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

Aerosmith Aerosmith is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Boston in 1970. The group consists of lead vocalist Steven Tyler, bassist Tom Hamilton (musician), Tom Hamilton, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarists Joe Perry (musician), Joe Perry and B ...

, The Rascals and

Richie Sambora Richard Stephen Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, 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 songwriting unit for the ...

. 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 " Chip Away the Stone" (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''. He wrote the song "Misery" for the album '' Missundaztood'' by

, on which both Aerosmith's singer

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and Richie Sambora feature. Supa also collaborated and co-wrote the songs "My Interpretation", "Your Sympathy" and "Instant Martyr" from Mika's debut album ''

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.'' 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.

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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