Richard Earl "Reb" Beach Jr. (born August 31, 1963) is an American rock guitarist. He is a member of the bands Winger and

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Career

After graduating from

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and attending

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in the early 1980s, he played in

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's backing band and became an accomplished studio musician, working with the likes of Howard Jones,

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, The Bee Gees, Twisted Sister, and

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, among others, showcasing Beach's ability to adapt to various musical styles. While working with Fiona, he was introduced to Kip Winger, who was touring with

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at the time. Eventually they formed the band Sahara along with Rod Morgenstein and Paul Taylor, which was later renamed to Winger. Winger recorded and toured in support of three albums, '' Winger'' (1988), '' In the Heart of the Young'' (1990) and '' Pull'' (1993). The band also released a number of hit singles, including "Seventeen", "Madalaine", "Headed for a Heartbreak" and "Miles Away". After Winger disbanded in the mid-1990s, Beach first joined Alice Cooper's band and later replaced George Lynch in the heavy metal band Dokken. With Dokken he recorded one studio album, titled ''Erase the Slate'', and a live DVD, titled ''Live from the Sun''. He was also involved with

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, as he recorded the soundtrack for the video game ''

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''. Since leaving Dokken, Beach has been a part of several different recording and touring projects. In addition to sporadic touring with Winger, he released a solo effort entitled ''Masquerade'' in 2002. Since 2002, he has been a member of David Coverdale's current incarnation of

and has been the longest-serving guitarist/member of the band to this day, excluding Coverdale. A "supergroup" project called The Mob with King's X frontman dUg Pinnick and Night Ranger drummer Kelly Keagy resulted in a single self-titled album, released in 2005. A reformed Winger released their first studio recording in over a decade, '' IV'', in 2006. He replaced Jeff Watson in Night Ranger for a series of dates in Japan and the US, but announced his departure in January 2008. He splits his time between Winger and Whitesnake, recording ''

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'' in 2014 with the former band, and '' The Purple Album'' with the latter in 2015. He continues to tour with both acts. According to bandmate Kip Winger, Reb is quite adept at coming up with multiple rock riffs at a time, though he is often unable to remember them later.

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guitars produced his signature RBM models (stands for ''Reb Beach Model'') in the early 1990s. On the 2005 Whitesnake reunion tour, he primarily used custom models by luthier Suhr Guitars.

Discography

Guest appearances

*Howard Jones – '' One to One'' (1986) *Chaka Khan – '' Destiny'' (1986) *Bee Gees – '' E•S•P'' (1987) on the songs, " E•S•P", "Overnight" *Twisted Sister – '' Love Is for Suckers'' (1987) * ''The Lost Boys'' soundtrack (1987) with Roger Daltrey on the song, "

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" *Brian McDonald Group – ''Desperate Business'' (1988) *Minoru Niihara – ''One'' (1989) *Xenon – ''America's New Design'' (1989) *'' The Karate Kid Part III'' soundtrack (1989) with Winger on the song "Out for the Count" * ''Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey'' soundtrack (1991) with Winger on the song "Battle Stations" *''Guitars that Rule the World'' (1991) *Danger Danger – ''

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'' (1993) *''Smoke on the Water – A Tribute to Deep Purple'' (1994) *Andy Timmons – ''EarX-tacy 2'' (1997) *Alice Cooper – ''

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'' (1997) *''Guitar Battle'' (1998) *''Daytona USA 2 Game'' soundtrack (1998) *''This Conversation Seems Like a Dream'' (1998) *''Bat Head Soup – A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne'' (2000) *''A Tribute to Van Halen'' (2000) *Brian McDonald – ''Wind it Up'' (2000) *War and Peace – ''Light at the End of the Tunnel'' (2000) *'' Stone Cold Queen: A Tribute'' (2001) *Brian McDonald – ''Voyage'' (2003) *Ken Tamplin and Friends – ''Wake the Nations'' (2003) *XCarnation – ''Grounded'' (2005) *Kelly Keagy – '' I'm Alive'' (2006) *Northern Light Orchestra – ''Celebrate Christmas'' (2010) *Rob Moratti – Victory (2011)

Video albums

*Winger – '' The Videos: Volume One'' (1989) *Winger – '' In the Heart of the Young'' (1990) *Winger – '' In the Heart of the Young Part 2'' (1991) *Winger – ''Live in Tokyo'' (1991) *Solo – ''Cutting Loose'' VHS (Instructional videos, 1991) *Winger – '' The Making of Pull'' (1993) *Dokken – '' Live from the Sun'' (2002) *Solo – ''Homegrown Private Lesson Volume 1'' DVD (Instructional videos, 2003) *Whitesnake – '' Live... in the Still of the Night'' (2006) *Winger – ''The Making of Winger IV'' (2006) *Winger – '' Winger Live'' (2007)

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