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Guitar World
Guitar World
Entertainment
David Mead

“Chris Shiflett has this great AC30 from the ’60s; that’s the main amp on the album. That and a Princeton Reverb – until I blew it up”: How one-man blues rock band Steve Hill cheated death – then found redemption at Foo Fighters’ Studio 606

Steve Hill plays his TV Yellow Gibson Les Paul Junior Doublecut onstage, the background illluminated in green.

Watching Steve Hill play live really is a wonder to behold. Through a contrivance of simple tech, including a drumstick attached to his headstock to clout the cymbals of his drum kit, Steve can play drums, bass and guitar simultaneously – the 21st century’s answer to the traditional one-man band.

His latest album, Hanging On A String, has just hit the streets, but the journey to its release was far from straightforward, as he explains.

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