Daryl Stuermer
Encyclopedia
Daryl Mark Stuermer 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.
, Wisconsin
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
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. (While with Genesis, Stuermer alternated guitar and bass with Mike Rutherford
as needed.) 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. The collaboration has been a successful one for both musicians, and Stuermer has earned co-writer credits on several of Collins' songs.
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
With Jean-Luc Ponty
With George Duke
With Joan Armatrading
With Frida Lyngstad (ABBA
With Tony Banks
With Mike Rutherford
With Philip Bailey
With Phil Collins
With Genesis
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musician who plays guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
for Genesis
Genesis (band)
Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...
during live shows, and lead guitar for Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
during most of his solo tours and albums.
Biography
Stuermer was born on November 27, 1952 in MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...
, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
and is a 1970 graduate of St. Francis High School
Saint Francis High School (St. Francis, Wisconsin)
St. Francis High School is a public high school in St. Francis, Wisconsin serving grades 9 through 12. It is located along Lake Michigan. SFHS is the only high school in the Saint Francis School District.-Academics:Classes available to St...
.
Discovered playing with his Milwaukee band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
Sweetbottom, Stuermer auditioned for and won a spot backing up jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...
in 1975, with whom he recorded four albums. In late 1977, Stuermer, on insistence of friend Alphonso Johnson
Alphonso Johnson
Alphonso Johnson is an American jazz bassist who has been influential since the early 1970s.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Johnson started off as an upright bass player, but switched to the electric bass in his late teens. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, Johnson showed...
was recommended as a replacement for Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett
Stephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...
. 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. (While with Genesis, Stuermer alternated guitar and bass with Mike Rutherford
Mike Rutherford
Michael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford is an English musician. He is a founding member of Genesis, initially as a bassist and backup vocalist. In later incarnations of Genesis, he assumed the role of lead guitarist. He is one of only two constant members in Genesis . He also fronts Mike + The...
as needed.) 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. The collaboration has been a successful one for both musicians, and Stuermer has earned co-writer credits on several of Collins' songs.
St. Francis, Wisconsin
St. Francis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 8,662. It is the smallest incorporated city in Milwaukee County.-Geography:St. Francis is located at ....
, 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
Turn It on Again: The Tour
Turn It On Again: The Tour was a 2007 concert tour of Europe and North America by progressive rock band Genesis. The tour was notable for the return of drummer and vocalist Phil Collins, who left the group in 1996.-History:...
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
Fender Stratocaster
The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as "Strat", is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation to the present. It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top...
user for most of his career with Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
. His main guitars have been a Candy Apple Red and a 3 Tone Sunburst, though he also played banjo
Banjo
In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
on the Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
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
Fender Precision Bass
The Fender Precision Bass is an electric bass.Designed by Leo Fender as a prototype in 1950 and brought to market in 1951, the Precision was the first electric bass to earn widespread attention and use. A revolutionary instrument for the time, the Precision Bass has made an immeasurable impact on...
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
Solo Albums
| Title | Release | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steppin' Out | 1987 | GRP | |
| Live & Learn | 1998 | Urban Island Music | |
| Another Side of Genesis Another Side of Genesis -Track listing:#"Follow You, Follow Me"#"Hold On My Heart"#"Taking It All Too Hard"#"Throwing It All Away"#"Since I Lost You"#"Land of Confusion"#"In Too Deep"#"Turn it on Again"#"Man On the Corner"#"No Son of Mine"#"Never a Time"... |
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 Rewired - The Electric Collection -Track listing:#"Yin Yang Boogie"#"Road Warrior"#"Determined"#"Deadline"#"American Fields"#"Morning Train"#"Wherever You Are"#"Highland Hip Hop"#"Transatlantic"#"The Least You Can Do"... |
2006 | Unicorn Digital/Urban Island, LL | |
| Go! | 2007 | Inside Out Music |
With Jean-Luc PontyJean-Luc PontyJean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...
| Title | Release | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 1975 | Atlantic | |
| Imaginary Voyage | 1976 | Atlantic | |
| Enigmatic Ocean | 1977 | Atlantic | |
| Civilized Evil | 1981 | Atlantic |
With George DukeGeorge DukeGeorge Duke is a multi-faceted American musician, known as a keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer in both jazz and popular mainstream musical genres. He has worked with numerous acclaimed artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and professor of music...
| Title | Release | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Love The Blues She Heard My Cry | 1975 | Polydor | |
| Liberated Fantasies | 1976 | BASF |
With Joan ArmatradingJoan ArmatradingJoan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE is a British singer, songwriter and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee and has been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist...
| Title | Release | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Key | 1983 | A&M |
With Frida Lyngstad (ABBAABBAABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...
