Steve played Violin the the band ELO. Sadly committed suicide in 1971.
Born May. ?, 1946, Bilston in the Black Country, England.
He was The Electric Light Orchestra's Violinist in 1971.
Steve went to Birmingham University in the late 60's. He was an excellent violinist and he had quite good friends. He quit the course at the end of his second year in Summer 1969 and moved away.
He came originally from Bilston (in the Black Country) and that would certainly make sense of his association with Roy Wood whom, wich was living near Stourbridge at the time. In fact Roy Wood was driving down Stourbridge High Street in a brown Rolls Royce a couple of years later.
After graduation Steve was working near Dudley.
Steve Woolam played violin in the first The Electric Light Orchestra album. But only on Jeff Lynne tracks ! It's Nellie Takes Her Bow, Mr. Radio, Manhattan Rumble and Queen of the Hours. It is easy to hear the violin on those tracks. Steve Woolam was never really a part of The Electric Light Orchestra. He was a studio musician. The tracks of Roy Wood seemed like his own solo project, except maybe the First Movement, which was his best track in that album.
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Steve Woolam's nephew tells:
"I may be able to fill in some of the blanks and give you some extra info".
"You are correct, he did commit suicide by jumping in 1971, a fact that my family have struggled to deal with even to this day. It was'nt wholly to do with him leaving the group, he met the wrong women unfortunately, that drained him financially and led him onto drugs. Also a major fall out with Roy Wood we think was a factor in him taking his own life. On his death, my grandfather and father had to identify the body. A comment above about him not really being a member of the The Electric Light Orchestra and that he was just a studio violinist is completely inaccurate. He indeed co-wrote alot of the tracks on the first album, a fact I think Roy Wood would agree with."
I credit:
http://www.10538overture.dk/Members%20of%20ELO%20and%20Relatives/Steve%20Woolam%20(ELO)/Fronts/steve_woolam.html
Born May. ?, 1946, Bilston in the Black Country, England.
He was The Electric Light Orchestra's Violinist in 1971.
Steve went to Birmingham University in the late 60's. He was an excellent violinist and he had quite good friends. He quit the course at the end of his second year in Summer 1969 and moved away.
He came originally from Bilston (in the Black Country) and that would certainly make sense of his association with Roy Wood whom, wich was living near Stourbridge at the time. In fact Roy Wood was driving down Stourbridge High Street in a brown Rolls Royce a couple of years later.
After graduation Steve was working near Dudley.
Steve Woolam played violin in the first The Electric Light Orchestra album. But only on Jeff Lynne tracks ! It's Nellie Takes Her Bow, Mr. Radio, Manhattan Rumble and Queen of the Hours. It is easy to hear the violin on those tracks. Steve Woolam was never really a part of The Electric Light Orchestra. He was a studio musician. The tracks of Roy Wood seemed like his own solo project, except maybe the First Movement, which was his best track in that album.
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Steve Woolam's nephew tells:
"I may be able to fill in some of the blanks and give you some extra info".
"You are correct, he did commit suicide by jumping in 1971, a fact that my family have struggled to deal with even to this day. It was'nt wholly to do with him leaving the group, he met the wrong women unfortunately, that drained him financially and led him onto drugs. Also a major fall out with Roy Wood we think was a factor in him taking his own life. On his death, my grandfather and father had to identify the body. A comment above about him not really being a member of the The Electric Light Orchestra and that he was just a studio violinist is completely inaccurate. He indeed co-wrote alot of the tracks on the first album, a fact I think Roy Wood would agree with."
I credit:
http://www.10538overture.dk/Members%20of%20ELO%20and%20Relatives/Steve%20Woolam%20(ELO)/Fronts/steve_woolam.html
Steve played Violin the the band ELO. Sadly committed suicide in 1971.
Born May. ?, 1946, Bilston in the Black Country, England.
He was The Electric Light Orchestra's Violinist in 1971.
Steve went to Birmingham University in the late 60's. He was an excellent violinist and he had quite good friends. He quit the course at the end of his second year in Summer 1969 and moved away.
He came originally from Bilston (in the Black Country) and that would certainly make sense of his association with Roy Wood whom, wich was living near Stourbridge at the time. In fact Roy Wood was driving down Stourbridge High Street in a brown Rolls Royce a couple of years later.
After graduation Steve was working near Dudley.
Steve Woolam played violin in the first The Electric Light Orchestra album. But only on Jeff Lynne tracks ! It's Nellie Takes Her Bow, Mr. Radio, Manhattan Rumble and Queen of the Hours. It is easy to hear the violin on those tracks. Steve Woolam was never really a part of The Electric Light Orchestra. He was a studio musician. The tracks of Roy Wood seemed like his own solo project, except maybe the First Movement, which was his best track in that album.
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Steve Woolam's nephew tells:
"I may be able to fill in some of the blanks and give you some extra info".
"You are correct, he did commit suicide by jumping in 1971, a fact that my family have struggled to deal with even to this day. It was'nt wholly to do with him leaving the group, he met the wrong women unfortunately, that drained him financially and led him onto drugs. Also a major fall out with Roy Wood we think was a factor in him taking his own life. On his death, my grandfather and father had to identify the body. A comment above about him not really being a member of the The Electric Light Orchestra and that he was just a studio violinist is completely inaccurate. He indeed co-wrote alot of the tracks on the first album, a fact I think Roy Wood would agree with."
I credit:
http://www.10538overture.dk/Members%20of%20ELO%20and%20Relatives/Steve%20Woolam%20(ELO)/Fronts/steve_woolam.html
Born May. ?, 1946, Bilston in the Black Country, England.
He was The Electric Light Orchestra's Violinist in 1971.
Steve went to Birmingham University in the late 60's. He was an excellent violinist and he had quite good friends. He quit the course at the end of his second year in Summer 1969 and moved away.
He came originally from Bilston (in the Black Country) and that would certainly make sense of his association with Roy Wood whom, wich was living near Stourbridge at the time. In fact Roy Wood was driving down Stourbridge High Street in a brown Rolls Royce a couple of years later.
After graduation Steve was working near Dudley.
Steve Woolam played violin in the first The Electric Light Orchestra album. But only on Jeff Lynne tracks ! It's Nellie Takes Her Bow, Mr. Radio, Manhattan Rumble and Queen of the Hours. It is easy to hear the violin on those tracks. Steve Woolam was never really a part of The Electric Light Orchestra. He was a studio musician. The tracks of Roy Wood seemed like his own solo project, except maybe the First Movement, which was his best track in that album.
************************
Steve Woolam's nephew tells:
"I may be able to fill in some of the blanks and give you some extra info".
"You are correct, he did commit suicide by jumping in 1971, a fact that my family have struggled to deal with even to this day. It was'nt wholly to do with him leaving the group, he met the wrong women unfortunately, that drained him financially and led him onto drugs. Also a major fall out with Roy Wood we think was a factor in him taking his own life. On his death, my grandfather and father had to identify the body. A comment above about him not really being a member of the The Electric Light Orchestra and that he was just a studio violinist is completely inaccurate. He indeed co-wrote alot of the tracks on the first album, a fact I think Roy Wood would agree with."
I credit:
http://www.10538overture.dk/Members%20of%20ELO%20and%20Relatives/Steve%20Woolam%20(ELO)/Fronts/steve_woolam.html
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