Daryl Stuermer
Daryl Mark Stuermer (born November 27, 1952) is an American musician, songwriter, singer, and record producer best known for playing the guitar and bass for Genesis during live shows, and lead guitar for Phil Collins during most solo tours and albums.[1] He has also released nine solo albums, and tours with his Daryl Stuermer Band.
Daryl Stuermer
- Guitar
- bass
1970–present
Early life[edit]
Stuermer was born on November 27, 1952, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[2] He cites Duane, his elder brother of two years, also a musician, who introduced him to music by Elvis Presley and Ray Charles. As a youngster he became a fan of the instrumental rock band The Ventures, which "really got me going".[3] He began to play the guitar at age eleven, and moved into jazz guitar four years later.[3][4] In 1970, Stuermer graduated from St. Francis High School in St. Francis, Wisconsin.
Career[edit]
Early bands[edit]
In the early 1970s, Stuermer formed his Milwaukee-based jazz rock band Sweetbottom, playing local gigs five nights a week.[4] It was during one of these gigs in 1975 that keyboardist George Duke, then of The Mothers of Invention with Frank Zappa, noticed him[4] and suggested his name to jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, who was looking for a guitarist to join his own band. After a successful audition, Stuermer became a full time member and is featured on three of their albums released between 1975 and 1977: Aurora, Imaginary Voyage, and Enigmatic Ocean.[4][2]
In addition to Ponty, he played on Duke's solo albums I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry and Liberated Fantasies.[5]
Equipment[edit]
Stuermer has been a Fender Stratocaster user for most of his career with Phil Collins. His primary guitars have been a Torino Red Eric Clapton Stratocaster[11] and a 3-Tone Sunburst American Standard Stratocaster,[12] though he also played banjo on the 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 Strata (Status Graphite) bass guitar and a Roland guitar (1983–84), a Steinberger bass guitar and guitar (1986/1987), a Yamaha bass guitar in 1992 and a Lakland custom bass guitar in 2007. Stuermer used a Gibson ES-346 in 2004/2005,[10] and as of 2007 he has largely been using a Godin LGXT electric guitar. He also uses a Godin Montreal Premier,[11] a Godin DS-1[11] (a custom guitar that Godin built for Stuermer) and a Sadowsky nylon string electric guitar.[11]
Solo albums
With Jean-Luc Ponty
With George Duke
With Joan Armatrading
With Frida Lyngstad (ABBA)
With Tony Banks (Genesis)
With Mike Rutherford
With Philip Bailey
With Phil Collins
With Genesis
Collaborations