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CUDDEFORD & BAKER

OPEN ROAD

Americana/Landscapes/Blues

A collection of live-band Americana, steeped in travel, wide open spaces and hope. Reflection, beauty and human storytelling from the heart.

Produced by: Paul Cuddeford, Steve Baker and David Walter for Score Production Music

Paul Cuddeford began his career as an assistant engineer at Ridge Farm Studios and then spent several years in the US playing guitar with Rick Dufay (ex-Aerosmith). Paul has since worked with a variety of acts including Sir Bob Geldof, Ian Hunter (Mott The Hoople), Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, The Pogues, Holy Holy (featuring Tony Visconti, Woody Woodmansey and Glenn Gregory), Marti Pellow, Robin Gibb, Pete Wylie (The Mighty Wah), Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet), Daphne Guinness, Reeves Gabrels (David Bowie, the Cure) and Lisa Ronson.

In early 2018 Paul was invited to perform in the house band at Shane MacGowan’s 60th birthday concert in Dublin and shared the stage with Johnny Depp, Nick Cave, Bono, Bobby Gillespie, Clem Burke, Glen Matlock and Steve Nieve.
In 2016 Paul toured the USA twice with Holy Holy playing David Bowie’s ‘The Man Who Sold The World’ album. The second tour included house band duties at the Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall performing with Debbie Harry, Cyndi Lauper, Jakob Dylan, Rickie Lee Jones, Perry Farrell, Cat Power and Esperanza Spalding amongst others.

Paul has also recorded many albums of production music in a variety of styles, including Rock, Punk, Indie, Blues, Acoustic Roots, World, Rockabilly and Folk. To date, he has over 1000 tracks registered with the Performing Rights Society.

Steve Baker has been composing professionally since his late teens having been introduced to EMI music as a session keyboardist, programmer and recording engineer.

Steve’s highly personal compositions continue to enjoy considerable international success across all media, with an extensive and varied catalogue of thousands of titles from choral and voice, orchestral, pop, rock, jazz, alternative, children’s, to world music, minimalism and solo piano.

Steve’s work can be found at EMI Production Music (formerly KPM Music) West One Music, The Scoring House and Imagem Production Music (composing as Steve Adams)

A multi-instrumentalist, Steve writes and records from his studio and home in London’s Camden Town, where he also works as Producer on multi-composer albums for EMI and on independent jazz releases.

For more information on the composer: www.stevebakermusic.com

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