GHOSTWRITER: The original punk-folk troubadour 

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           In 2002 Austin musician Steve Schecter (Billy Swamp, The Standards, End Of The West) hit the road as punk-folk troubadour Ghostwriter.  Using a homemade foot-percussion device, hollow-body guitar, harmonica, and banjo, Ghostwriter has been dubbed everything from ‘anarcho cow-punk’ to a 'one-man existential blues machine.’ An Austin rag once even touted him as ‘the most punk rock mother f*#ker in town.’ Whatever you want to call it, Ghostwriter is making real music at a time when it is scarce.

        Ghostwriter has toured the U.S. countless times and left five albums in his wake. Recently, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds requested Ghostwriter open their show in Portland (Crystal Ballroom, 09/22/08). Previously, Ghostwriter opened for T-Model Ford and toured opening for The Legendary Shack Shakers. Ghostwriter first started turning heads back in '03 and '04 opening for Dex Romweber all over the Midwest and East coast. Now, after playing festivals like Sleazefest in Chapel Hill -The Austin Creepout - Not The Same Old Blues Crap  in London, and being included in the 2008 film The Folksinger, Ghostwriter's brand of stripped-down American folk has been heard around the world.

        Ghostwriter moved from Austin to central Oregon in 2007. He is currently working on his sixth release and planning a West Coast tour for fall of 2010. His most recent lp, 'Wreck the City / simplify your life' is available on vinyl through End Of The West records.

    “Every band down here who purportedly plays “punk” music should actively seek out Ghostwriter performances, and try to learn a little something from this man. He plays at an emotional depth that basically spawned the genre. He isn't following any particular fashion or trend... He just plays at a level of arresting emotion and feeling, unlike most of Austin's "punk" community."

                                                                                          -Max Dropout. Let Them Eat Lead.  

     "The Creepout Showcase at Beerland is billed as a night of one-man bands, but don't tell that to Steve Schecter (aka Ghostwriter). He seems adamant that he's not a one-man band but just a solo artist. I'm inclined to let him call himself whatever he wants, because, frankly, he scares the hell out of me."

                                                                                           -Nicol Zoe. Austin Sound.

        “…pulling you into the strange world of a perpetual outsider that embodies the American spirit at its most gritty, true, and vital. Part John Wayne, part Charles Bukowski..”

                                                                                     -Ben Lybarger.  Rock n’ Roll purgatory

         “A haunted road-hog with a brimstone growl and guitar mixed hotter than Lucifer..”

                                                                                      -Christopher Gray.  The Austin Chronicle.

        "Bad Seed and NTSOBC friend Jim Sclavunos made us aware of this dude, when we heard him we had to drag him from his home in Austin, TX. to play at the 'Not The Same Old Blues Crap' punk blues festival with T-Model Ford."  

                                                                           - "This Is Punk Rock Blues Vol #1" 2005 Punk Rock Blues Records (London,UK.)

        “This was recommended to me on the basis of an intense and moody live performance that saw an unsuspecting, trendy, London audience being reduced to open-mouthed shock and awe."

                                                                    -Christopher Stevens.  Whisperin and Hollerin. (London, UK.)