Name a type of music; Steve's done it. All this feeds into bluegrass drive and sensitivity that adds just the right compliment to both the driving and the sweet songs that the band does. He's the instrumental tie-down, always on top of an arrangement and any spot that needs an instrumental touch.

With a long history of band roles in Georgia, his professionalism is topped only by his wit on stage, which keeps the band going in  reparte that ranges from the ridiculous to the sublime. "The main thing I have learned to do is listen; to compliment the incredible   singing in this group. I am always evolving, just as our band and our sound is. The band never gets old for me. Every set is an opportunity to see what I can do, and I come off stage grateful first time we've played." Steve adds bass singing on the gospel,  sings baritone and lead, and keeps the band on track with lead singing on fresh traditional tunes the band revives from bluegrass roots.

Steve Sosebee plays Mandolin, Fiddle, sings lead, baritone and bass vocals with "Fontanna Sunset". No less important, he's the good   humor man on stage, never missing a chance to fill any spot of dead air with a joke or story. (Sometimes it's questionable whether the dead air comes alive with his jokes but that doesn't stop Steve... just kidding, of course!)

Steve also has a playing history with Frances that goes back 24 years. He sings the more traditional bluegrass songs and bass on gospel songs. Steve was one of the original members of "Indian Summer" along with Frances and is a long-term player in the regional Bluegrass community. His musical tastes are informed by a love of all music, and Steve can change all the way to the other side of music and play lead electric guitar and sing "Good Womans Love", which his wife really enjoys.

Steve keeps audiences laughing with his jokes, which, needless to say, include back and forth teasing members of Fontanna Sunset.

Steve sees his role as to compliment Fontanna Sunset (in the music too!) and to give the band versatile, sensitive lead playing that truly fits with the song. "You're not out on your own when you are a lead player," Steve says. "You are actually more tied to what is going on in the band than if you play rhythm, which must set the foundation on it's own, by itself. Lead, on the other hand, needs to be the voice that comes in in between the vocal lines and verses. This is an area I'm still growing. I try to feel the real message of the song and play in a way that supports the singing. Our material stretches me a lot. I also love being in front of an audience, and to relate to the audience while on stage, through the music and M.C. work. We do a lot of joking as a band, because we want to share the fun we have as a group, and that brings the audience into the band, as if they're with you in the living room. It's a kind of intimacy we try to create with the audience, no matter how big the venue is." 

"This band is a dream for me. The talent keeps me awed and on my toes and growing a lot. Come see a show and I’ll tell you a banjo joke….