Ross Valory

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Template:Short description Template:BLP sources Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherTemplate:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other Ross Lamont Valory (born February 2, 1949)[1] is an American musician who is best known as the original bass player for the rock band Journey from 1973 to 1985 and again from 1995 to 2020. Valory was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey in 2017.[2]

Career

Ross Valory was born on February 2, 1949, in San Francisco, California.[3][4] He grew up in Lafayette, California, and attended Acalanes High School. In high school, he played clarinet, bass clarinet and guitar. His mother introduced him to jazz, particularly Dave Brubeck.[5] He played with Frumious Bandersnatch followed by Steve Miller Band appearing on Rock Love.[6] He was joined by guitarist David Denny, drummer Jack King and bassist Bobby Winkelman, all of whom would become members of the Steve Miller Band.Template:Sfn It was Jim Nixon, the manager of Frumious Bandersnatch, who would introduce Valory to Journey band members, along with Prairie Prince, later of The Tubes who originally sat in on drums.[5]Template:Sfn Valory later joined the Golden Gate Rhythm Section which was later renamed to Journey.Template:Sfn

Valory has played on all of Journey's albums except 1986's Raised on RadioTemplate:Sfn and 2022's Freedom. For Raised on Radio, he was replaced on bass in the studio by Bob Glaub on three songs, while the remaining songs were played by Randy Jackson, who also played on the subsequent tour. Though he returned to the band when they reformed in 1995,Template:Sfn Valory was dismissed from Journey again in 2020, with Jackson replacing him once again on the album.[7]

One of Valory's techniques is to string a four-string bass with the bottom four strings of a 5-string set. Thus, instead of the usual E-A-D-G arrangement, his bass is strung as B-E-A-D, which he calls Nashville Tuning.[5] This adds the five string depth to the songs, while allowing the quick fingering of a four-string neck. Valory recorded Escape with an Ovation Magnum II, used a Peavey and a Steinberger for Frontiers, and a Fender Jazz up until the Departure album.[8]

Valory also played for The V.U., The Storm,Template:Sfn and the Steve Miller Band.[9]

On January 17, 2024, Valory announced his forthcoming debut solo album All Of The Above and released a video for its first single "Tomland", featuring Prairie Prince on drums and Miles Schon (son of Journey's Neal Schon) on guitar.[10]

Discography

Solo

Steve Miller Band

Journey

Todd Rundgren

The Storm

  • The Storm (1991)
  • Eye of the Storm (1996)

The V.U.

  • Phoenix Rising (2000)

References

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External links

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