This obviously helped with his musical development. They had now moved to the west side of Detroit and a neighbour who was leaving the area left him a piano and the local Lions club gave him a decent set of drums one Christmas. A friendly barber gave him a four holed harmonica on a chain. This was usually smashed to bits by Boxing Day though. Early influences were Johnny Ace, Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, the Coasters and Nat King Cole.īuying Christmas presents was easy as he was always banging pots and pans so drums were a good present. Stevie’s interest in music came from listening to local radio station WCHB were he heard various R&B singers. They settled though in Breckenridge one of the worst slums were everybody worked for the Ford motor company and the kids were always in trouble. When he was four Stevie’s family moved to Detroit in search of a better life. Stevie s father could cope with the burden of bringing up a blind child and left the family. His mother Lula Hardaway had already had two healthy children Milton and Calvin. At the hospital in Michigan too much oxygen was pumped into two incubators, one girl died but Steveland survived but was left blind. Steveland Morris was born on in Michigan USA.
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