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Daryl Stuermer 
Background information Born November 27, 1952
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesGenres Progressive rock, Rock, Jazz rock, Pop, Pop rock Instruments Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals Years active 1975–present Associated acts Genesis, Phil Collins, Era Website Official site Notable instruments Fender Stratocaster Daryl Mark Stuermer (born November 27, 1952) is an American musician who plays guitar and bass for Genesis during live shows, and lead guitar for Phil Collins during most of his solo tours and albums.
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Biography
Stuermer was born on November 27, 1952 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin[1] and is a 1970 graduate of St. Francis High School. Discovered playing with his Milwaukee band Sweetbottom, Stuermer auditioned for and won a spot backing up jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty[1] in 1975, with whom he recorded four albums. In late 1977, Stuermer, on insistence of friend Alphonso Johnson was recommended as a replacement for Steve Hackett. He joined up with Genesis as touring guitarist and bass player at first and retained that position until 1992, only to resume his role in 2007 on the Genesis Turn It On Again Tour. In 1982, Stuermer followed Genesis front man Phil Collins as the lead guitarist for Collins' solo career. In doing so, he went from what Collins called a "permanent-temporary-part-time member" of Genesis to a "permanent-touring-recording member" of Collins' new group.[1] The collaboration has been a successful one for both musicians, and Stuermer has earned co-writer credits on several of Collins' songs.
On stage with Genesis, c. 1980
Stuermer has recorded six solo albums, Steppin' Out, Live and Learn, Another Side of Genesis, Waiting in the Wings, Retrofit, and most recently Go!. Released in 2002 was a Sweetbottom live reunion album, recorded at Shank Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of St. Francis High School in St. Francis, Wisconsin, and returned to his hometown in the summer of 2002 to play a free concert.
His album Go! was released in early 2007. It contains many older tracks from Stuermer's Sweetbottom days, and includes appearances from Alphonso Johnson, Kostia, John Calarco, and Eric Hervey. Stuermer rejoined Genesis for their 2007 Turn It On Again: The Tour reunion effort. His current project is called Daryl Stuermer-Genesis Rewired, which involves band members Kostia, Alan Arber and Eric Hervey and French Canadian singer Martin LeVac formerly from The Musical Box, recreating classic Genesis material mixed with Daryl's instrumentals from his solo career.
Stuermer has been a Fender Stratocaster user for most of his career with Phil Collins. His main guitars have been a Candy Apple Red and a 3 Tone Sunburst, though he also played banjo on the Phil Collins song "The Roof Is Leaking". In addition to the Fender Stratocaster in his tenure with Collins and Genesis, he played Gibson RD Artist bass guitars and Ibanez electric guitars in 1978. He then switched to a SUNTECH Model SA-MFSC "Stratocaster Style" guitar from 1978 to 1984 and used a Shergold Bass Guitar (1980), a Fender Precision Bass guitar in 1981/1982, a Status bass guitar and Ibanez guitar (1983–84), a Steinberger bass guitar (1986–87) and guitars (1986/1987), a Yamaha bass guitar in 1992 and again in 2007. As of 2007 he has largely been using a Godin LGXT electric guitar. He also uses the reintroduced Fender American Standard Stratocaster and the Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster[citation needed]
Discography
Solo Albums
Title Release Remarks Steppin' Out 1987 GRP Live & Learn 1998 Urban Island Music Another Side of Genesis 2000 Urban Island Music Waiting in the Wings 2001 Urban Island Music Sweetbottom Live the Reunion 2003 Urban Island Music Retrofit 2004 Urban Island Music The Nylon String Sampler 2005 Urban Island Music Rewired - The Electric Collection 2006 Unicorn Digital/Urban Island, LL Go! 2007 Inside Out Music With Jean-Luc Ponty
Title Release Remarks Aurora 1975 Atlantic Imaginary Voyage 1976 Atlantic Enigmatic Ocean 1977 Atlantic Civilized Evil 1981 Atlantic With George Duke
Title Release Remarks I Love The Blues She Heard My Cry 1975 Polydor Liberated Fantasies 1976 BASF With Joan Armatrading
Title Release Remarks The Key 1983 A&M With Frida Lyngstad (ABBA)
Title Release Remarks Something Going on 1982 Epic (UK) With Tony Banks (Genesis)
Title Release Remarks The Fugitive 1983 Charisma Still 1991 Giant (US) Strictly Inc 1995 Virgin With Mike Rutherford (Genesis)
Title Release Remarks Acting Very Strange 1982 Atlantic/WEA With Philip Bailey
Title Release Remarks Chinese Wall 1984 Columbia With Phil Collins
Title Release Remarks Face Value 1981 Virgin Hello, I Must Be Going! 1982 Atlantic No Jacket Required 1985 Atlantic ...But Seriously 1989 Atlantic Serious Hits... Live! 1990 Atlantic Dance Into the Light 1996 Atlantic A Hot Night in Paris 1998 Atlantic ...Hits 1998 Atlantic Testify 2002 Atlantic The First Final Farewell Tour 2004 Warner Music Vision Phil Collins: Roseland Ballroom 2010 Eagle Vision With Genesis
Title Release Remarks Three Sides Live 1982 Atlantic Knebworth Concert (Various Artists) 1990 Polydor Genesis Live-The Way We Walk Vol 1 1992 Atlantic Genesis Live-The Way We Walk Vol 2 1993 Atlantic Live Over Europe 2007 2007 Atlantic References
- ^ a b c Masino, Susan; Paul, Les (2003). Famous Wisconsin Musicians. Badger Books. pp. 153–154. ISBN 9781878569882. http://books.google.com/books?id=CQiOWL9N9moC&pg=PA153&dq=Daryl+Mark+Stuermer&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Daryl%20Mark%20Stuermer&f=false. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
External links
- Daryl Stuermer's Website
- Genesis' Website
- In-Depth 2007 Interview by Anil Prasad of Innerviews
- Daryl Stuermer-Genesis Rewired Website
Categories:- 1952 births
- Living people
- American rock guitarists
- Genesis (band) members
- People from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Musicians from Wisconsin
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