Album Notes

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 release due for September 16th 08. This year Steve also joined Lou on an US East Coast tour and a second ‘Berlin’ European 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. I am also a big fan of the old Twilight Zone series for the same reason. With “Short Stories” I’ve tried to do something similar only with music. Most of the songs on the CD 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”.