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'''Gregory Allen Ryder''', known as '''Greg Ryder''' (born 1951), is a singer and guitarist of Country, Western, Western swing, ballad, folk, and popular music, based in the resort city of Durango, [[Colorado]].
==Background==
Reared on a dairy farm near Ripon in Fond du Lac County in southeastern [[Wisconsin]], the middle child of his father's second marriage, Greg Ryder was exposed to a musical environment from his earliest years fostered by his mother and a maternal uncle. In 1971, he came to Vail in Eagle County, Colorado, because of his interest in [[skiing]] as well as music.<ref name=dherald>{{cite web|url=http://www.gregryder.com/press.html|title=Leanne Goebel, Greg Ryder: Press Review|publisher=''Durango Herald', November 27, 2007|accessdate=June 30, 2013}}</ref> In 1979, he and his wife, Julie Ellen Ryder (born c. 1952), relocated to Durango, where they still reside.<ref name=strater/> His wide range of music defies easy classification: "I'm not afraid to write about the injustice in the world; about heartache, and about human mortality. None of my songs [is] written for mass markets. I write what I know ..."<ref name=ryderbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.gregryder.com/bio.html|title=Greg Ryder: Bio|publisher=gregryder.com|accessdate=June 30, 2013}}</ref> Ryder lists [[Gordon Lightfoot]] and [[Bob Dylan]] as major influences in his own music.<ref name=artistinfo>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonicbids.com/2/EPK/?epk_id=168542|title=Artist Information|publisher=sonicbids.com|accessdate=June 30, 2013}}</ref>
==Musical career==
For more than a decade he was part of the Bar D Wranglers, known for a chuckwagon supper and western musical/comedy program popular with tourists in Durango. With the other Wranglers, Gary Cook, Bob Minser, and Jerry Baxter, and his wife Julie as instrumental accompanists, Ryder released the cassette tape "Blue Shadows", named for a 1948 lead song "Blue Shadows on the Trail" by the [[Sons of the Pioneers]]. On this tape, he sings solo in his baritone voice such selections as "Man Walks Among Us", "Rocky Mountain Express", "Night Rider's Lament", "They Call the Wind Mariah", "The Wayward Wind", and "El Paso". "Jim" is a lament about the death of a fellow [[cowboy]], which prompts his young friend "to wear a tie today". The song "Texas Rangers" is about a march to the [[Rio Grande]] of a unit of [[Texas Rangers]] whose "time had come to die."<ref>Frontier Records, Durango, Colorado, 1994</ref>
Ryder's CD releases on his own label include: "Life Is Flyin' By" (2005), "Where the River Goes" (2007), which includes "Cowboy Blues" and "Swingin' in the Saddle", and "American Western" (2008), with seventeen selections, ranging from "Oh Shenandoah", "Along the Santa Fe Trail", "The Wayfaring Stranger", and "Ghost Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend".<ref name=artistinfo/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.ovi.com/za/en/nm/Artist/Greg-Ryder/1218691|title=Greg Ryder|publisher=music.ovi.com|accessdate=June 30, 2013}}</ref>
Ryder performs regularly in Durango at the Diamond Belle Saloon in the Strater Hotel,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diamondbelle.com/entertainers.html|title=Diamond Belle Saloon: Entertainers|publisher=diamondbelle.com|accessdate=June 30, 2013}}</ref> the Office Spiritorium,<ref name=strater>{{cite web|url=http://www.strater.com/index.cfm/dining-and-entertainment-at-the-strater-hotel/featured-entertainment/greg-ryder-strater-hotel-durango-colorado/|title=Greg Ryder|publisher=strater.com|accessdate=June 30, 2013}}</ref> and at private [[dude ranch]]es during the summer. He has written the words and music for the song entitled ''Streets of Durango''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gregryder.com/music-49.html|title="Streets of Durango" download|publisher=gregryder.com|accessdate=June 30, 2013}}</ref> Ryder often mentions the title of his CD "Life Is Flyin' By" and adds the refrain, "so hope to see you soon."<ref name=ryderbio/>
Leanne Goebel in the ''Durango Herald'' in 2007 analyzes Ryder's music, accordingly:
<blockquote>
A lifetime of singing has helped him hone a voice that is reminiscent of [[Marty Robbins]]. In fact, but for a wider nose and blue eyes, Ryder resembles the country and western crooner who wrote and sang ballads like "El Paso."<br>
When Ryder sings the audience listens and enjoys. ... [[Hoagy Carmichael]], [[Hoyt Axton]], and Marty Robbins must smile from their cowboy heaven. It isn't the magic juice that makes Greg Ryder sound great. It's the passion of a singer and songwriter who knows exactly what moves him and stirs his soul. ...<ref name=dherald/></blockquote>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryder, Greg}}
