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steve hunter

About Me

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, performed with Bette Midler in the movie ‘The Rose’, co-wrote and recorded songs with David Lee Roth, toured and recorded with Tracy Chapman 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’. Steve describes himself as a blue collar guitar man who continues to love and learn his craft. In late '06 Steve joined up with Lou Reed again to do a live version of Lou's landmark album ‘Berlin’ from which there will be a live DVD release this summer. He is about to embark on a US East Coast tour with Lou and a further ‘Berlin’ European tour in June 08. This CD is a departure from Steve’s rock past but encompasses his unique style of blues and finger picking, with his ever present passion for music and with Bob Ezrin as Executive Producer. ‘Hymns for Guitar’ is Steve’s acoustic guitar arrangements of some of his favorite old American hymns. Many of these great melodies were written in the mid 1800s. “When I was a very little boy....maybe 4 or 5 years old...my grandmother would occasionally take me to Sunday church with her. I always enjoyed the sound of people gently and quietly singing those beautiful old hymns. My main goal was to try to recreate the warm, peaceful sound with acoustic guitars that I had heard as a boy in church”.

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Member Since: 8/1/2006
Band Website: stevehunter.com
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Record Label: deaconrecords
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My Blog

Hymns for Guitar etc.

Hello to all my Peeples!Yes...the Hymns for Guitar CD is finally out there on CD Baby and Guitar 9! It's not on iTunes just yet but should be shortly. CD Baby did run out of stock but they should have...
Posted by steve hunter on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:33:00 PST

Link To CDbaby

  http://cdbaby.com/cd/huntersteve To Buy 'Hymns For Guitar'...
Posted by steve hunter on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:53:00 PST

Lots o’ news!

Hey my peeples! All kindsa stuff happening I want to tell you about.First of all, if you've tried to check out my website lately you might have noticed some changes. We are trying to simplify it and s...
Posted by steve hunter on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:04:00 PST

New Year’s News

Hey Peeples!I hope you all had a terrific Christmas or Holiday Season as you prefer and I hope 08 is awesome for everyone! Thanks to all of you who posted Seasons Greetings comments, they were lovely ...
Posted by steve hunter on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:13:00 PST

A little about the new tunes and the CD...

Hey there ever body!I wanted to say a few words about the new music I've just posted. Two of the songs are old friends who have been on before but have now been remixed and, as in the case of funk boo...
Posted by steve hunter on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 06:59:00 PST

Hey Peeple! New News!

Stuff is happening peeple. And YES it's been awhile since I've posted here.The first news is that after almost 35 years of living in Hollywood I am moving, with my new wife Karen of course, to beautif...
Posted by steve hunter on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:04:00 PST

Yo peoples...I'M BACK!!

The tour was awesome and I had an absolute blast, but it is good to be home again. It was so nice to meet some of you out there and I want to thank all of you who sent comments and photos during the t...
Posted by steve hunter on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:57:00 PST

The deed was done...

The deed was done on May 31, 2007 so I am now officially a married man! This is a new experience for me but so far it has been blissful. Thanks to all of you who wished us well.I'm off to Europe next ...
Posted by steve hunter on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:55:00 PST

Finally doin' it!

Well, after nearly 59 years of bachelorhood, I am finally getting married! Thursday May 31....that should be an easy date to remember. If you've seen my Friends List you've already met her. She's the ...
Posted by steve hunter on Sun, 27 May 2007 09:48:00 PST

I'm back!

Hiya everyone!I had a great time in NYC and a great show. Now I'm back to finish my CD before heading to Europe.Thanks to all of you who sent kind words and condolences in regards to my father's passi...
Posted by steve hunter on Mon, 07 May 2007 12:50:00 PST