Dick Wagner November 11, 2011

Dick Wagner's songs and lead guitar have been featured on more than 150 renowned albums, including 14 Platinum records, 16 Gold Records, 5 Silver Records; and Wagner has garnered numerous BMI Songwriter Awards. Legendary for his groundbreaking collaborations with Alice Cooper--for whom he was musical director, lead guitarist and co-writer of the icon's biggest hits, including "Only Women Bleed", "You and Me" and "Welcome To My Nightmare" - Dick Wagner was Cooper's right hand man on such groundbreaking albums as, "Welcome to My Nightmare", "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell", "Lace and Whiskey", "From the Inside" and "DaDa". Together, Cooper and Wagner co-wrote the majority of Alice Cooper's top selling singles and albums, including more than 50 songs that are featured on 19 Alice Cooper albums. The Detroit area native helped define an era in rock history by playing lead guitar or writing songs for Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, KISS, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Meat Loaf, Steve Perry, Etta James, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Air Supply, Hall & Oates, Ringo Starr, Guns & Roses, Tori Amos, and many more.