Steve Gunn

Steve Gunn is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter based in Brooklyn. He studied art and music at Temple University in Philadelphia. His playing draws on folk, Indian raga and American primitive guitar, and he moved from improvised and drone-based guitar records in the 2000s to songwriting albums on Paradise of Bachelors and Matador. Gunn played in the experimental group GHQ with Marcia Bassett and Pete Nolan, toured as a guitarist in Kurt Vile's band The Violators and formed a duo with drummer John Truscinski in 2010.