Stereo Embers The Podcast 0025: Steve Barton (Translator)

“Steve Barton Didn’t Have A Plan”

When college rock favorites Translator broke up in the mid-‘80s, singer Steve Barton didn’t have a plan as to what he was going to do next. So he did what he does best: He wrote songs. With a series of winning solo albums under his belt and Translator back together and putting out records, the L.A.-born Barton talks to Alex about songwriting, his life with Translator and his new triple album Tall Tales And Alibis. He also talks a bit about his father, Wire Train and Brandi Carlisle…