Ross Valory

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Ross Valory
Ross Valory with Journey on September 16, 2008 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Background information
Born	February 2, 1949 (1949-02-02) (age 63) San Francisco
Genres	Hard rock, rock
Instruments	Bass guitar, vocals, keyboards, guitar
Years active	1966-present
Associated acts	Journey, The Storm
Website	www.rossvalory.com

Ross Lamont Valory (born February 2, 1949 in San Francisco) is 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, Ross 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, CA and attended Acalanes High School.

One of the innovations that Valory uses (it is not known if he is the inventor) 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.

Ross Valory also played for The Vu, The Storm, Frumious Bandersnatch and the Steve Miller Band.

References

External links

• Ross Valory official site
• Ross Valory official MySpace site
• Official Journey website
• 2005 Ross Valory interview
• Ross Valory fan site

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