Steven Kent Music
Steven Kent
Stage name · bookings · country singer-songwriter
Called the rock-a-billy cowboy crooner. Born San Francisco, raised in Marin, then Los Angeles, Nashville, fifteen years at Rawhide in Arizona, now Healdsburg. Traditional country, western, rock and roll, gospel — a baritone built for Cash, King, and original songs.
First singer-songwriter single “Would He Believe” hit #1 on Netherlands country radio in August and September 2012. He produced Dream & Believe, and is writer and publisher (BMI, Steven Kent Music) of the originals. Cash & King is a one-of-a-kind musical celebration: 180 minutes, 20 minutes between sets — come for one, or both. Steven shares his personal stories of meeting them both.
The line
Teens
Shook hands with Elvis
Backstage in Las Vegas. The meeting that never left the set list.
Early ’80s
Wrote Lonely Bed
Steven’s song. Barbara Orbison later called: Roy had just finished Mystery Girl, planned to record more, and felt this one would fit. Roy never cut it. He passed December 6, 1988, after coming off tour. Steven cut it on Dream & Believe.
1990
Met Johnny Cash
Knott’s Berry Farm, via Earl Poole Ball. Cash looked twelve feet tall.
Phoenix
Rawhide years
Western theme-park stages. Nightly country, built the voice and the book.
2012
Dream & Believe
Studio debut. Would He Believe becomes the Elvis-week staple.
2013
Healdsburg
Adopted hometown. Wine-country rooms, Raven Theater, North Bay circuit.
2017
Cash & King premieres
Spreckels, then the Raven — turned into a sold-out fire-relief night.
2026
The relaunch
New site, SK merch without Cash & King, the five-album catalog, Elvis Week 2027 holds.
Press
“Dream & Believe is a must for all Country Music Fans.”
“Wow, we have broken all records with the overwhelming response for this new song by Steven Kent, Don’t Make Me Cry Anymore. They are just LOVING IT.”
“A true professional from start to finish… one of the best performers we have ever seen.”