[[Category:Music]]
[[Category:Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Colorado]]
==Background==
Reared on a dairy farm near Ripon in Fond du Lac County in southeastern [[Wisconsin]], the middle child of his father's second marriage, Greg Ryder was exposed to a musical environment from his earliest years fostered by his mother and a maternal uncle. In 1971, he came to Vail in Eagle County, Colorado, because of his interest in [[skiing]] as well as music.<ref name=dherald>{{cite web|url=http://www.gregryder.com/press.html|title=Leanne Goebel, Greg Ryder: Press Review|publisher=''Durango Herald', November 27, 2007|accessdate=June 30, 2013}}</ref> In 1979, he and his wife, Julie Ellen Ryder (born c. 1952), relocated to Durango, where they still reside.<ref name=strater/> His wide range of music defies easy classification: "I'm not afraid to write about the injustice in the world; about heartache, and about human mortality. None of my songs [is] written for mass markets. I write what I know ..."<ref name=ryderbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.gregryder.com/bio.html|title=Greg Ryder: Bio|publisher=gregryder.com|accessdate=June 30, 2013}}</ref> Ryder lists [[Gordon Lightfoot]] and [[Bob Dylan]] as major influences in his own music.<ref name=artistinfo>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonicbids.com/2/EPK/?epk_id=168542|title=Artist Information|publisher=sonicbids.com|accessdate=June 30, 2013}}</ref>
==Musical career==
For more than a decade he was part of the Bar D Wranglers, known for a chuckwagon supper and western musical/comedy program popular with tourists in Durango. With the other Wranglers, Gary Cook, Bob Minser, and Jerry Baxter, and his wife Julie as instrumental accompanists, Ryder released the cassette tape "Blue Shadows", named for a 1948 lead song "Blue Shadows on the Trail" by the [[Sons of the Pioneers]]. On this tape, he sings solo in his baritone voice such selections as "Man Walks Among Us", "Rocky Mountain Express", "Night Rider's Lament", "They Call the Wind Mariah", "The Wayward Wind", and "El Paso". "Jim" is a lament about the death of a fellow [[cowboy]], which prompts his young friend "to wear a tie today". The song "Texas Rangers" is about a march to the [[Rio Grande]] of a unit of [[Texas Rangers]] whose "time had come to die."<ref>Frontier Records, Durango, Colorado, 1994</ref>
Ryder's CD releases on his own label include: "Life Is Flyin' By" (2005), "Where the River Goes" (2007), which includes "Cowboy Blues" and "Swingin' in the Saddle", and "American Western" (2008), with seventeen selections, ranging from "Oh Shenandoah", "Along the Santa Fe Trail", "The Wayfaring Stranger", and "Ghost Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend".<ref name=artistinfo/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.ovi.com/za/en/nm/Artist/Greg-Ryder/1218691|title=Greg Ryder|publisher=music.ovi.com|accessdate=June 30, 2013}}</ref>
Ryder performs regularly in Durango at the Diamond Belle Saloon in the Strater Hotel,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diamondbelle.com/entertainers.html|title=Diamond Belle Saloon: Entertainers|publisher=diamondbelle.com|accessdate=June 30, 2013}}</ref> the Office Spiritorium,<ref name=strater>{{cite web|url=http://www.strater.com/index.cfm/dining-and-entertainment-at-the-strater-hotel/featured-entertainment/greg-ryder-strater-hotel-durango-colorado/|title=Greg Ryder|publisher=strater.com|accessdate=June 30, 2013}}</ref> and at private [[dude ranch]]es during the summer. He has written the words and music for the song entitled ''Streets of Durango''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gregryder.com/music-49.html|title="Streets of Durango" download|publisher=gregryder.com|accessdate=June 30, 2013}}</ref> Ryder often mentions the title of his CD "Life Is Flyin' By" and adds the refrain, "so hope to see you soon."<ref name=ryderbio/>
Leanne Goebel in the ''Durango Herald'' in 2007 analyzes Ryder's music, accordingly:
<blockquote>
A lifetime of singing has helped him hone a voice that is reminiscent of [[Marty Robbins]]. In fact, but for a wider nose and blue eyes, Ryder resembles the country and western crooner who wrote and sang ballads like "El Paso."<br>
When Ryder sings the audience listens and enjoys. ... [[Hoagy Carmichael]], [[Hoyt Axton]], and Marty Robbins must smile from their cowboy heaven. It isn't the magic juice that makes Greg Ryder sound great. It's the passion of a singer and songwriter who knows exactly what moves him and stirs his soul. ...<ref name=dherald/></blockquote>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryder, Greg}}
[[Category:Music]]
[[Category:Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Colorado]]