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Steve Curnutte
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Steven Douglas Curnutte, born October 21, 1967 in Charleston, West Virginia is an American songwriter and artist from the 1990's turned entrepreneur. Following graduation from Wake Forest University in 1991, Curnutte released 11 independent records and toured nationally along the college circuit before signing to Capitol Records in Los Angeles. Curnutte was part of the cultural trend towards acoustic guitar and singer songwriter music following the grunge rock explosion of the early 90's. Accolades and accomplishments include winner of the New Folk Finalist Award at the storied Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville, Texas, writer of top 20 songs for other artists such as the song Nickajack for The River Road Band, and writer of songs for major movies such as the song Dilated Eyes for the Bill Pullman movie 'The Guilty.' He was a performer on the famous radio program Mountain Stage. Curnutte was also part of the Do It Yourself (DIY) trend of the mid 90's that was fueled by the emergence of the Internet. He founded Yatata Publishing and Marengo Records and later sold them toward the end of the decade. Since the end of the 1990's, Curnutte founded and sold a financial services company, two mortgage companies, and title company in Tennessee and has become embedded in the entrepreneurial start up scene of the region. He has served as local President of the world wide Entrepreneurs' Organization (2006), spoken on the topic of the recent credit crisis at Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management, provided expert witness services in area of investment property lending, quoted in publications ranging from the Wall Street Journal to SmartMoney.com, made multiple appearances on news programs like FoxNews Studio B and Money for Breakfast, and maintains an economics column at Mortgages and the Credit Crunch. Most recently, he sold Finworth Mortgage Finworth Mortgage to InsBank 2008 and currently runs their mortgage division. He is the author of the upcoming book Mortgage Cocktail, a book detailing the mortgage crisis from the vantage of an insider, and speaks on the topic regionally. Discography * A New Song EP, 1987 * Nobody Loves/Promises EP, 1988 * Basement Tapes/Alice in Wonderland EP, 1989 * Think Again, Marengo Records 1991 * Rumble of the Ages, Marengo Records 1993 * CrackerJack, Marengo Records 1995 * Alive, Marengo Records 1996 * Dusty Creek Live, Marengo Records 1997 * Lackey Blue, Marengo Records 1997 * Lackey Green, Marengo Records 1997 * Lackey Copper, Marengo Records 1998 * Curnutte, Live at the Light Opera House Guild, Marengo Records 1998 * Forgotten How to Walk, Capitol Records (unreleased) 1999 
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