Steven Garcia

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Former Clay Walker staff songwriter, Steven Garcia, has released his third solo full album, Against the Peace and Dignity of the State, with Love Sick Dog Publishing on February 2, 2024. It will be a heavier rock/country offering with a mix of 70's, 80's, and 90's rock genres. The album will include the songs TMI, 88 Miles Out of Hallettsville, and Ballad of the Working Man. Steven is a Love Sick Dog Publishing recording artist and a full-time musician. He has been touring and making music over the past 25 years. Currently he performs three to five nights a week in and around the Houston area with his band Not the Rachels, including every other Friday at the honkey-tonk Greek Brothers Oyster Bar and Grill in El Campo. Steven has been signed with Love Sick Dog Publishing as a recording artist since 2011. The first collaboration between the two camps produced “Will You or Won’t You”. After its release in January 2012, the song was quickly given Song of the Week (February 19 – 25, 2012) by the London Indie Rock magazine Jamsphere. In 2015, Steven and LSDP started pre-production on a full-length rock album. This collaboration produced the 12-song album Undiscovered released in February 2016. The album can also be described as arena rock with a modern twist that tips its hat to the 80s. In the Summer of 2016, Steven and LSDP were approached by director Juven Cavazos to create seven songs for the modern-day spaghetti western “A Lonely Woman”. The film was released on March 23, 2018, with Steven’s original movie soundtrack released on May 4, 2018. Two of the seven tracks, “The New Old West Showdown” and “Jezebel is Coming” are instrumentals with a heavy western rock guitar sound. “Annie’s Theme” and “Mi Vida '' are Spanish Western-influenced instrumentals. “Feel Me” is a hard-driving rock song, while “Aim for the Heart '' and the title track are great straightforward rock songs. Steven Garcia is originally from Corpus Christi, Texas where he started playing guitar at 14. He moved to Houston at age 21 and formed the band The Rachels. As the main songwriter in the group, The Rachels musical style relied heavily on Steven’s influences from genres such as reggae, ska, country, rock, and pop with a heavy guitar sound. Some of his earlier work is surprisingly eclectic. His diversity enabled him to work with different producers and songwriters, including Paula Deanda producer Mike Aguirre and country songwriter Jason Greene. In his early years with The Rachels, they were signed with Six-Tone Records and released two CDs: Buy American (1999), and World of Dreams (2001). The Rachels grew accustomed to playing four to five nights a week. They headlined many events such as the Houston Marathon (1999), the Houston Grand Prix (2001), KLOL Holiday Ball, and the Astros opening day party (2000, 2004).They developed a loyal Houston following with a reputation as a party band that could cover any song request. This branded them as a virtual jukebox in high demand with Houston bar owners and booking agents. It led to the opportunity to tour Japan in 2003, 2004, and 2005 with Lone Wolf Entertainment. Their popularity also granted them airplay on Houston’s KTBZ 94.5 and KLOL 101.1 radio stations. Many major clients such as Clear Channel Communications, Budweiser, and Rice University would request The Rachels to play at their events. Steven wrote and produced the independently released The Rachels albums St. Elmo Sessions in 2003 and No Love Here in 2006. After the disbandment of The Rachels, Steven was signed to Clay Walker’s publishing company as a staff songwriter from 2006 - 2011. This led to Steven’s song “I Can’t Complain” being featured in the 2008 Noble Things movie starring Brett Moses and Ryan Hurst. Steven reformed The Rachels in 2017 and released Aim for the Heart (2017), Crashing into Walls (2018), Save the Robots (2018), Corpus Christi (2019) and Evil Toes (2019). In 2019, Love Sick Dog Publishing released The LSDP Singles Collection. This featured previously released singles, unreleased tracks, and alternative versions of different material Steven recorded with LSDP.

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