Guitarist / singer Steve Gage grew up in the suburban bedroom community of La Mirada, California just outside of Los Angeles. He started playing guitar at the age of 8 taking guitar lessons at The Music Box in the La Mirada shopping center. Steve was a quick learner and within a short time he was recruiting some of his playmates from the neighborhood to play rock music. He formed his first band at age 11 and was soon playing local venues like Pepe's Pizza Parlor, the La Mirada Movie Theatre as well as many high school dances.

As it turns out, Steve's uncle, Ross Burdick was an A&R and promotions man for Paramount Recordings and Decca / London Records, the same label as The Rolling Stones. It has been said that the Jaggar/Richards composition, "Under the Assistance of a West Coast Promotions Man" was written about Steve's Uncle Ross. Uncle Ross was very influential in the shaping of the musical tastes of Steve by exposing him to the likes of jazz greats such as Stan Kenton, Billie Holiday, and Charlie Parker. But the acts that really caught little Steve's attention were the rock and R&B acts who where represented by Uncle Ross. Ross took Steve to many shows in the L.A. area, including the legendary T.A.M.I. show at the Santa Monica Civic Center. It was at that show that Steve met James Brown, The Beach Boys, along with many British invasion bands including the Rolling Stones. After the T.A.M.I show, Steve knew exactly what he really wanted to do in life is play music! (Uncle Ross was also a noted jazz photographer. Some of his pictures can be seen at www.ctsimages.com )