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      • Steve Azar knew that someday he would leave his Mississippi Delta home of Greenville to pursue his own life in music.
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  2. Nov 9, 2020 · Americana singer-songwriter Steve Azar’s long road home from Nashville wound through music venues across the US, down interstate highways and under big-city lights, for two decades. But it began before he ever left the Mississippi Delta.

  3. STORY. Steve Azar knew that someday he would leave his Mississippi Delta home of Greenville to pursue his own life in music.

  4. Feb 10, 2018 · Even though his agents told him he was “too Mississippi,” he felt he owed everything to the Delta because the region created him. His roots pulled him back to Greenville 20 years later. Upon his return, Azar said, he realized children needed exposure to the arts.

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  5. Oct 11, 2019 · The main fundraiser is the annual Delta Soul Celebrity Golf & Charity Event that is held in Azar's hometown of in Greenville, Mississippi.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Steve_AzarSteve Azar - Wikipedia

    As Azar largely writes his own songs, he has stated that he can "only write what I know, and I know the Delta". In particular, he said that his uncle Joe Nosef, a former mayor of Clarksdale, Mississippi who died of cancer at age 35, was one of the main inspirations behind "Waitin' on Joe". [3]

  7. Mar 30, 2021 · The article delves into Steve's work as the artist in residence at the Delta Music Institute over the past decade, his charitable foundation, his role as music and cultural ambassador of Mississippi and his latest recordings in Studio A on the campus.

  8. When writing songs, Azar keeps his Mississippi Delta heritage in mind. "From the cover, to inside, and everything written inside that I wrote, brought me home to the Mississippi Delta which is another huge influence on my songs." For the "Waitin' On Joe" video, Azar went back to the Mississippi Delta to shoot the video.