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Adam Stryker-Bass/Vocals
spent 16 years working as a musician in California
and Colorado beginning in 1970 after leaving college at the University of
Illinois, where he majored in music. "I went out there to become a rock star,
but that didn't happen, but I met a lot of people out there who really helped me
with my playing and my knowledge of music."
Ray started out
playing trumpet during junior high, just like his father who played with an
orchestra, but he switched over to bass during college. He got into a rock band
while in college, in part to earn some extra cash.
He returned to
Rockford fifteen years ago and played in a band called The Corvettes for two
years with his cousin Mike Novak. From there he played a summer with a band
called Smuggler and then another group, Rick Rogers And
The Resistors.
With 40 years as a musician, 20 of which were
spent in the Rockford scene and a RAMI award winner (2003 & 2004) and RAMI Hall
of Famer, Stryker is well known and a multi-talented performer whose funky bass
riffs weave perfectly into the fabric of the band and attest to his musical
mastery. His ever present sense of humor keeps audiences smiling.
Stryker's musical incluences are The Beatles, The
Rolling Stones, The Hollies, and The Dave Clark Five.
He has also Produced A solo CD "Little
Stories"
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