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'''Gregory Allen Ryder''', known as '''Greg Ryder''' (born October 31, 1951), is a singer and guitarist of Country, Western, Western swing, ballad, folk, and popular music, based in the resort city of Durango, [[Colorado]].
'''Gregory Allen Ryder''', known as '''Greg Ryder''' (born October 31, 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==
==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>
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==
==Musical career==