[1] To date, Steckel has released 12 albums, and toured worldwide sharing the billing with Steve Vai, Gregg Allman, Johnny Winter, John Mayall, Ray Charles, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, and others.

[4] A year later he became the youngest musician to perform with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, having been invited to play with them on stage, following his own appearance in the 2003 Sarasota Blues Fest.

[9] It was promoted by Steckel's first UK tour, and the album contained seven tracks co-written by him plus his version of the Mel London penned "Sugar Sweet" (as originally recorded by Muddy Waters), which incorporated blues harmonica from Steve Guyger.

[11] In 2015, Steckel made his first transatlantic studio album, when Black Gold was jointly recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and Amsterdam, Netherlands.

[3] In March 2022, Steckel took his Los Angeles-based rhythm section to Steve Lukather's Steakhouse Studio in North Hollywood for an impromptu live session.

Using zero autotune, samples, overdubs or re-takes, Steckel and his band performed a live set of original material, which was captured on tape and video.