Stephen John Hunter was born on June 14,1948 and is an American guitarist, primarily a session player.
25 Facts About Steve Hunter
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Steve Hunter has worked with Lou Reed and Alice Cooper, acquiring the moniker "The Deacon".
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Hunter first played with Mitch Ryder's Detroit, beginning a long association with record producer Bob Ezrin who has said Steve Hunter has contributed so much to rock music in general that he truly deserves the designation of "Guitar Hero".
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Steve Hunter was first introduced to music when, as a young child, he would listen to country and western music on a Zenith console radio and his father would play the guitar.
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Steve Hunter watched the Lawrence Welk show on TV at his grandparents' home where he saw Neil LeVang and Buddy Merrill.
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Steve Hunter's grandparents had a Harmonium; his father would pump the organ while Steve sat on his lap and worked out melodies on the keyboard.
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Steve Hunter saw and heard Jerry Byrd play lap steel and learned what could be done on the instrument.
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Steve Hunter subsequently joined the Light Brigade, a rock and soul group that played in the Decatur area.
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In 1967, during the Vietnam War, Steve Hunter was drafted into the US Army.
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Steve Hunter considered becoming a doctor but he enjoyed music so much he knew he would follow a career in music.
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Steve Hunter has had an illustrious 40-year career as a session musician, band member and as a solo performer.
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John Sauter called Steve Hunter to tell him that he was playing with Mitch Ryder in Detroit and that Ryder was auditioning for guitar players.
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Steve Hunter suggested that Hunter come to Detroit and try out.
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Steve Hunter packed up his guitar and made the eight-hour drive to Detroit.
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Steve Hunter made the cut and became part of Mitch Ryder's new band Detroit.
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Steve Hunter's first recording with Cooper was in 1973 as a session musician on the second-to-last and most successful album recorded by the Alice Cooper Group, Billion Dollar Babies.
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In 2010, Steve Hunter worked on the basic tracks and solos for Cooper's album Welcome 2 My Nightmare, touring with Cooper throughout 2011 on the No More Mr Nice Guy Tour.
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Steve Hunter notched up his ninth Alice Cooper release with Paranormal, released in 2017.
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In 2006, Reed and Steve Hunter presented a new live version of Berlin, released in 2008 as a DVD and CD Berlin: Live at St Ann's Warehouse.
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In 1974, shortly after his work with the band on the live Reed albums, Steve Hunter played guitar on former Cream bassist Jack Bruce's solo album Out of the Storm.
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Steve Hunter played on Peter Gabriel's self-titled first solo album that included the classic single "Solsbury Hill" which was likewise produced by Ezrin.
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Steve Hunter wrote "Camelia", which is featured on the soundtrack of the film The Rose, starring Bette Midler, and performed as part of the backing band.
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Steve Hunter opted to leave Alice Cooper's touring band in 2012 to concentrate on solo projects.
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In 2017 Steve Hunter released a new solo album called 'Before The Lights Go Out' the title making reference to his failing eyesight.
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Steve Hunter suffers from pigmentary glaucoma, which has rendered him legally blind.