Post by B on Sept 24, 2014 20:06:55 GMT -5
Dick Wagner, Guitarist for Alice Cooper, Lou Reed and More, Dies at 71
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dick-wagner-guitarist-alice-cooper-722457
6:26 PM PST 07/30/2014 by Gary Graff, Billboard.com
"Dick Wagner, the guitarist, songwriter and bandleader who worked with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Kiss and Aerosmith, among others, died Wednesday, at the age of 71, in Phoenix. Wagner, who also was part of the groups The Frost and Ursa Major, had been hospitalized after contracting a lung infection following heart surgery in early July....
"..."Being a sideman was a definite choice I made," Wagner said in a recent interview. "I was going to pursue a solo career after The Frost. I always wanted to kind of be out front, but at heart I'm kind of shy. Being a star is not a big thing to me. I wouldn't want to be Alice Cooper and go through life like he does." Wagner released his first, self-titled solo album in 1978 and was also a hired gun for Aerosmith (the studio version), Peter Gabriel, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Burton Cummings, Grand Funk Railroad's Mark Farner and others. He also co-wrote songs for Nils Lofgren and Air Supply...."
More at link.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dick-wagner-guitarist-alice-cooper-722457
6:26 PM PST 07/30/2014 by Gary Graff, Billboard.com
"Dick Wagner, the guitarist, songwriter and bandleader who worked with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Kiss and Aerosmith, among others, died Wednesday, at the age of 71, in Phoenix. Wagner, who also was part of the groups The Frost and Ursa Major, had been hospitalized after contracting a lung infection following heart surgery in early July....
"..."Being a sideman was a definite choice I made," Wagner said in a recent interview. "I was going to pursue a solo career after The Frost. I always wanted to kind of be out front, but at heart I'm kind of shy. Being a star is not a big thing to me. I wouldn't want to be Alice Cooper and go through life like he does." Wagner released his first, self-titled solo album in 1978 and was also a hired gun for Aerosmith (the studio version), Peter Gabriel, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Burton Cummings, Grand Funk Railroad's Mark Farner and others. He also co-wrote songs for Nils Lofgren and Air Supply...."
More at link.
