Steve Gee
(4/5/6 string and fretless basses / vocals)

A Brief History

1964 - First guitar, at age 10, was a Xmas present; it was a plastic-bodied 'Beatles signature' guitar bought from Woolworths. Long gone, these 'toy' guitars are now collectors items. ("Pity it was later lost in a house move").
1966 - Began guitar lessons at school having previously received first 'real' guitar, a Tatra Classic, bought from Berrys music store, Whitechapel, for the sum of ten guineas (or ten pounds and ten shillings in pre-decimal currency; £10.50 in todays money!).
1967 - Formed first band 'The Satellites' with school friends; wrote first song, 'Carnaby Street'.
1969 - Helped form first serious band, 'Artemis', age 15, starting as lead/rhythm guitarist and making transition to bass guitar.

1973/74 - Artemis featured on TV programme ‘Music Alive’ made by ILEA-TV (which also featured Frank Zappa, John Martyn and Kevin Coyne). GAMA Records, part of Decca Records, saw Artemis and were interested in signing them to the label, having already signed Camel. GAMA organised some recording sessions at Decca No. 1 Studio in Hampstead plus a support with Camel. Also supports with Capability Brown, Strider plus various festival appearances. Artemis almost(!) signed to Decca Records but for that companies decision at the time to concentrate finances on Camel. C'est la vie!
1975 - Artemis disbanded.
1976 - Started learning double-bass; two years studying with a private tutor.
1978 - Lived in Paris, France, recording and playing bass for American singer/songwriter Irv Mowrey on his 1979 album 'Continental Drift' (see discography), produced by Karel Beer and featuring various British, American and French muso's (including some from UK band Bachdenkel).
1978/79 - Also while in Paris, played bass for French pop-star Danyel Gerard at various major venues including the Paris Olympia (November 1978) with his own 21-piece orchestra which was directed by French composer/arranger Yvan Julien. The finale of this concert featured a circus troupe on stage including high-wire artists, acrobats, etc. This concert was filmed and recorded for a proposed release as a double live L.P. 
Also worked on occasional recording sessions with other French artists. Various other concerts were played with Danyel Gerard around Paris and in the south of France.
[Career highlight: playing bass for Austrian composer Anton Karas, who was specially flown in from Vienna by Danyel Gerard for his Olympia concert, as previously mentioned, to perform his famous composition ‘The Harry Lime Theme’ from the 1930’s film ‘The Third Man’. ("This was, in fact, one of the very first tunes I learned to play on guitar!")].
1979 - MIDEM music industry festival in the south of France, in Cannes and nearby Grasse, to promote Irv Mowrey album, 'Continental Drift'. Time spent in France also included a short period of busking (with Irv Mowrey and others) playing acoustic bass guitar in – and on – the Paris metro. (Also became quite adept at pinball!).

1983 - Helped form award-winning Country band Firewater (1983-89) with Scottish vocalist/guitarist Jimmy Nichol and drummer Billy Redif. Toured extensively in the UK and signed to Magnum Records who released critically-acclaimed debut album, 'Brand New Vintage', in 1986 on their Sundown label (see discography). The album was a mix of covers and original material, including the self-penned ‘Lonely Road Café’. During it's time, Firewater received various awards from many of the Country music clubs around the UK for Best Band/Band of the Year. As well as bass guitar and vocals, also played rhythm/lead guitar in Firewater for two years.
1987 - Firewater supported and was also the backing band for American Country singer/songwriter Becky Hobbs on her UK tour which was exceptionally well-received, playing various dates in London, Manchester, Bristol and elsewhere.
1989 - Helped form Landmarq.
1995 - Along with Tracy, Uwe and Dave from Landmarq, played bass for vocalist/bassist John Wetton (ex-Asia, King Crimson, UK, Roxy Music, etc.) at the end of his 'Chasing The Dragon' world tour. This is further documented in the main Landmarq biography (part 5).

2000 - Invited by original founder member of The Honeycombs, Martin Murray, to help put together a new line-up of the hit 60's band (remember 'Have I The Right'?).
2002 - Bass session for singer-songwriter Jeanette Murphy's album, 'Sugar and Spice'.
2003 - Continuing to write/perform with Landmarq and currently in the middle of series of UK dates, culminating with two dates in Holland.
2004 - Early in 2004, I played bass for original Yes guitarist Pete Banks in some recording sessions that saw the revival of his pre-Yes band, The Syn (c.1967). Read more of my involvement with this project at my website, The Deepend. Further info also at The Syn official website.

Latest project is 'Audiovert', a three-piece instrumental band writing original material in a jazzy-fusiony vein and featuring Paul Greenstein (guitar, guitar-synth, loops) and David Bouet (drums and percussion).

Currently, aside from writing and performing with Landmarq, I'm also playing with one or two 'covers' bands, occasional dep/session work plus private tuition for bass guitar and guitar. 

Summary of main artists/bands previously supported/worked with (in no particular order):
Camel, Capability Brown, Strider, Pacific Eardrum, Ron Geesin (ex-Roger Waters/Pink Floyd), Larry Adler, Danyel Gerard, Anton Karas, Paul Slade, Frank Ifield, Rose Marie, Becky Hobbs, Poacher, The Searchers, The Tremeloes, The Rockin’ Berries, Suzi Quatro... and from the land of Prog: Steve Hackett (ex-Genesis), John Wetton, Focus, Marillion, Greenslade, Pendragon, IQ, Clive Nolan's Thin Ice Orchestra, Arena, Jadis and the usual suspects...

Adapted from Steve Gee's official website: 
'The Deepend'
www.stevegee.com