Frank Murphy is joined by Todd Steed, who will be inducted into the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame on March 24, 2023. Todd is this year’s songwriting inductee. His band is Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere. Todd is also the music director and a host on WUOT.
Frank will emcee the induction ceremony, which is a fundraiser for Friends of Literacy. Buy tickets to the awards gala at https://www.etwriters.org/awards-gala.html
Todd and Frank have an idea to write a song about local places that not longer exist, lik...
Frank Murphy is joined by Todd Steed, who will be inducted into the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame on March 24, 2023. Todd is this year’s songwriting inductee. His band is Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere. Todd is also the music director and a host on WUOT.
Frank will emcee the induction ceremony, which is a fundraiser for Friends of Literacy. Buy tickets to the awards gala at https://www.etwriters.org/awards-gala.html
Todd and Frank have an idea to write a song about local places that not longer exist, like St. Mary’s Hospital. Todd promises to write a song called “Everywhere is Gone” in time for next year’s Writers Hall of Fame gala.
When Todd turned 21, he began traveling to as many different countries as he could. He’s been to approximately 50 countries. He’s now thinking about places he would like to revisit. He’s also been trying to explore more of East Tennessee.
Todd considered visiting all the major league baseball stadiums but changed his mind. Frank’s father was a New York Giants fan and he used to take Frank to Mets games when the San Francisco Giants were visiting. Todd went to a UT baseball game at Lindsey Nelson Stadium on the UT campus.
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Todd was a writer for The Daily Beacon at UT. His editor was Betsy Pickle, who is this year’s journalism inductee in the East Tennessee Writers’ Hall of Fame. Scott Miller, a previous songwriting inductee, will perform at this year’s event.
Todd plans to resume playing gigs with his band in the fall. Frank wonders how he can write music. Todd says he has more classical influences since filling in as a classical music host on WUOT.
Todd knows Lithuanian writer Ruta Sepetys who used to manage Steve Vai. Steve urged Ruta to write books. Sometimes you need a friend to push you to do something like write a song or a book.
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