Steve Hunter started playing guitar when he was 8 years old and has dedicated his life to music.
His professional career began in 1971 when he joined a band called ‘Detroit featuring Mitch Ryder’. With that band he recorded his first ever album and the producer of that album was Bob Ezrin.
A mutual respect developed between Bob and Steve and over the course of the next few years they worked on many projects together including 4 Alice Cooper albums, Peter Gabriel’s first solo album which included ‘Solsbury Hill’, and Lou Reed’s ‘Berlin’ album. He later toured with all of the above-mentioned artists as well as touring and/or recording with Julian Lennon,\'Help Yourself\', performed with Bette Midler in the movie ‘The Rose’, Aerosmith,\'Get Your Wings\', Dr John,\'Hollywood Be Thy Name\', co-wrote and recorded songs with David Lee Roth,\'Your Filthy Little Mouth\'. Toured and recorded with Tracy Chapman, \'Telling Stories\' and was involved in scoring films and music production.
Along the way he also recorded two solo albums, the first being ‘Swept Away’ with Ezrin producing and the second self-produced album called ‘The Deacon’.
In late 06 Steve joined up with Lou Reed again to do a live version of Lou\'s landmark album ‘Berlin’ from which there is a live DVD available on Amazon. They joined forces for two European tours of ‘Berlin’ in 07 and 08 plus a regular US East Coast tour.
‘Short Stories’ is a collection of instrumentals full of mood and color.
“I have always admired authors such as O. Henry and Edgar Allan Poe for their ability to tell an amazing tale in a very few words. With “Short Stories” I’ve tried to do something similar only with music. Most of the songs are 3 minutes or less in length but I wanted each one to tell its own little story. I also think of each piece as a “sound picture”, projecting an aural image as well as telling a story. I hope you enjoy my collection of “Short Stories”.
Latest news: Sep 09: Steve has just been awarded an Emmy in the News Documentary category, for his musical contribution to a charity video about the Boys of Christ Child House, an orphanage in Detroit. His ‘Intro’ to Sweet Jane from Lou Reed’s Rock and Roll Animal is also now available in tab form in a new Lou Reed songbook published by Hal Leonard and yet another book by Hal Leonard is due to be published naming Steve as playing one of the best 25 Rock Guitar solos of all time on Aerosmith’s ‘Train Kept Rollin’ which was un credited at the time of recording.
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