Richard "Richie" Supa (born Richard Goodman) is an American songwriter and guitarist best known for his work with

Aerosmith Aerosmith is an American rock band formed in Boston in 1970. The group consists of Steven Tyler (lead vocals), Joe Perry (guitar), Tom Hamilton (bass), Joey Kramer (drums) and Brad Whitford (guitar). Their style, which is rooted in blues ...

, The Rascals and

Richie Sambora Richard Stephen Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi from 1983 to 2013. He and lead singer Jon Bon Jovi formed the main songwri ...

. Supa released several albums under his own name, including ''Supa's Jamboree'' (1971, Paramount 6009), ''Homespun'' (1972, Paramount PAS 6027), ''Lifelines'' (1976, Epic PE34277) and ''Tall Tales'' (1978, Polydor PD-1-6155). Richard's song "Stone County Wanted Man", which appeared on the ''Supa's Jamboree'' album, was recorded by

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for his '' Saints & Sinners'' album. A longtime friend of Aerosmith, he has made a number of musical contributions to the band and has offered moral support. He temporarily replaced Joe Perry when he left the band in 1979, and contributed guitars to the studio album ''

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'' (1979). Additionally, Supa wrote or co-wrote several Aerosmith songs, including the hits "

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" (1978), " Lightning Strikes" (1982), " Amazing" (1993) and "

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" (1997), among others. Supa co-wrote most of the songs on

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guitarist Richie Sambora's second solo album ''

Undiscovered Soul ''Undiscovered Soul'' is the second solo studio album from Richie Sambora the guitarist from New Jersey band Bon Jovi. The album was released on February 23, 1998 and is more experimental than his earlier release ''Stranger in This Town''. The al ...

''. He wrote the song "Misery" for the album ''

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'' by

, on which Aerosmith's singer

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features. Supa also collaborated and co-wrote the songs "My Interpretation", "Your Sympathy" and "Instant Martyr" from

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's debut album '' Life in Cartoon Motion.'' He also co-wrote " Back on Earth" for singer

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. Supa is now the director of creative recovery at Recovery Unplugged Treatment Center, where he uses music to help addicts in recovery.

References

External links

* http://www.richiesupa.com/ * https://www.recoveryunplugged.com/about-us/staff/richie-supa-director-of-creative-recovery/ Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Massapequa Park, New York {{US-songwriter-stub