Stephen Lee Veal's musical journey began just outside of Tulsa, his Mother a Lay Preacher & writer of poetry, his father singing Gospel and Country/Western/Cowboy Songs, playing a 1939 0-15 Martin Guitar which was handed down to Stephen Lee at 14. The family’s move to the Gulf Coast added Blues/Cajun/Swamp Rock to the mix of influences. Stephen Lee’s first cut was a Gospel Song in the early 70s. His song was recorded by the Gulf Coast Quartet, at Duane Allen’s (lead singer/Oak Ridge Boys) Studio in Hendersonville, TN and played on Gospel Radio throughout the southeast. Later, Stephen Lee’s songwriting lead him to Nashville where he wrote with several #1 hit writers and hosted a monthly ‘All Alabama Songwriters” round at the old Broken Spoke for three years running. Stephen has played 25 rounds at the Bluebird Cafe, and at the Bluebird, his “Mardi Gras Song”, co-written with Les Kerr,  is performed every Fat Tuesday by Les & his Bayou Band. On the Gulf Coast, Stephen Lee produced the monthly “Songwriters Saturday Showcase”, for six years, back when it was the only regular songwriters night on the central Gulf Coast.  Song Awards include Hanks Williams Festival 1st place, for “Feels Like Alabama."