Steven Gage is from Columbus, Ohio and ended up in North Carolina because of family trips to the beach which carried him through the state. Liking what he saw in North Carolina, Steve attended college at Duke University in Durham. Steven was a radio DJ while in college. He also played various types of music in high school and college but has become interested in acoustic and folk music and the strongly needed steady bass "bottom" needed to anchor the rhythm for this type of music. The Raleigh News and Observer describes his playing as “rock steady”.

Steven graduated from Duke University and is a psychotherapist in Raleigh, NC.