Stargazer Lily’s Singer Formerly Known as Steph Hayes Shares Story of Becoming a Man

From Philadelphia Weekly:
In the years since first breaking out in the early 1990s with seminal Philly band Stargazer Lily, Steph Hayes has graced almost every local stage and countless others across the country while playing in different projects: There’s the solo stuff, sometimes with back-up band the Good Problems, plucking bass with Chris Schutz and the Tourists, plus a regular gig singing back-up alongside Stargazer Lily co-founder Sue Rosetti for slide-guitar impresario Slo-Mo.

Socially, a relaxed rock-star swagger and a chiseled porcelain face has long made Hayes a heartthrob to lesbians in this town.

But while almost everyone in Philadelphia knows Steph Hayes, it’s just now becoming common knowledge that for years, Hayes struggled with a secret burden.

Read more HERE.

Steph – thank you so much for the years of music and for being such a great person through and through. We wish you all the best in future endeavors and can’t wait to have you on our stage again.

Tara – we’re sorry if you got fired for mentioning The Grape Room in this article.

Listen to (the recently reunited) Stargazer Lily’s new song, “With Love”

From thekey.xpn.org:
In the late ’90s and early ’00s, hard-working Philly foursome Stargazer Lily straddled the boundaries between coffee-shop folk, Khyber Pass rock-n-roll, and alternative radio pop. They called it quits in 2005 after three full-length albums, a twangy country EP (under the name Starlazer Gilly), and countless late-night, boozy performances at what was then called The Grape Street Pub. Songwriting duo Steph Hayes and Sue Rosetti continued working together as part of the Slo-Mo and Mic Wrecka ensemble, and Steph keeps plenty busy on her own, fronting The Good Problems, releasing solo material, backing up North Lawrence Midnight Singers, and hosting open mics at the recently rechristened Grape Room. But nostalgia came calling, and last weekend, Stargazer reunited for two sold-out performances at The Grape Room.

Read more HERE.

Stargazer Lily: 2nd Show Added

After selling out The Grape Room in record time, Stargazer Lily has added a second show. Sure this will technically be the ‘first of two shows’, but tickets are now available for Friday, May 6.

Click HERE to purchase advance tickets.

Live Review: Pawnshop Roses, The Violet Tone, Steph Hayes, Mike Pfeiffer – 03/11/11 performances

From onefanatatime.com:
“In some ways Pawnshop Roses is unclassifiable, non-genre specific, multi-style music goodness – and that’s what I call an incredible band.  Last night’s show was a lot of fun, great performance, and the new material is superb.”

Read more HERE.