# Steve Webster (bassist)

Steve Webster is a Canadian bassist, record producer, arranger, audio engineer and composer. A multiple Juno Award nominee and winner, Webster's career spans over 3 decades of music production and performance. Recent accomplishments include Juno Award nominations for Producer of the Year and Jazz Vocal Album of the Year for Emilie-Claire Barlow's album Clear Day. Webster is an inductee to Canadian_Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame, for his contribution to the The Parachute Club song "Rise Up", and has also been honoured by Canada's Walk of Fame.
A founding member of Canada's The Parachute Club, Webster was part of Toronto's vibrant music scene in the '80s and '90s, working often at Hamilton's Grant Avenue Studio, home to Daniel Lanois and David Bottrill. Webster has worked with other notable producers Michael Beinhorn and Rick Parashar.
Webster recorded and performed live with Canadian stars Alannah Myles, Dalbello and Carole Pope. He also played bass on Billy Idol's Rebel Yell album and subsequent 1984 tour.
In 1986 Webster joined Toronto jingle company The Air Company beginning a 20-year career composing music for television commercials. He would later become a composer and partner in then Canada's top jingle company RMW Music.
Webster was invited to perform the song "Rise Up" with Lorraine Segato at Jack Layton's state funeral in 2011. Webster co-wrote and recorded the song on the eponymously titled The Parachute Club album sharing a Juno Award for Single of the Year.

## Recording & Touring

| Year | Artist | Recording | Role | Tour | Certified Sales | Awards & Nominations |
| 1980 | Drastic Measures | Drastic Measures | Bass | ✓ | | |
| 1981 | The Time Twins | | Bass | ✓ | | |
| 1981 | Christopher Ward | | Bass | ✓ | | |
| 1983 | Colin Linden | | Bass | ✓ | | |
| 1983 | The Parachute Club | The Parachute Club | Bass, Composer | ✓ | Gold Can | Juno Win & Nomination |
| 1984 | The Pukka Orchestra | The Pukka Orchestra | Bass | ✓ | | |
| 1984 | Billy Idol | Rebel Yell | Bass | ✓ | Platinum U.S.& Can | |
| 1985 | The CeeDees | The CeeDees | Producer | | | |
| 1986 | Aaron Davis | Neon Blue | Bass | | | |
| 1987 | Dalbello | she | Bass | ✓ | | |
| 1987 | David Wilcox | Breakfast at the Circus | Bass | | Gold Can | |
| 1987 | New Regime | The Race | Producer, Bass | | | |
| 1988 | Strange Advance | The Distance Between | Bass | | | |
| 1989 | Alannah Myles | Alannah Myles | Bass | ✓ | Platinum U.S. & Diamond Can | |
| 1989 | Ray Lyell | Ray Lyell & the Storm | Bass | | | |
| 1990 | Partland Brothers | Between Worlds | Bass | | | |
| 1991 | Honey Moon Suite | Monsters under the Bed | Bass | | | |
| 1989 | Ray Lyell | Ray Lyell & the Storm | Bass | | | |
| 1993 | Marc Jordan | Reckless Valentine | | | | |
| 1994 | David Gogo | David Gogo | Bass | | | |
| 1996 | Dalbello | whore | Bass | | | |
| 1999 | King Brand Valium | Live at the Hooch | Bass, Producer | ✓ | | |
| 2000 | Damhnait Doyle | Hyperdramatic | Bass | ✓ | | |
| 2000 | j. englishman | poor lil' rockstar | Engineer, bass | | | |
| 2001 | Smoother | Chasing the Dragon | Engineer | | | |
| 2001 | Sugar Jones | Sugar Jones | Bass | | Gold Can | |
| 2015 | Lorraine Segato | Invincible Decency | Bass | | | |
| 2014 | Emilie-Claire Barlow | Neige | Engineer,Producer | | Gold Can | |
| 2015 | Emilie-Claire Barlow | Clear Day | Producer | | | Juno Nomination |
| 2017 | Emilie-Claire Barlow | Lumiéres d'hiver | Producer,guitar,drums | |
| 2024 | Emilie-Claire Barlow | Spark Bird | Producer,Arranger,Recording Engineer,Mixing,Mastering | |