Road Food: Steve Jones // Stylusboy
Stylusboy is the acoustic creation of Steve Jones, a Coventry bred guitarist and vocalist. He cut his teeth playing guitar and bass for a number of bands, and gigging extensively before finally stripping down his sound, and venturing into the wilderness to produce his own personal blend of lo-fi alternative folk. He’s about to release his EP Whole Picture via Lazy Acre Records on June 6th and dropped us an email recently about some of his foodie stories from the road.
I am a big fan of food. I am a vegetarian and have been for a number years. There aren’t many foods that I don’t like apart from celery and olives, unless they are chopped up into tiny, tiny, tiny pieces and mixed in with other things! I love to cook at home and I am big fan of pastas, salads cheeses and roasted vegetables! Quite often when I play gigs I arrive to soundcheck around the times when I get hungry!
Sometimes I will have had something to eat before I head out which is often cheese on toast and the good old jam on toast. I play a regular gig at restaurant and bar called Ego in Kenilworth. They serve amazing Mediterranean foods so I often eat there and order a mozzarella, beef tomato and basil salad!
I drink a lot of fruit teas and often enjoy lemon and ginger tea before gigs as it really helps my throat. I remember playing at the Tin Angel in Coventry one December when I had a pretty rough voice so I spent the time beforeI was due to play not saying a lot and drinking lots of ginger tea. It really did the trick and my voice was fine throughout the gig.
Feta cheese sandwiches with carrot pickle are amazing. Often on the way back from gigs I get peckish and stop at garages and get chocolate which often keeps my going. I am very much a dairy milk man!
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