Steve Lampert began grinding the axe in ’66 with his first guitar.  “Learning to play by ear rather than reading has given me the ability to do just about anything given the time to pick it out.  Whatever I don’t get, I make up something interesting and complimentary (music).”

 Steve found himself in Pecos and later Bandera doing more country than he cared for from ’80 to ’85 and continued to do sit-ins as they came up.  At the end of ’85, Mirage was formed with Mike Tibbs.  “This gave Mike and me a chance to learn each other’s styles, and as we began the project, it was clear that the talent was there to begin doing something in the classic rock genre.”  As Mirage disintegrated at the end of ’87, Mike, Steve and Larry formed the original line-up of Hourglass in ‘88.  (See Hourglass Timeline for more details)