Stevie  began his musical path as bassist/lyricist in 80's Kettering post punk trio Voices Of Sin. Witnessing Justin Sullivan and Billy Bragg perform solo live inspired him to go alone - switching to acoustic; busking and playing floor spots at local folk clubs. He spent time in Germany extensively gigging in the duo Acres Wild and then solo in Dublin, soaking up the city’s vibrant open mic scene. Back in the East Midlands during the early 2000s he began a close musical partnership with guitarist Mark Gill building up a reputation as a solid acoustic/rock act playing festival slots including Summer Sundae and Big Session, sharing bills with the likes of The Levellers, Show Of Hands and Macy Gray.

The full band Stevie Jones and The Wildfires soon took priority - releasing two studio albums; the 2015 debut 'Stratigraphic Heart' and 2018’s 'Angels and Sirens’.  Shifting to an edgier rock direction they played gigs nationally and received  airplay on Planet Rock and performed at HRH Crows gaining favourable reviews. A solo acoustic album 'Come In From The Rain', written mainly during lockdown and inspired greatly by walks in nature, was released in 2020. Many of the songs from it became full band arrangements to feature on the 2023 Wildfires album ‘Clarity In Dusk’ which Blues Matters referred to as “their sound is very much their own and I can’t think of anyone writing today that has such poetry in the lyrics or the ability to back them up”.
 

In 2024 Stevie headed back to Deadline Studios to work again with producer Adam Ellis and an intended acoustic EP soon developed into the fourth Wildfires full release - the 8 track album ‘Getting There’. This set a new direction with covers of The Waterboys and City and Colour included and which Stevie describes as ‘Some of the most emotional songs I’ve ever put down’. The album was well received with the single ‘Genuine’ featured on BBC Introducing and the video was rotated on Roku TV gaining considerable coverage in South America. 

At the end of 2025 after two final stints of UK touring Stevie put the band the band on indefinite hiatus.  Forging a new musical partnership with Peterborough guitarist Dean Sheldrick  he is now  focusing on a retrospective acoustic album and  also writing an accompanying lyric book/memoir .

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