George Tyndall Tickner (born September 8, 1946 in Syracuse, New York) is an American rock musician who played rhythm guitar and co-wrote songs as a founding member of

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. Prior to joining Journey, Tickner was a member of the San Francisco psychedelic rock band

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, along with fellow Journey founder Ross Valory. In 1973, Tickner was in the lineup for a number of performances by Jerry Garcia and

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' band. After the release of Journey's debut album, he left the band to attend Stanford Medical School on a full scholarship. Upon Tickner's departure, Journey lead guitarist

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took over all of the band's guitar duties, until

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(keyboards/rhythm guitar) joined in 1981. Since leaving Journey, Tickner has maintained an active interest in music, as well as contacts with his former bandmates. He and Ross Valory created The Hive, a recording studio where he continued to write and compose music. Tickner, Valory and keyboardist Stevie 'Keys' Roseman came together to form the band VTR, releasing an album called ''Cinema'', which featured other present and former members of Journey, such as Schon,

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, and

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/ref> In January 2005, Tickner appeared with past and present members of the band Journey to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Discography

With Frumious Bandersnatch

* ''A Young Man's Song''

With Faun

* ''Faun'' (1972)

With Journey

* ''

'' (1975) (performer and co-writer of three songs) * '' Look into the Future'' (1976) (co-writer of two songs) * ''

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'' (1977) (co-writer of one song)

Solo/collaborative works

* VTR - ''Cinema'' (2005)

References

External links

George Tickner's website

George Tickner's MySpace page
Living people American rock guitarists American male guitarists Songwriters from New York (state) Journey (band) members 1946 births Musicians from Syracuse, New York Guitarists from New York (state) Frumious Bandersnatch members 20th-century American guitarists {{US-rock-guitarist-stub