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Hunter played with Alice between 'Welcome To My Nightmare' and 'From The Inside', both live and on album. He can also be heard on 'Billion Dollar Babies'. Hunter was also a favourite of Producer Bob Ezrin who often used on various project he worked on. In March 2011 it was announced that Steve was rejoiing the Alice Cooper touring band, having played on the then forthcoming 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' album.
Steve "The Deacon" Hunter, born 1948 in Decatur, Illinois, is an American guitarist best known for his collaborations with Lou Reed and Alice Cooper. He first played with Mitch Ryder's Detroit, beginning a long association with record producer Bob Ezrin.
In the 1970s, he appeared on five Alice Cooper albums, four of which were produced by Ezrin. In 1973, he was on the final two albums recorded by the Alice Cooper group, 'Billion Dollar Babies' and 'Muscle of Love'. When Alice Cooper became a solo artist, Hunter followed and appeared on the 1975 groundbreaking album and live show 'Welcome to My Nightmare' alongside guitarist Dick Wagner, with whom Hunter had already formed a formidable guitar team, as can be heard on the Lou Reed live album 'Rock 'n' Roll Animal' and further demonstrated on the film 'Welcome To My Nightmare', released on home video in 1976 featuring the celebrated guitar battle between Hunter and Wagner that formed part of the Alice Cooper 1975 live show. He and Wagner also played on Peter Gabriel's self-titled first solo album, which was likewise produced by Ezrin, in 1977.
His first collaboration with Lou Reed was for the Berlin album. He also played in the live band captured on Reed's live albums, the aforementioned 'Rock 'n' Roll Animal and 'Lou Reed Live'. Reed and Hunter are currently working on a new live version of 'Berlin'.
Other artists Hunter has worked with include David Lee Roth (in the mid-1990s) and Tracy Chapman. He also contributed music to and is featured on the soundtrack of the film 'The Rose', starring Bette Midler.
It 2011 it was announced that Hunter was working with Alice again on the 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' (produced again by Ezrin) and would be joiing the touring band from May of that year. He also filled Glen Buxton's role when the original Alice Cooper band reunited for the 2010 Christmas Pudding show in Phoenix, and for two shows around the band's induction into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in March 2011.
Steve now has his own Website at www.Stevehunter.com
Discography
1971 |
Detroit featuring Mitch Ryder |
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1973 |
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies |
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1973 |
Lou Reed - Berlin |
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1974 |
Lou Reed - Rock & Roll Animal |
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1974 |
Aerosmith - Get Your Wings (On Train Kept A Rollin') |
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1974 |
Jack Bruce - Out Of The Storm |
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1975 |
Jim & Ginger - Ain't It Good to Have It All |
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1975 |
Lou Reed - Lou Reed Live |
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1975 |
Doctor John - Hollywood Be Thy Name |
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1975 |
Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare |
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1976 |
Allan Rich - Class Heart |
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1976 |
Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper Goes to Hell |
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1977 |
Steve Hunter - Swept Away |
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1977 |
Bad Boy - Band That Made Milwaukee Famous |
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1977 |
Alice Cooper - Lace & Whiskey |
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1977 |
Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper Show |
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1977 |
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel [1] |
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1978 |
Yvonne Elliman - Night Flight |
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1978 |
Michigan Rocks Michigan Rocks |
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1978 |
Richard Wagner - Richard Wagner |
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1979 |
Rob Grill - Uprooted |
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1979 |
Bette Midler - Rose (Soundtrack) |
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1980 |
Natalie Cole - Don't Look Back |
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1980 |
Devin Payne - Excuse Me |
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1982 |
Jim Mandell - No More Illusions |
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1983 |
Plimsouls - Everywhere at Once |
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1986 |
Karla DeVito - Wake 'Em Up in Tokyo |
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1987 |
Flo & Eddie - Best of Flo & Eddie |
(Buy) |
1988 |
Music Too Good for Words: No Speak - Producer |
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1988 |
Guitar Speak - Producer |
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1989 |
Peter Gabriel - Slowburn |
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1989 |
Night of the Guitar |
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1989 |
Steve Hunter - The Deacon |
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1990 |
Just in Time for Christmas |
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1991 |
Julian Lennon - Help Yourself |
(Buy) |
1991 |
David Lee Roth - Little Ain't Enough |
(Buy) |
1992 |
Lou Reed - Between Thought and Expression (Box Set) |
(Buy) |
1992 |
Peter Gabriel - Revisited |
(Buy) |
1994 |
David Lee Roth - Your Filthy Little Mouth |
(Buy) |
1994 |
Leslie West - Dodgin' the Dirt |
(Buy) |
1996 |
Jason Becker - Perspective Guitar |
(Buy) |
1997 |
Yvonne Elliman - Best of Yvonne Elliman |
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1997 |
Mitch Ryder - Get Out And Vote |
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1997 |
David Lee Roth - The Best of |
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2000 |
Bastard Sons Of Johnny - Walk Alone |
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1991 |
Guitar's Practicing Musicians, Vol. |
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2008 |
Hymns For Guitar |
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2008 |
Short Stories |
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2011 |
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