Steve McWilliams began playing music at age 6, on the piano…which was a family requirement of his musician mother.  Around age 12, he picked up the trumpet, playing in the middle school band.  The music instructor at the middle school started a guitar class after school.  Steve, his brother David, and three dozen or so fellow students showed up to begin their drive to rock-n-roll stardom.  About 5 or 6 of them stuck with the class, Steve and David included.  Over the next couple of years they were exposed to the music of the Beatles, Cream, Stones, Eagles, Doobie Brothers, and Chicago.  The music of these artists continues to be Steve's major influences. 

Recognizing the boys' natural aptitude for music, their parents purchased a Gibson SG guitar for David and a Fender Precision Bass for Steve.  Soon they started a band with friends, playing covers from the bands listed above and Top-40 songs.

Steve continued to hone his musical skills over the years, singing duets with his wife Debbie at church and at weddings, and playing bass with church orchestras.  A founding member of the Bay Bridge Band, Steve's vocals and precise bass notes fills the band's music with a tremendous bottom-end sound.

Steve's day job has taken him around the South, living in Alabama, Georgia, and finally returning to Northwest Florida.  Now retired, Steve and Debbie are enjoying time with their two adult children and spouses, and with one grandchild.