Like those troubadours of old, he’ll write a song about any story that comes his way. From love songs to politics, from tear-jerkers to thigh-slappers, from pop to honky-tonk, he covers the range of human experience. Who else could write a new song every week for Austin’s Hightower Radio, heard on over 100 stations coast-to-coast?

His fourth CD, "Fever," released January 10, is a timely collection of antiwar songs, inspired by 9/11 and the War on Terrorism. It's an inspiring sequel to 1999's "Sex, Lies and Videotape," the best of his Hightower songs. It follows up 1995’s country-flavored "Purgatory Road" and 1998’s intimate, acoustic "Bulletproof."

His awards include the Texas Songwriting Contest, finalist in the B.W. Stephenson Memorial Songwriting contest, KRCL Performing Songwriter Showcase, the Napa Valley Folk Festival and the Austin Songwriters Group.

He’s a master of words as well as music. In Austin, he’s known as six-time champion of the O.Henry Pun-Off - a feat which recently took him to Hollywood to appear on TV's "I've Got A Secret." He spices his concerts with recitations of his epic puns, like his reworking of the Gettysburg Address with the names of Texas towns, or his philosophy of food entitled “Tex-Mexistentialism.”

For years, he’s been one of Austin's best-kept secrets, quietly gathering fans among listeners, DJs and fellow songwriters alike. Lately, he’s started to hit the road, bringing his one-of-a-kind songs to audiences from Midland to Massachussetts.

Give Steve a listen, or check out his website at www.stevebrooks.net. You’ll hear echoes of those other famous Brookses - Garth and Mel - but you’ll hear a voice that’s all his own. If there's a common thread, it's about looking at the world from a slightly different angle than the one you're used to - or from several angles at once. As Steve puts it - a bit more poetically - "A single new star rearranges a whole constellation."