While his playmates dreamed of pitching in the big leagues, Westside Steve Simmons was dreaming of singing at Shea Stadium.

Steve's performing career began before he was old enough to drive. Teen shows at the Eagles Hall in Carrollton, Ohio, garage gigs and dances in the 'burbs eventually led to nearly two decades as the front man for Ohio's premier rock act, the Easy Street Band, and another 20 years as a solo act favorite in the Midwest party capital, Put-In-Bay.

Steve is widely known as the Skipper of the Lake Erie Booze Patrol. He’s also played at Put In Bay for over two decades. Two years after his first solo show at the Boardwalk, he landed a spot as the Crescent Tavern's daytime anchor. At the Crescent, his quick wit, encyclopedic song list of country, classic rock and Irish pub standards and marathon stage shows have made him an Island favorite.

Over the years, Steve's also become something of an ambassador for island life -- he's helped introduce the pleasures of Put-In-Bay to viewers of Fox 8 Television with segments on Neil Zurcher's “One Tank Trip” and as a favorite go-to guy on the channel's morning news show. Each spring and fall, Steve can be found on another island when he plays Rick's Bar in Key West, but when Erie warms look for him on the outdoor stage of the Crescent's patio bar.

Westside Steve