Ross Valory
Hard rock, Bassist
1949 –
Who is Ross Valory?
Ross Lamont Valory is an American musician and the band Journey's noted bass player. He and Neal Schon are the only original members of the band still performing with the group. Aside from his termination from the group during the Raised on Radio album sessions and subsequent tour in 1986, Valory has played on all of Journey's albums. 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 future American Idol judge Randy Jackson, who also played on the subsequent tour.
Valory grew up in Lafayette, California and attended Acalanes High School.
One of the innovations that Valory uses 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. This adds the five string depth to the songs, while allowing the quick fingering of a four-string neck.
He also plays keyboards and guitar.
Valory also played for The Vu, The Storm, Frumious Bandersnatch and the Steve Miller Band.
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- Born
- Feb 2, 1949
San Francisco - Also known as
- Ross Lamont Valory
- Journey
- Spouses
- Mary Valory
- Diane Oakes
(1971/03/28 - )
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- San Francisco
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on July 23, 2013
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