P E R S O N A L F A C T S :
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| Given Name: |
Donald Ryder |
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| Birth date: |
October 7, 1951 |
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| Birthplace: |
Somewhere in
Washington State |
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| Residence: |
Manassas,Virginia |
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| Instruments: |
Bass guitar &
vocals |
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| Hobbies:
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Music, computers |
D
O
N |
| Day
job: |
Telephone system
engineer |
| Lovely
wife: |
Kathy |
| Children:
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Ben, Brad |
| 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…
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| 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 ... |
| Performers:
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Little Feat, The Eagles, The Beatles, Delbert McClinton, Vince Gill
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Actors/Actresses:
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Robert DeNiro, Meryl Streep
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| Car:
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Bentley GT (hey,
dream big) |
| Movie:
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Braveheart, Office
Space |
| Books:
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Stephen King, Music
catalogs |
| Food: |
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:
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“One
of the hardest things in life to learn is which
bridge to cross and which to burn”
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What are you listening to?:
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Chicago |
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Southern Persuasion