Steve's Bio

Steve Sanders-Guitarist/Backup Vocals

Steve started playing guitar at the early age of 10 and has been hooked ever since. With influences like Albert King, Albert Collins, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Beatles, Lester and Earl, the Grand Old Opera, Led Zeppelin, The Stones and so many others. It fed the fire to be a great musician and that fire still burns today.

Steve joined his first band in the 8^th grade called Shades of Grey. During this important period and through high school, Steve learned to play music the right way and even led him to play in the high school marching band!

In 1967 he honed his chops on local television shows in Louisville, KY on the Randy Archer Show and Bowling Green, KY on the Jim Kerson Show while still in high school. Soon after graduating he moved to Louisville, KY where he started playing in road bands playing all over the country. He also recorded demos for Falk Studios and soon signed with Triangle Talent Agency. He was well known as a great player and played with some of Kentucky’s best including The Epics, Tundra with musicians like Fred Cecil and Tommy Stribbing.

While working on a writing project with Adam Fields and recording as The Sander/Fields Project a long time friend Mark Johnson ask Steve if he would be interested in playing with The Fender Benders. After years of seeing the band play around the area, he jumped at the chance to join! Steve brings what the song needs and has become the musical director that the band has been looking for. Steve knows what to play and what not to play! That makes him the perfect fit in The New Fender Benders.