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Hugh McDonald (born December 28, 1950, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
) is a session musician
Session musician

Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders....
 and bassist
Bassist

A bass player is a musician who plays a double bass, bass guitar, or another low-pitched instrument, such as keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as tuba or sousaphone....
. He has played with many artists both live
Concert

A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band....
 and in the studio
Studio

A studio is an artist's or worker's workroom, or an artist and his or her employees who work within that studio. This can be for the purpose of architecture, painting, pottery , sculpture, photography, graphic design, cinematography, animation, radio or television broadcasting or the making of music....
, and has recorded with Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson is an United States country music singer-songwriter author, poet and actor. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains Cultural icon, especially in American popular culture....
, Richie Sambora
Richie Sambora

Richard "Richie" Steven Sambora , is an American Rock music guitarist, producer, musician, singer and songwriter who is the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi....
, Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman

Steve Goodman was an United States folk music singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. The writer of "City of New Orleans ", made popular by Arlo Guthrie, Goodman won two Grammy Awards....
, Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr

Richard Starkey Order of the British Empire , better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an England musician, singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles....
, Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is an United States hard rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s....
, Lita Ford
Lita Ford

Lita Ford is an United States rock music musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career during the 1980s....
, Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton , is an United States singer-songwriter and a former heavy metal music singer, best known for his soft rock ballads and tenor vocals....
, Cher
Cher

Cher is an American pop music singer-songwriter, actor, film director and recording industry. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame....
, Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper is an American rock music singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, and boa constrictors, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal music, and garage rock to create a theatrical brand of rock musi...
, Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi

John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. , better known as Jon Bon Jovi, is an United States musician, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer and founder of Bon Jovi....
, Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin

Enrique Mart?n Morales , better known by his stage name Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rico pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin American music boy band Menudo , then as a solo artist since 1991....
, and others.

He is currently working with Bon Jovi and has been doing so since Alec John Such's departure after 'Cross Road' was released in 1994, but is still regarded as an 'unofficial' member of Bon Jovi. Although he records with the band in studio and performs live on stage and during publicity performances, McDonald is left out of publicity shoots and album covers.






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Hugh McDonald (born December 28, 1950, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
) is a session musician
Session musician

Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders....
 and bassist
Bassist

A bass player is a musician who plays a double bass, bass guitar, or another low-pitched instrument, such as keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as tuba or sousaphone....
. He has played with many artists both live
Concert

A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band....
 and in the studio
Studio

A studio is an artist's or worker's workroom, or an artist and his or her employees who work within that studio. This can be for the purpose of architecture, painting, pottery , sculpture, photography, graphic design, cinematography, animation, radio or television broadcasting or the making of music....
, and has recorded with Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson is an United States country music singer-songwriter author, poet and actor. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains Cultural icon, especially in American popular culture....
, Richie Sambora
Richie Sambora

Richard "Richie" Steven Sambora , is an American Rock music guitarist, producer, musician, singer and songwriter who is the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi....
, Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman

Steve Goodman was an United States folk music singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. The writer of "City of New Orleans ", made popular by Arlo Guthrie, Goodman won two Grammy Awards....
, Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr

Richard Starkey Order of the British Empire , better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an England musician, singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles....
, Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is an United States hard rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s....
, Lita Ford
Lita Ford

Lita Ford is an United States rock music musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career during the 1980s....
, Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton , is an United States singer-songwriter and a former heavy metal music singer, best known for his soft rock ballads and tenor vocals....
, Cher
Cher

Cher is an American pop music singer-songwriter, actor, film director and recording industry. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame....
, Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper is an American rock music singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, and boa constrictors, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal music, and garage rock to create a theatrical brand of rock musi...
, Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi

John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. , better known as Jon Bon Jovi, is an United States musician, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer and founder of Bon Jovi....
, Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin

Enrique Mart?n Morales , better known by his stage name Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rico pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin American music boy band Menudo , then as a solo artist since 1991....
, and others.

He is currently working with Bon Jovi and has been doing so since Alec John Such's departure after 'Cross Road' was released in 1994, but is still regarded as an 'unofficial' member of Bon Jovi. Although he records with the band in studio and performs live on stage and during publicity performances, McDonald is left out of publicity shoots and album covers. Band members say they agreed never to officially replace former bass player Alec John Such
Alec John Such

Alec John Such is the former bassist for the band Bon Jovi. He left the band in 1994 and has not been officially replaced. As well as playing bass guitar, Such sang backing vocals and occasionally took the lead for part of 'Blood on Blood' at live shows....
. He has appeared on Bon Jovi singer Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi

John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. , better known as Jon Bon Jovi, is an United States musician, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer and founder of Bon Jovi....
's solo album Destination Anywhere
Destination Anywhere

Destination Anywhere is Jon Bon Jovi's second solo album after his musical contribution to the film Young Guns II. The production is very different from the ones found in Bon Jovi albums, with Music loop, female backing vocals and Bon Jovi himself singing in a lower register in most of the songs....
, and recorded on one of Bon Jovi's original demos, Runaway
Runaway (Bon Jovi song)

"Runaway" is a Bon Jovi song, written in 1980 and originally recorded in 1981 for the so called "Power Station Demos". The recordings were primarily done by an ensemble simply known as Jon Bongiovi & the Rest....
.

His childhood inspiration was Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....
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