Steve has been part of the Dundee music scene for over 40 years, playing with many artists and bands including Lorna Bannon, The Penny Dainties, The Funkin' Idiots, also as an avid Steely Dan fan he helped assemble Dundee tribute bands, The Bodacious Cowboys and The Danoraks.
More recently playing with pub and function bands Abandon, Dirty Work, occasionally appearing with the Eden and Woodlands big bands and even The East Coast Jazz men.

Nowadays he is busiest doing duo and trio work with Strings Attached alongside his wife Sheila Gaughan and drummer/vocalist Liam Brennan.
Steve is also involved in writing and co-writing with local musicians e.g. Derek Thomson, Donny Coutts, Lorna Bannon.