John McCurry has spent his career as a session ace for artists such as Cyndi Lauper, Billy Joel, Julian Lennon, and Alice Cooper. His passion for guitar is as wide-ranging as his skillset, which ...

John McCurry's resume is quite the read. The session guitarist has written, recorded, and toured with David Bowie, Alice Cooper, Katy Perry, and many more across a seasoned and genre-hopping career.

Interestingly, it was the second time McCurry had worked his warm-up riff into a song, but Cooper’s hit greatly outshadowed John Waites’ Encircled, which had arrived two years prior with that ...