Austin steel guitarist Steve England passes on

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 8 May 2009 8:24 pm

Austin steel guitarist Steve England, well known here in town, passed away on Tuesday May 5 from the effects of liver disease. Steve was a good guy and leaves behind a great woman, his wife Ruth. Many of y'all may have seen Steve attending the shows in St. Louis and Dallas.

Ruth has asked me to help her dispose of some of Steve's equipment, and I will be posting the ads in the appropriate forum sections when I get photos up. Among the guitars are an Emmons P/P, a Mullen, a Stringmaster, a Fender Custom, and other cool things.

Jim Palenscar · Post by **Jim Palenscar** » 9 May 2009 5:30 am

While I didn't know Steve well, I did have the chance to talk to him several times and this is such a stinkin' loss

~ so sorry to learn of his passing.

Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 9 May 2009 5:47 am

I am very saddened by this. Steve was someone who I considered a friend - we always made a point of hanging out together at the conventions, and I met up with him and his wife at Jovitas in Austin when I was there. A very bright and interesting man, with a quirky sense of humour that I always enjoyed.

Bill Cunningham · Post by **Bill Cunningham** » 9 May 2009 9:48 am

Too sad. I remember him from a few TSGA shows.

Greg Simmons · Post by **Greg Simmons** » 9 May 2009 1:35 pm

So very sorry to hear this; like Bob, Steve became a friend through the Dallas and St. Louis shows and we always had a fine time...good memories...here's a pic of Steve (on left) and Charlie McCardell after one of our treks to enjoy the fine dining at the Eat-Rite Diner in St. Louis:

Godspeed Steve...

Chuck S. Lettes · Post by **Chuck S. Lettes** » 9 May 2009 4:04 pm

Sad news. I spent some time with Steve at the last TSGA Show. I always enjoyed Steve's humor and company, and I will miss him.
Chuck

Joe McHam · Post by **Joe McHam** » 9 May 2009 7:29 pm

Our thoughts and prayers are with Steve's wife Ruth and his family during this time. I am saddened by the loss of another steel guitar community member. There's too many that have left us.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 9 May 2009 7:35 pm

I always enjoyed running into Steve at the shows and chatting with him. I'm sorry to hear of his sudden passing. My condolences to his family.

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 9 May 2009 8:16 pm

I met Steve through Neil Flanz in St. Louis in '06. So sad. My condolences to his wife and family members.

Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 10 May 2009 3:39 pm

Another dear Austin friend gone. Ruth has been my chauffer a couple times and they were both part of the Thursday lunch group.

Dennis Atkins · Post by **Dennis Atkins** » 10 May 2009 7:08 pm

Boy, I am shocked. I was just thinking about Steve the other day. My fiances son and daughter in law are moving to Ft. Worth-Dallas area this August, and we were going down with them to help get them settled. While we were there, I was going to look up Steve, and revisit with him.

I met Steve when he came up to the Minneapolis area some years ago. We reconnected a few times in St. Louis and Dallas, and it was always a pleasure to see him. So sorry to hear of his sudden passing.

Herb, please extend my best wishes to his family.

I will be in Ft. Worth-Dallas during the first couple of weeks in August, and will be going to Austin and San Antonio as well during that time. I hope to connect with you Herb at that time.

Again, condolences to the England family, and may God give them peace and comfort at this time.

Dennis

Jody Sanders · Post by **Jody Sanders** » 10 May 2009 8:41 pm

RIP Steve. We will miss you. Jody.

Steve Stallings · Post by **Steve Stallings** » 11 May 2009 8:13 am

That is sad news. Steve was a nice guy and will be missed. I sold him my D10 Red Mullen several years back that I had bought from Skip Pilgrim. Prayers are sent for his family.

Bill Terry · Post by **Bill Terry** » 11 May 2009 12:35 pm

This has been a tough week in Austin.. I met Steve at a Ricky Davis seminar a few years ago, he was a hard guy not to like. My condolences to the family..

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 11 May 2009 5:09 pm

My Gosh; what a loss....Steve had a great big Heart and a very sharing guy and would give you the shirt off his back.
We'll miss you Steve and your Passion for music; that was as big as your Heart.
We'll miss you; but we'll never forget you.
Ricky

Tommy Young · Post by **Tommy Young** » 12 May 2009 2:02 pm

My Condolences to his family and friends, These good steelers are leaving us all to soon. such a loss.

Bobby Caldwell · Post by **Bobby Caldwell** » 13 May 2009 1:52 pm

Herb, Sorry to hear about your friend Steve. Seems to me we may have met in St. Louis. May he rest in peace. Loveya "Bro", Bobby

Bobby Snell · Post by **Bobby Snell** » 20 May 2009 3:17 pm

Please see in Event Announcements about the Life Celebration for Steve at Antones, May 31. You can message me with any questions, too.

Kevin Bell · Post by **Kevin Bell** » 7 Jun 2009 5:31 pm

Where do i start ? Steve England i heard has died ! That made me really sad when i heard it from my daughter. Steve, i met many years ago in London. He had been there on the punk scene 75=76ish before i ever got to Lundon. Later he was living in norf London and was doing things like a club called Redneck with Johanas Hagan which was followed by Son of Redneck, this was music London never knew much about or could hear anywhere else. Steve left England sometime in the 90' with his longterm partner Ruth for Austin Texas and did his passion and joy ! I last saw Steve in 2000 when i and my family visited Ruth and Steve in Austin where we had a brilliant time. Austin will be missing his English Cockney humour and music. Good bloke. Not an Austrailian.
Tottenham are still crap though.
My thoughts and love to Ruth in these sad moments.

KB

e. Steve

Mylos Sonka · Post by **Mylos Sonka** » 12 Oct 2009 12:36 pm

Really sorry to hear about this. Johnny Cuviello and I met and played a little gig with Steve on one of our trips to Austin. He wrote some nice things about Johnny and me here on the forum. It was fun to hang out with somebody so crazy in love with our music and I looked forward to seeing him next time around.

Rest in peace.

Mylos Sonka

Jeremiah Wade · Post by **Jeremiah Wade** » 7 Jan 2010 2:02 pm

Steve was the steeler and I was the picker on Ernest Tubb's great nephew Lucky Tubb and the Modern Day Troubadours album "Damn the Luck". We had some great times traveling and gigin' together. There's some video from my swing band JWW and the Prospectors with Steve sitting in, the song is Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. Search Google if you'd like to check it out. Steve was steeped in tradition and like myself could do without the watered down Bon Jovi style easy rock they're tryin' to pass for country music nowadays. I'll miss you and see down the road on the other side.

Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 7 Jan 2010 2:19 pm

I am going down to Austin in a couple of weeks and it saddens me that I won't be able to meet up with Steve - Jovita's just won't seem the same.

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 7 Jan 2010 3:28 pm

I purchased Steve's triple neck Fender Custom last year after he passed. Recently, I did a gig with Lucky Tubb up here in the Woodstock area. I didn't know the history of Steve with Lucky, but when I found out Steve played with him I opened my case to show Lucky my guitar and he turned as white as a ghost. True story.

Jeremiah Wade · Post by **Jeremiah Wade** » 8 Jan 2010 7:55 am

Mike, I heard that story from Casey Gill after you sat in with them. The world gets smaller every day. Casey really enjoyed your pickin'. I played with Lucky for a year and a half. Steve passed away right before the summer tour with Hank III last year.