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The Resource Page (credits and all that stuff)

Discography

Songs of the Stevedore, Dominion Records LPS 21005 - 1968
Hard Workin' Men - Boot Records BOS 7102 - 1971
I've Lived - Boot Records BOS 7111 - 1972
Lester The Lobster & Other Hits of Stevedore Steve - Boot Records Maritime Series -BTM 2004 - 1976
Miramichi Folk Song Festival, Waterfront Records - 1994
To The Workin' Man, Waterfront Records - 1995
Maritime Fun, Waterfront Records - 1995
New Brunswick Spirit, Volume 1 - Stevedore Steve Productions RDRCD-1757 - 1995

Books: mentions of Stevedore Steve Foote

Stompin' Tom: Story & Song - story by Steve Foote, 1975 - published by Crown-Vetch Music Inc.
Stompin' Tom: Before The Fame - Autobiography with many mentions of Steve Foote throughout - published by Viking Press, Penguin Books of Canada, 1995
Singing About Us - compilation of stories and songs by Bob Davis and Bruce Burron - published by james Lorimer & Company, Toronto, 1976
On A Cold Road by Dave Bidini - mentions a sighting of Stevedore Steve pg 194 - published by McClelland & Stewart Inc, Toronto 1998

Album Covers drawn by Steve Foote

Tales of the Donnelly Feud by Earl Heywood, HR Records - LPS 105 - 1979 (originally released on Dominion Records circa 1969) No mention on the cover crediting the artist.
Stompin' Tom Connors Sings 60 Old Time Favourites, Dominion Records STC 1 circa 1970. (Front and back of box set featured Western line drawings. No mention of artist)
Stompin' Tom Connors Sings 60 Old Time Favourites, Boot Records STC 1, 1972. (Re-release of Dominion box set but with a slightly different front cover (dog on porch) and no drawing on back)
Stompin' Tom Connors Sings 60 More Old Time Favourites, Boot Records STC 2, 1971. (Second volume box set with Western line drawing on front cover)
Stompin' Tom Meets Muk Tuk Annie, Boot Records BOS-7146, 1974. (Front cover features three of Steve's drawings 'cartoonesque')
Stompin' Tom Sings The North Atlantic Squadron and other Favourites, Boot Records BOS 7153, 1975. (Front cover coloured line drawing).

Cronology of Steve Foote
(Dates may not be 100% accurate)

1937 - Born: Saint John, New Brunswick
1944 - first meeting with Tom Connors in Saint John Hospital
1951 - met Tom Connors in a Saint John greesy spoon
1952 - beginning of many travels across Canada, the US and Mexico. Starts using the nickname 'Duke'.
1962 - applies for a longshoreman's position and union card
1964 - begins performing around Saint John before continuing his travels
1966 - Takes up residency in Toronto.
1967 - signs with Dominion Records. Meets Jury Krytiuk who produces his first LP. Starts using the name Stevedore Steve.
1968 - meets and marries Gini - honeymoons at Britt, Ontario. Releases Songs of the Stevedore.
1971 - Records second album, this time with the fledgeling Boot Records label. Draws the Boot Records logo.
1972 - Records another album with Boot
1974 - Hosts TV show on Toronto's CITY-TV called 'The Stevedore Steve Show'.
1976 - Releases a greatest hits album on Boot
1977 - Quits the music business - claims bankruptcy. Takes up residency in Saint John.
1978 - Sells his guitar and stops thinking music
1988 - stranger knocks on his door claiming he has Steve's original guitar. Gerry Taylor rediscovers Stevedore Steve. Steve Fruitman & Kevin Nan track down Stevedore Steve.
1991 - Inducted into the New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Fame
1993 - featured on ATV program 'At Home Tonight'
1994 - releases his first album in nearly two decades. Performs at Miramichi Festival
1995 - issues several albums, including his first CD
1998 - retires from music business with large gala send-off in Saint John

All information in this portfolio of Stevedore Steve Foote was written by me, Steve Fruitman, for The Great North Wind. All information, to the best of my knowledge, is accurate, however even with the best of intentions, mistakes do happen. If you spot anything questionable, please contact me with correct information.

Thanks to Gerry Taylor, a remarkable journalist, completely in love with his work, for having supported the spirit of Stevedore Steve. He, more than anyone I can think of, encouraged Steve to get back into music.

Also, thanks to Ossie Branscombe of the Country Music Store, Toronto; Paul Lyon, Toronto; Maggie Fruitman, Toronto; Tom Connors, Erin; Bob Davis and Bruce Burron, Toronto; Raymond Foote, Saint John; Ned Landry, Saint John; The Saint John Museum; Marie Beattie, Arnprior; Kevin Nan, Toronto; Sandy MacIntyre, Toronto; and anyone else whom I have forgotten to mention.

And lastly, to the Stevedore and Gini.