Steve Waddington Music

“Steve One and the Shades” was a popular S.F. Bay Area power-pop band that shared stages with fellow 'up-and-comers' such  as Chris Isaak, Eddie and the Tide, Night Ranger, Ronnie Montrose and more.  Steve penned all the songs on their album “Once in a Lifetime”. The Gavin Report said "Steve One and his Shades possess a remarkable talent and the ambitious songwriting and personality skills which nowadays separates the 'wannabees' from the 'doers'".  Later, East Bay Ray had written a few new songs for his solo, non-DK project, and had Steve do the lead vocals. This venture produced the UK hit "Trouble In Town".
http://www.soundclick.com/steveoneandtheshades

When Steve One and the Shades broke up at the end of the 80's, Steve spent a few years in the studio writing, singing, producing and playing guitar on a couple of projects, most notably "St. Christopher's Sin" with Shades' guitarist and co-producer Terry 'T.K.' Kincannon, and "Mr. Majstyk", a solo project, both labled as adult alternative rock/pop. These sessions, as well as outtakes and demos, are still played regularly on SoundClick and BroadJam. 

http://www.soundclick.com/mrmajstyk

Steve played "Dino" in a Rat Pack Tribute Show at the Viejas Casino. When David Wolf, top Jerry Lewis Tribute artist, saw Steve, he booked him in "A Tribute to Martin & Lewis". When Michael B. Levin was looking for a "Dino" for his show "The Rat Pack Encore", he booked Steve. That lead to a couple of other national Rat Pack shows and tours. Skip E. Lowe had Steve on three of his syndicated TV shows and he became a regular member of the Monday night showcase in Beverly Hills, where he met keyboardist David Moscoe.

With Dave Moscoe as MD and keyboardist, he started assembling a band made up of the finest musicians in Southern California. This band would cover everything "FROM RAT PACK TO ROCK &"ROLL". Wanting only the best, Steve realized that these players would be in high demand from still-touring big name acts, so Steve and Dave built up a pool of alternate pro musicians from which to draw for various shows. This lead to the creation of "The Retro-Rockin' All-Stars",  which would become "The Retro-Rockers". This concept assures that every show has the top talent available. The stellar reputation of the show grew, which ultimately lead to his appearances on the Jimmy Kimmel Live stage and numerous club and casino gigs, as well as private parties and corporate events. Eventually Steve started adding his more show-oriented tributes, Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond in particular, and as these segments of the show grew by popular demand, offers of individual tribute shows started coming in. Steve continues to use the platform of his band's club performances to introduce new features and tributes, such as the ever-growing  "Johnny Rivers A Go Go",  the elemental "Sons of Sun" (a salute to the Sun Records artists),  "the hippy-dippy sixties groove thing" and to perfect, expand and "road test" new material for the existing tribute shows. This keeps the shows unpredictable,  fresh, exciting, and keeps the fans coming back for more!