Stompin’ Steve Hathaway has hosted the weekly radio program, “The Cupertino Barndance,” for over 35 years on KKUP radio in Cupertino, California. The program features classic country music (50’s and 60’s honky tonk, western swing, bluegrass, rockabilly, and anything contemporary that fits). It airs 9 P.M. to Midnight, Sundays at 91.5 FM on the dial. The middle hour features a current release of either a new artist or reissue. He has also featured live in studio performances by local and touring country and rockabilly bands.
Stompin’ Steve is an avid country music collector with an extensive library of books, records (all formats: 78’s, 45’s, LP’s, CD’s, 16 inch transcriptions), photographs, 16mm films, and videos of country and jazz music. He has contributed to the liner notes and/or photos and received acknowledgements on several record reissues on such labels as Old Timey, Rambler, Western, Rhino, Country Routes, Bear Family, and Franklin Mint. More recently he has written notes for contemporary releases on the Startone, On-The-Hill, and Rhythm Bomb labels. Clips from his film collection have been used in television documentaries on PBS and TNN. He also contributed biographies for The Encyclopedia of Country Music (Oxford University Press). He also publishes the Western Swing Newsletter , an occasional aimed at record collectors and western swing music aficionados.
He also maintains a music calendar of rockabilly and twang shows for the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Online it can be found at Hicks With Sticks or subscribed to by joining the Yahoo! group SF_Twang.
Stompin’ Steve’s education background includes an A.A. in Liberal Arts from Foothill College (1969), a B.A. in History from San Jose State University (1970), and a lifetime Standard Teaching Credential - Secondary (1972). Retired from the United States Postal Service as a letter carrier (over 38 years), he now works with record distributor City Hall Records.
