind if Girls Aloud! came with him).

A piece of music that really moves me is Prince’s Purple Rain.

One album I’ll never get tired of is "Question & Answer" by Pat Metheny.

The thing I like best about being a musician is travelling to new places and finding out the populations of the towns we end up in…"

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