Steve Hathhorn dies, sad news

I just got word that Steve Hathorn died, I didn’t know he was sick. I haven’t seem him in years but remember him for sure. Among other gigs, The Criminals played out our wedding. After I quit Cement Trampoline, they went on for a few gigs with Steve on bass. Sad news man.

Stephen Boyd Hathhorn
Dec. 20, 1951 — Nov. 16, 2004

A celebration of life service will be held Wednesday in Livermore for Tracy resident and musician Stephen Boyd Hathhorn, 52, who died Tuesday at the Hospice House in Stockton.
Born in Ukiah, Mr. Hathhorn lived in Cloverdale before moving to Livermore in 1959. He graduated with Livermore High School’s class of 1971. He moved to Tracy in the early 1990s.
Mr. Hathhorn was a test engineer for Solectron in Fremont, and was electronically gifted. A bass guitar player since junior high school, Mr. Hathhorn played in the early ’70s with his friend Forrest Frick in a band called Flickwood-Thorn, which later evolved into the popular Livermore band HomeGrown.
Mr. Hathhorn was most proud of playing with Ron Thompson and the Resistors, with whom he toured the United States and Canada and performed in venues including the San Francisco Blues Festival and the Monterey Jazz Festival. He was honored to have jammed with many blues greats, including Mick Fleetwood.
He was in many bands over the years, including Tycus, Lionel Applebee and the Backdoor Butchers, Crude Oil, First Offenders, The Criminals and Black Cat Bone. His greatest joy, other than his son, was playing the blues on his bass.
Mr. Hathhorn is survived by his wife of five years, Sally Harrison-Cuenca of Tracy; a son, Geoff Hathhorn of Las Vegas; three stepchildren, Joshua, Angela and Adam; two siblings, Stan Hathhorn of Craig, Colo., and Barbara Fajerdo of Salinas; and many nieces, nephews and dear friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Miriam Hathhorn.
Wednesday’s service will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the chapel of Callaghan Mortuary, 3833 East Ave., in Livermore. Interment will follow at St. Michael Cemetery, 3885 East Ave., in Livermore.
Memorial contributions in Mr. Hathhorn’s name may be made to the Stanford University School of Medicine’s liver cancer program, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford 94305; or to World Vision International, 800 W. Chestnut Ave., Monrovia, 91016-3198.

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