Hailing from the blues capitol of Chicago, Stevie cut his teeth with the likes of blues/jazz great Pete Cosey (Miles Davis, Muddy Waters) before moving westward to Los Angeles in 1997. Continuing on as a hired gun, he wrote, recorded and toured with new rock groups from Warner Bros., Arista, and Wind-Up Records before landing a dream gig as half the guitar team (with Keith Nelson) for the platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated Buckcherry.