David Alexander John Steel is an Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He is a former member of folk rock group, Weddings Parties Anything (1985–88) and pop band, the Whipper Snappers (1990–91). Steel has issued seven solo albums, including one as leader of Dave Steel and the Roadside Prophets. He also released two albums as half of an eponymous duo with folk singer, Tiffany Eckhardt (2010–present). At the ARIA Music Awards he has been nominated for Best Indigenous Release for his debut single, The Hardest Part (October 1988) in 1989, for his fourth album, Cross My Palm, for Best Independent Release in 1994, and his seventh solo album, Home Is a Hard Thing to Find (August 2002), was nominated for Best Blues & Roots Album in 2002.