Steve Hackett

Steve Hackett is an English guitar player who was the lead guitarist with Genesis between 1971 and 1977, during the band's transition from prog outsiders to chart success. He has also worked in genres including pop, blues, jazz fusion, world, and classical music. In 1971 he was hired as a replacement for Anthony Phillips. He issued his solo debut, Voyage of the Acolyte in 1975, as a member of Genesis. Solo, he issued the acclaimed back-to-back progressive releases Spectral Mornings (1979) and Defector (1980). During the late '80s he released initial experiments with world musi...