stephen john hunter played guitar on lou reed rock and roll animal.
stephen john hunter played guitar on lou reed rock and roll animal.
who played guitar on lou reed rock and roll animal?
stephen john hunter
stephen john hunter (born june 14, 1948) is an american guitarist, primarily a session player. he has worked with lou reed and alice cooper, acquiring the moniker "the deacon". 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". steve hunter has played some of the greatest riffs in rock history - that first slamming solo that rings in aerosmith's "train kept a rollin'", the acoustic intro on peter gabriel's "solsbury hill" and he wrote the legendary intro interlude that made lou reed's live version of "sweet jane" reed's first gold record (the "rock 'n' roll animal" live set).
steve hunter
in 1973, wagner was recruited by producer bob ezrin for lou reed's band along with steve hunter. wagner and hunter were featured guitarists on lou reed's dark and controversial 1973 studio album, "berlin". soon after, wagner and hunter were joined by prakash john, pentti "whitey" glan and ray colcord for lou reed's rock 'n' roll animal tour. as band leader and arranger, wagner took the early lou reed songs that had been recorded by the velvet underground and rearranged them for the concert stage. the new arrangements left behind the laid back feeling that had been established by the prior reed band and won reed his first gold album. the band toured internationally with reed, culminating in the "rock 'n' roll animal" album, recorded live at the new york academy of music in december 1973. readers of "guitar world" ranked the hunter/wagner solos on the 1973 live version of "sweet jane" 81st among the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time.
dick wagner