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Ross Lamont Valory (born February 2, 1949)[1] is an American bass guitarist 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]

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Ross Valory
Valory with Journey on September 16, 2008
Background information
Birth name	Ross Lamont Valory
Born	(1949-02-02) February 2, 1949 (age 73) San Francisco
Genres	AOR, rock
Instrument(s)	Bass guitar, vocals, keyboards, guitar
Years active	1966–present

Career

Ross Valory was born on February 2, 1949 in San Francisco,[3] growing 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.[4] He played with Frumious Bandersnatch followed by Steve Miller Band appearing on Rock Love.[5] 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.[3] In fact 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.[6][7] Valory later joined the Golden Gate Rhythm Section which was later renamed to Journey.[7]

Aside from his termination from the group during the Raised on Radio album sessions and the album's supporting tour in 1986,[8] Valory has played on all of Journey's albums to date. 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,[9] Valory was dismissed from Journey again in 2020, with Jackson replacing him once again.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12]

Valory also played for The V.U., The Storm,[13] and the Steve Miller Band.[14]

Discography

Steve Miller Band

• Rock Love (1971)

Journey

• Journey (1975)
• Look into the Future (1976)
• Next (1977)
• Infinity (1978)
• Evolution (1979)
• Departure (1980)
• Dream, After Dream (1980)
• Captured (1981)
• Escape (1981)
• Frontiers (1983)
• Trial by Fire (1996)
• Arrival (2001)
• Red 13 (2002)
• Generations (2005)
• Revelation (2008)
• Eclipse (2011)

Todd Rundgren

• 2nd Wind (1991)

The Storm

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

The V.U.

• Phoenix Rising (2000)

References

Bibliography

• Daniels, Neil (2011). The Untold Story of Journey. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-84938-657-9.

External links

• Ross Valory official MySpace site
• Official Journey website
• Ross Valory fan site
• Ross Valory Mouthman site
• Bass Musician Magazine Interviews Ross Valory
• Ross Valory discography at Discogs
• Ross Valory at IMDb

Preceded by none	Journey bass-guitarist 1973–1985	Succeeded by Bob Glaub

Preceded by Randy Jackson	Journey bass-guitarist 1995 – 2020	Succeeded by Randy Jackson

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Ross Lamont Valory (San Francisco, 2 de febrero de 1949) es un músico estadounidense, popular por su trabajo con la banda de AOR Journey.[1] Valory ha tocado el bajo en todos los álbumes de Journey hasta la fecha excepto en Raised In Radio ya que Steve Smith y el fueron despedidos previamente. El bajista volvió al grupo 10 años después para el nuevo disco 'Trial by fire'. [2]

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