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Steve Hunter

United States • b. 1948-06-14

Steve Hunter is credited on 733 releases across 116 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1973–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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733

Pressings credited

116

Albums

6

Decades active

485

In collections

Biography

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 - the first solo in Aerosmith's "Train Kept A Rollin'", the acoustic intro on Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" and he wrote the intro interlude on Lou Reed's live version of "Sweet Jane" on Reed's first gold record (the Rock 'N' Roll Animal live set).

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Credited work

733 releases · 116 albums · active 1973–2025

  • Performance · 1,115
  • Other credits · 46
  • Production · 18
  • Engineering · 2

Studios: Academy Of Music · Record Plant, N.Y.C. · Elektra Sound Recorders · Morgan Studios

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