Waiting In The Wings (Daryl Stuermer Album)
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Daryl Mark Stuermer (born November 27, 1952) is an American musician, songwriter, and producer best known for playing the guitar and bass for
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during live shows, and lead guitar for
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during most solo tours and albums. He has also released nine solo albums, and tours with his Daryl Stuermer Band.


Early life

Stuermer was born on November 27, 1952, in
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. He cites Duane, his elder brother of two years, also a musician, who introduced him to music by
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and
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. As a youngster he became a fan of the instrumental rock band The Ventures, which "really got me going". He began to play the guitar at age eleven, and moved into jazz guitar four years later. In 1970, Stuermer graduated from St. Francis High School in St. Francis, Wisconsin.


Career


Early bands

In the early 1970s, Stuermer formed his Milwaukee-based jazz rock band Sweetbottom, playing local gigs five nights a week. It was during one of these gigs in 1975 that keyboardist
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, then of
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with
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, noticed him and suggested his name to jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, who was looking for a guitarist to join his own band. After a successful audition, Stuermer became a full time member and is featured on three of their albums released between 1975 and 1977: '' Aurora'', '' Imaginary Voyage'', and ''
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''. In addition to Ponty, he played on Duke's solo albums ''
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'' and ''
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''.


Genesis

In late 1977, Stuermer, on insistence of friend
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, was recommended as a replacement for Steve Hackett to support Genesis for live performances. Johnson's audition was unsuccessful, and he put Stuermer's name forward. Stuermer's only exposure to the band was when Ponty played him '' A Trick of the Tail'', and a television clip showing Gabriel singing in costume. A chance meeting with drummer
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, who had replaced Bill Bruford as their touring drummer in 1976, convinced Stuermer to go for the audition. His audition with Mike Rutherford took place in early 1978 in New York City, and landed the spot on the same day. He retained the role of lead guitarist and bass player with the band from 1978 to 1992: he also rejoined them for the 2007
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, and returned for the 2021-2022
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.


Solo career

During Genesis's break in activity for much of 1979, Stuermer secured work by touring North America with singer Gino Vannelli in support of his album '' Brother to Brother''. In 1981, Stuermer followed Genesis frontman Phil Collins as lead guitarist for Collins' solo career, with a speaking part in the clip for " One More Night" and being mentioned by name in the music video for "
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". In doing so, he transitioned from what Collins called a "permanent-temporary-part-time member" of Genesis to a "permanent-touring-recording member" of Collins' new group. Stuermer is credited as a writer on several songs that Collins recorded, including "I Don't Wanna Know" on '' No Jacket Required'', which evolved from one of Stuermer's demos. In 1988, Stuermer released his debut solo album ''Steppin' Out''. He considered making it a more vocal-oriented album having performed with Collins throughout the decade, but he opted to produce a rock instrumental album.Album – Daryl Stuermer – Steppin Out
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Stuermer went on to record ''Live and Learn'', ''Another Side of Genesis'', ''Waiting in the Wings'', ''Retrofit'', ''The Nylon String Sampler'', ''Rewired: the Electric Collection'' and ''Go!''. Released in 2002 was a Sweetbottom live reunion album, recorded at Shank Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Stuermer's album ''Go!'' was released in early 2007. It contains many older tracks from Stuermer's Sweetbottom days, and includes appearances from Alphonso Johnson, Kostia,
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, and Eric Hervey. Stuermer released the album on
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as they offered him greater freedom to explore a musical direction that he wished to pursue. His current project is called Daryl Stuermer - Symphony Concert, which involves band members Kostia, Alan Arber and Eric Hervey and singer Forrest "Woody" Mankowski, recreating classic Genesis material mixed with instrumentals from his solo career.


Equipment

Stuermer has been a Fender Stratocaster user for most of his career with Phil Collins. His primary guitars have been a Torino Red
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and a 3-Tone Sunburst American Standard Stratocaster, though he also played
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on the Collins song "The Roof Is Leaking". In addition to the Fender Stratocaster in his tenure with Collins and Genesis, he played
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electric guitars in 1978. He then switched to a SUNTECH Model SA-MFSC "Stratocaster Style" guitar from 1978 to 1984 and used a
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Bass Guitar (1980), a
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guitar in 1981/1982, a Strata (Status Graphite) bass guitar and a Roland guitar (1983–84), a
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bass guitar and guitar (1986/1987), a Yamaha bass guitar in 1992 and a
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custom bass guitar in 2007. Stuermer used a Gibson ES-346 in 2004/2005, and as of 2007 he has largely been using a Godin LGXT electric guitar. He also uses a Godin Montreal Premier, a Godin DS-1 (a custom guitar that Godin built for Stuermer) and a Sadowsky nylon string electric guitar.


Discography

Solo albums With Jean-Luc Ponty With
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With Joan Armatrading With
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(
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) With Tony Banks (Genesis) With Mike Rutherford With
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With
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With
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Collaborations * 1986 : ''Marilyn Martin'' from Marilyn Martin - Daryl composed the music for the song ''Wildest Dreams'' and plays on it as well. * 2004 : ''
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'' - producer. * 2015 : ''1985'' from Martin Levac - Daryl plays on the song ''I am sorry''


References


External links


Official Website
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