sharry@bookece.com
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Steve’s start in the music business began when he hired bands thru a local talent agency and planned events as president of the historical Bachelor’s Club of Augusta. Later he went to work with that agency and grew it into a significant regional entertainment source. New relationships then led to a job in ECE’s Charlotte office where Steve headed up our very successful college division for approximately 10 years. In 1996, he jumped at the opportunity to relocate his family, open the Charleston office, and became a partner at ECE. Developing the coastal region of SC, GA, and FL has been a wonderful and fulfilling challenge for Steve.
Steve helped form the “Alive After Five” concert series in Charlotte that continues today and is proud to have created Charleston’s original happy-hour concert series Charleston Alive After Five on the harbor.
With an unmatched roster of artists, lots of hard work, and attention to detail ECE Charleston is now the top entertainment source for discerning event planners, brides, resorts, charity galas, corporate events and other talent buyers in the region.
Some of his particular favorite moments have been the many personal conversations about the business and life-in-general with an interesting gambit of entertainers such as Tony Bennett, Charlie Daniels, Junior Walker, Dave Matthews, Tom Johnston, Jason Mraz, and even the Godfather of Soul himself, James Brown to name a few. Besides booking events in all parts of the country and the islands, Steve also has produced hundreds of challenging shows such as The Charlie Daniels Band on a barge on Shem Creek, a charity event with Sara Evans at an intimate nightclub in South Beach, Outkast and 50 Cent in a college gym and The Doobie Brothers, Heart, 3 Doors Down and others on a race track in Scottsdale..
Although these are some of the unique events and entertainers Steve has worked with over the years, his favorite part of the business is what he does every day…..listening and learning what each buyer envisions, then matching the perfect entertainment for that particular event or wedding, while treating every client as though their event is his most important ever. Steve says, “The fact is, every event, big or small, is a hugely important night in the life of that client and it deserves the very best shot of perfection possible.”
