Steven Van Zandt, often known as Miami Steve is an American rock musician, a guitarist and an idol musician, an actor as well as a record producer. He has been associated with several musical groups like Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul and some others as well, but is best known for playing the lead guitar in Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. He and Bruce Springsteen were childhood friends, who after sharing an interest in music for several years, started working together and formed a band where Steve played the mandolin and guitar too. Since 1975, he also started out as a writer and has written many songs for Bruce, Born to Run, Freeze Out and many others. Similarly, he was also the writer for Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, and later became the producer of the band making many hit songs like “I don’t want to go home” and “Hearts of Stone” which were the signature records of this band. Between 1984 and 1999, he was not involved in any bands and used to work as a solo artist making soul music, to hard rock and later world music. He had released 4 albums during this time, and many of his songs were included in the Bill Board top 100 list. He, along with 49 other legendary singers formed the “Artists United Against Apartheid” activist group which boycotted the Sun City resort and it’s work in South Africa.
With his musical career a success, he didn’t do badly in other fields when he decided to go on and become an actor. He didn’t have any experience of acting and so he decided to audition for a role in the TV show named The Sopranos, where he played the role of Silvio Dante, a strip club owner. He has also appeared in some other movies as well as shows like: American Flyers (1985), Blood Brothers (1996) and also was seen in Lilyhammer. Lending his voice in the 2004 film Tussles in Brussels, he also introduced himself as a radio host starting his Little Steven's Underground Garage program in 2002. The show, that plays rock music from the 50s till the new ones, has become a sensation and is played in more than 200 cities across the US, as well in some other countries as well. A record artist, he has also started his own record company Wicked Cool Records since 2006 ans a year later started the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation. His success in so many fields has made him a big icon, and his fan following is huge from around the world.
Born on the November of 1950, Steve was raised in a small, middle- class family in Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA. He was an average student in school, but his passion of music and talent of playing a guitar made him a sensation. With hard work and a determination, he climbed the ladder of success one after another, and has seen the world from the top position. With a massive popularity in international market, he also has a good fan following in Twitter or Instagram. Similarly, his interviews an quotes are also searched and read highly, and his YouTube channel is also subscribed by more than 2 million people. With such big fan following, his net worth value is also pretty large, which stated $120 million USD by 2011.
| Birth Date: | 22 Nov, 1950 |
| Age: | 69 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Boston |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American musician |
| Spouse: | Maureen Van Zandt [M. 1982] |
| Net Worth 2021: | 80 million |