)
| Title | Release | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Something Going on | 1982 | Epic (UK) |
With Tony BanksTony Banks (musician)This article is about the musician. For other people named Tony Banks, see Tony BanksAnthony George "Tony" Banks is a British composer, and multi-instrumentalist, who performs as a keyboardist and a guitarist...
(Genesis)
| Title | Release | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fugitive | 1983 | Charisma | |
| Still | 1991 | Giant (US) | |
| Strictly Inc | 1995 | Virgin |
With Mike RutherfordMike RutherfordMichael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford is an English musician. He is a founding member of Genesis, initially as a bassist and backup vocalist. In later incarnations of Genesis, he assumed the role of lead guitarist. He is one of only two constant members in Genesis . He also fronts Mike + The...
(Genesis)
| Title | Release | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Acting Very Strange | 1982 | Atlantic/WEA |
With Philip BaileyPhilip BaileyPhilip Irvin Bailey is an American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor, best known as one of the longtime members of Earth, Wind & Fire. Together with Verdine White, B. David Whitworth, and Ralph Johnson he forms the heart of the current EWF line-up on...
| Title | Release | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese Wall | 1984 | Columbia |
With Phil CollinsPhil Collins Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
| Title | Release | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face Value | 1981 | Virgin | |
| Hello, I Must Be Going! Hello, I Must Be Going! (album) Hello, I Must Be Going! is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Phil Collins. It was originally released 1 November 1982. This album's name comes from the Marx Brothers' song with the same name, featured in the movie Animal Crackers... |
1982 | Atlantic | |
| No Jacket Required No Jacket Required The album is named after an incident at The Pump Room restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. Collins , was denied admittance because he did not meet the restaurant's dress code of "jacket required" for dinner, while Plant was allowed in. Collins was wearing a jacket, and argued about it. The Maître d'... |
1985 | Atlantic | |
| ...But Seriously ...But Seriously -Instrumental contributions:*Phil Collins — keyboards, drums, percussion, tambourine, vocals*Nathan East — bass guitar*Daryl Stuermer — guitar*Dominic Miller — guitar*The Phoenix Horns:**Don Myrick — saxophone... |
1989 | Atlantic | |
| Serious Hits... Live! | 1990 | Atlantic | |
| Dance Into the Light Dance into the Light Dance into the Light is the sixth solo album by Phil Collins released in 1996. it was notable for being the first album that Collins released as a full-time solo artist, having left Genesis earlier that year.-History:... |
1996 | Atlantic | |
| A Hot Night in Paris A Hot Night in Paris A Hot Night in Paris is the only album by The Phil Collins Big Band, released in 1999 by Atlantic Records. Fronted by Genesis lead singer Phil Collins, the album did not contain any singing... |
1998 | Atlantic | |
| ...Hits Hits (Phil Collins album) -Track notes:*Track 1 features David Crosby on backing vocals.*Track 2 features Babyface on backing vocals, keyboard and drum programming, and Sheila E on percussion.*Track 3 features Philip Bailey on vocals.*Track 6 features Eric Clapton on guitar.... |
1998 | Atlantic | |
| Testify Testify (Phil Collins album) -Personnel:*Phil Collins - all instruments except where noted*Daryl Stuermer - guitar *Tim Pierce - guitar *Paul Bushnell - bass guitar *Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards... |
2002 | Atlantic | |
| The First Final Farewell Tour | 2004 | Warner Music Vision | |
| Phil Collins: Roseland Ballroom | 2010 | Eagle Vision |
With GenesisGenesis (band)Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...
| 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 |