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Biography
Born in the small town of Centralia, Illinois, Corey Stevens never just says he is from Illinois. After hearing, "Oh, from Chicago?" a few too many times, he has learned the succinct way to put it: "I'm from Southern Illinois - an hour east of St. Louis." St. Louis is where he saw his first baseball game and where he saw the Rolling Stones twice on the same day. He says, "St. Louis is where I went to and saw the huge crowds and came home with big dreams."
But, Centralia was where he grew up, diligently honing his guitar playing and soaking up middle America. "My grandfather put my first guitar in my hands and the story has become well known," says Stevens, referring to the liner notes of his second album, "Road To Zen." He continues, "But, the rest of the story is just growing up in a small town. I really liked it. All my friends complained of how boring it was, but, hey, it was where I was, and I made the most of it."
