Ghostwriter

       Ghostwriter*  has performed  as a one-man stripped-down roots act for the last seventeen years, and released nine albums on his own  End of the West label. Dubbed  "the original punk-folk troubadour," Ghostwriter comes off  as a post-punk version of the Harry Smith era self-accompanied singer-songwriter. Ghostwriter has opened for icons Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and T-Model Ford, and played in festivals from Sleazefest in Chapel Hill to Not  the Same Old Blues Crap in London.  Ghostwriter’s2018 release String Noise and Dust combines feedback and finger picking with road imagery and painful love, while 2019’s Hard Luck Live is a raw   representation of Ghostwriter’s intense live performances. Known for his visceral songwriting and  DIY ethos, Ghostwriter blends influences from pre-war blues to noise-punk for an original take on American roots music.

       *Born  and raised in central Oregon, Steve Schecter  moved to Austin, TX. in 1996 where he formed and fronted Billy Swamp,  The Standards (originally American Standards), and End of the  West. By 2002, Steve Schecter started recording and touring  alone as Ghostwriter.  After moving back to Oregon for a few years in the interim, Schecter is  again living in Austin, TX.