Steve Ouimette


Stephen "Steve" Ouimette is a rock guitarist. He is known for performing a cover version of the hit song "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" for the video game , in which the parts played on the fiddle are instead played on an electric guitar by Ouimette, Ed DeGenaro and Geoff Tyson. Aside from this track, Ouimette also recorded seven other songs for the game, and also made a version of the Christmas carol "We Three Kings" released as downloadable content for Guitar Hero III, noted for its extreme difficulty and inspiring several YouTube videos of people attempting, and often failing, to perform the song.
In the early 1990s, he played guitar as a session member of the San Francisco-based hard rock band T-Ride, alongside Geoff Tyson. He was also associated with the 1980s rock group Snaketrain.
On October 12, 2010, Ouimette released the digital version of his solo debut album, EPIC. The physical version, which contained a bonus DVD, was released on October 26, 2010.

Discography

With Snaketrain

Guitars

Gibson Les Paul's, Godin Redline, Richmond Dorchester, Fender Nocaster, Baritones, Greco, Hamer, Vox, Jazz Bass, P-Bass, various vintage and modern acoustics.

Amplifiers

Ouimette uses a wide variety of vintage and modern guitars and amps. He endorses , and Strings. He also collects and plays homemade and exotic instruments like the Marx-o-Chime, Greek bouzouki, GuitarViol, mandolin, cigar box guitars and ukulele.

Video Game Contributions

''[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]''