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Singer Steve Tyrell Returns Home, Talks About His Influences

Grammy Award-winning vocalist Steve Tyrell has spent over four decades in the music business, achieving success as a performer, producer, songwriter and music supervisor. Tyrell has produced hits for Grammy-winning Artists ranging from Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville, to Rod Stewart and Diana Ross. Steve himself has sold hundreds of thousands of albums and gained […]

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Grammy Award-winning vocalist Steve Tyrell has spent over four decades in the music business, achieving success as a performer, producer, songwriter and music supervisor.

Tyrell has produced hits for Grammy-winning Artists ranging from Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville, to Rod Stewart and Diana Ross. Steve himself has sold hundreds of thousands of albums and gained a passionate following all over the world. And he’s a Houston native, born right here in the Fifth Ward, an area that spawned other musicians like Joe Sample and the Geto Boys.

Tyrell’s back home for a special performance tonight at Jones Hall with the Houston Symphony, singer and pianist Diane Schuur, songwriter Judith Hill and trumpeter Lew Soloff. Tyrell sat down with Houston Matters’ Edel Howlin to talk about his career and excitement about being home.

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Michael Hagerty

Michael Hagerty

Senior Producer, Houston Matters

Michael Hagerty is the senior producer for Houston Matters. He's spent more than 20 years in public radio and television and dabbled in minor league baseball, spending four seasons as the public address announcer for the Reno Aces, the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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