Dick Wagner
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For the classical music composer, see Richard Wagner. For the former baseball executive, see Dick Wagner (baseball).
Dick Wagner is an American rock music guitarist and songwriter.
Growing up in the Detroit area, Wagner's first true band, The Frost, formed in the late 1960s as they built up a substantial following in the Michigan area. The band released three albums during their tenure together on Vanguard Records: 1969's Frost Music and Rock and Roll Music, plus 1970's Through the Eyes of Love.
Wagner was Alice Cooper's right-hand man on albums Welcome to My Nightmare, Goes To Hell, Lace and Whiskey, From the Inside and DaDa, helping in songwriting, composing, production and playing lead guitar. Wagner was often accompanied by guitarist Steve Hunter. The two have played together since the '60s.
Wagner also lent his playing (and in some cases, songwriting) talents to many albums during the 1970s including: Lou Reed's Rock N Roll Animal and Berlin albums, KISS' Destroyer, Aerosmith's Get Your Wings, Peter Gabriel's self-titled solo debut, Hall & Oates' Along the Red Ledge, Mark Farner's solo debut and a pair of albums for the star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tim Curry.
In 2005, Dick Wagner permanently moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he is currently writing again with Alice Cooper for a new album.
