Then Huff
Then Huff (born November 15, 1960 ) is an American studio guitarist and music producer . He was a founding member and band musician (guitar, voc.) Of the US hard rock band Giant as well as co-founder and guitarist of the Christian AOR band White Heart .
Life
Then Huff is the son of a professional conductor and composer . He started playing the guitar at the age of 13 and became later, especially in the 80s and 80s. 90s, one of the most sought-after and most important studio guitarists. He names Jeff Beck , Bill Withers , Steve Lukather of the pop fusion band Toto and Paul Rodgers ( Free , Bad Company ) as his main musical influences. The virtuoso and versatile session guitarist was named the best studio guitarist of the year by the renowned American guitar magazine Guitarplayer in 1995. Huff produced two albums for the thrash metal band Megadeth , Cryptic Writings and Risk .
Then Huff's guitar style is as recognized in the Nashville country scene as it is in the rock and pop metropolis of Los Angeles. He is currently, along with the other well-known studio guitarist Michael Thompson , guitarist in the band of the American pop- singing diva Faith Hill , whose albums were partly produced by Dann. The readers of the German rock magazine Rock It voted the first two albums by Dann Huff's band Giant into the Hall of Fame of the hundred most important rock albums of all time. It is worth mentioning his private friendship with the well-known producer Robert Lange (including producer of AC / DC , Def Leppard ), the husband of the pop singer Shania Twain .
He is considered Musician's musician and has guitar hero status in the music scene, which is why he has an endorsement on guitar amplifiers with the manufacturer Peavey , as well as his own guitar model from Tyler Guitars. Dann Huff can still be heard as a studio musician on the last album released by his rock band Giant. Winger guitarist John Roth became a permanent member of the Giant band, replacing Huff on guitar .
Discography
As a studio or session musician (excerpt)
Then Huff's guitar skills as a studio or session musician are u. a. to be heard on the following albums:
- Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love
- Faith Hill - Cry
- Amy Grant - Heart in Motion , Home for Christmas , House of Lover etc.
- Mariah Carey - Daydream
- Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas
- Pure - adventure land
- Doro - True at Heart
- Bob Seger - The Fire Inside
- Chicago - 19
- Madonna - Like a Prayer
- Joe Cocker - Cocker
- Donna Summer - Bad Reputation
- George Benson - 20/20
- Lou Gramm - Long Hard Look
- Michael Bolton - All That Matters
- Shania Twain - The Woman in Me
- Shania Twain - Come On Over
- Megadeth - Cryptic Writings (as producer)
- Megadeth - Risk (as producer)
- Giant - Promise Land
solo
- Then Huff: Solos , 2000
With Giant
- Giant - Last of the Runaways , 1989
- Giant - Time to Burn , 1992
- Giant - III , 2002
- Giant - Live and Acoustic Official Bootleg , 2003
With White Heart
- White Heart - Same , 1982
- White Heart - Vital Signs , 1984
Web links
- Works by Dann Huff in the catalog of the German National Library
- Then Huff workshop with sheet music, audios and story (bonedo.de)
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SURNAME | Huff, then |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American studio guitarist and record producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1960 |