| P E R S O N A L F A C T S :
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| Given
Name: |
Donald Ryder |
| Birth
date: |
October 7, 1951 |
| Birthplace:
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Somewhere in
Washington State |
| Residence:
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Manassas,Virginia |
| Instruments:
|
Bass guitar &
vocals |
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| Hobbies:
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Music, computers |
D
O
N
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| Day
job: |
Telephone system
engineer |
| Education:
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Stonewall High
School, George Mason College (now University) |
| First
Performance: |
In front of the
Woolworth’s store in Manassas circa 1964 |
| Musical
Beginning: |
Neighborhood kid
played opening chords to a Link Wray song on my
dad’s old Gibson hollow body guitar and that
was it… |
| Musical
Influences: |
The Beatles, The Eagles; Bass:
Victor Wooten, Paul McCartney; Guitar:
Don Rich, Eric Clapton; Keyboards:
Billy Payne, Don
Bausili
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| Previous
Jobs: |
Carpenter’s
helper, pizza maker, bank bookkeeper, Verizon |
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F A V O R I T E ...
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| Performers:
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Little Feat, The Eagles, The Beatles, Delbert
McClinton, Vince Gill |
| Actors/Actresses:
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Robert DeNiro, Meryl
Streep |
| Car:
|
Bentley GT (hey,
dream big) |
| Movie:
|
Braveheart, Office
Space |
| Books:
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Stephen King, Music
catalogs |
| Foods:
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Lasagna, Cajun food,
anything but the two foods I hate. |
| Songs:
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Most any song written
by Lennon and McCartney |
| T.V.
Show: |
Grey’s Anatomy,
Discovery or Learning channels, Moonlighting |
| Sports:
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Football, basketball |
| Place
To Relax: |
Mountains or home |
Quote:
|
“One
of the hardest things in life to learn is which
bridge to cross and which to burn” |
What's currently in
the CD player?
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Chicago |
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