Dick Wagner
A guitarists' guitarist
Guitarist of choice on most Bob Ezrin productions
have studied his style and riffs. you've heard him on:
Billion Dollar Babies - arranger and lead guitar. think that incredible dueling solo with Steve Hunter on Raped and Freezin'. (first 4 bars)
[also was a guitarist on Schools Out]
Kiss's lone good album - arranged the songs, lead and rhythm guitar, wrote some of the songs with Ezrin
Berlin LP - guitar. Became guitarist and band leader and arranger for Lou.
His snarl is the right channel on Rock n Roll Animal, interplaying against Steve Hunter in the Left - think "the Live Sweet Jane".
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(He got his famous tone in part by pushing a single coil on a Gibson LP Junior through a Marshall stack).
Then did same for entire Alice Cooper solo career.
Wrote Cooper's biggest - Only Women
Peter Gabriel (1977 LP), Ringo's All Stars, Tori Amos, Sinatra - arranger , guitars
Aerosmith - Train Kept a Rollin and Same old Song - overdubbed Joe Perry
Rod Stewart, Meatloaf, Flo & Eddie - guitar, writer, arranger
Nils Lofgren, Lita Ford, Burton Cummings, Hollies - writer, touring guitar
Hall & Oats - touring guitarist
Helped arrange, instruct, launch careers for Billy Joel, Air Supply
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