# Deb Ryder > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Deb_Ryder > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Deb_Ryder.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb_Ryder > Source revision: 1334596058 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox musical artist | name = Deb Ryder | image = | caption = | alt = | image_size = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = [Peoria, Illinois](/source/Peoria%2C_Illinois), United States | instrument = | genre = [Blues](/source/Blues) | occupation = Singer, songwriter | years_active = 1980s–present | label = Bejeb Music, VizzTone Records | website = [https://epresskitz.com/kit.php?p=bio&u=35263917 Official website] }} '''Deb Ryder''' is an American blues singer and songwriter. She has released five albums since 2013, although her involvement in music spans decades in various capacities. ==Life and career== She was born in [Peoria, Illinois](/source/Peoria%2C_Illinois), United States. Early in her life, her family relocated to Chicago, where her father, Allan R. Swanson, became a local nightclub crooner.{{Cite web|url=https://bluesfestivalguide.com/wp_blues_news_archive/deb.php|title=Deb Ryder : MIGHT JUST GET LUCKY|website=Bluesfestivalguide.com|access-date=September 27, 2022|archive-date=August 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804060224/http://www.bluesfestivalguide.com/wp_blues_news_archive/deb.php|url-status=dead}} The family moved again to [Ohio](/source/Ohio), and onwards to [Malibu, California](/source/Malibu%2C_California). Ryder's parents then divorced and her single mother of five, Maryanne Swanson, relocated the remaining family in 1968 to [Topanga, California](/source/Topanga%2C_California). Among their neighbors was [Canned Heat](/source/Canned_Heat)'s [Bob Hite](/source/Bob_Hite), whose massive collection of blues gramophone records was a magnet and inspiration to the adolescent Ryder. Her mother remarried a local contractor, and they jointly opened Topanga Corral, which hosted an array of musicians including Canned Heat, [Spirit](/source/Spirit_(band)), [Neil Young](/source/Neil_Young), [Buffalo Springfield](/source/Buffalo_Springfield), and the [Eagles](/source/Eagles_(band)). Effectively living next door to the club, meant Ryder got to liaise with visiting musicians, including [Big Joe Turner](/source/Big_Joe_Turner), [Etta James](/source/Etta_James) and [Taj Mahal](/source/Taj_Mahal_(musician)), who all acted as mentors. Encouraged and with easy access to the premises, while in her teenage years, Ryder and her small band regularly opened the show at Topanga Corral for [Charlie Musselwhite](/source/Charlie_Musselwhite), Big Joe Turner, Etta James, and Taj Mahal. Ryder went on to study at the [University of California, Los Angeles](/source/University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles). Her musical background proved invaluable as she then worked as a session musician, who performed on television advertisements, as well as providing backup vocals on a number of other musician's recordings. Her voice was used in the lead role for the Las Vegas-based musical show, ''Splash''. Settling back down to her blues roots led to her meeting her husband, and bass guitarist, Ric Ryder. He encouraged her to write blues material and together they formed an ensemble, the Bluesryders, who performed in local clubs and at music festivals for over two decades.{{Cite web|url=https://messengermountainnews.com/deb-ryder-cd/|title=Deb Ryder Sings the Blues|first=Annemarie|last=Donkin|website=Messengermountainnews.com|access-date=September 27, 2022}} In 2013, she returned to a series of songs written over the years, and then re-worked upon with her husband, and recorded her debut album, ''Might Just Get Lucky''. She later met up with the record producer [Tony Braunagel](/source/Tony_Braunagel), who oversaw her next release, ''Let It Rain'' (2015). The musicians on the recording included Braunagel who played the percussion and [James Hutchinson](/source/James_Hutchinson_(musician)) on double bass, plus [Kirk Fletcher](/source/Kirk_Fletcher) and [Johnny Lee Schell](/source/Johnny_Lee_Schell) on guitar while [Mike Finnigan](/source/Mike_Finnigan) played keyboards. Ryder wrote all of the 11 tracks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/let-it-rain-mw0002829332/credits|title=Let It Rain – Deb Ryder | Credits |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|access-date=September 27, 2022}} ''Grit Grease & Tears'' followed in 2016, with Braunagel producing and [Bob Corritore](/source/Bob_Corritore) played harmonica as a guest musician on the album with [Sugaray Rayford](/source/Sugaray_Rayford) supplying some additional vocals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/grit-grease-tears-mw0002965522/credits|title=Grit Grease & Tears – Deb Ryder | Credits |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|access-date=September 27, 2022}} By 2018, Ryder had signed a recording contract with VizzTone Records, who released her fourth album, ''Enjoy the Ride'' on June 11 that year. It was also produced by Braunagel, who played drums with [Coco Montoya](/source/Coco_Montoya) supplying lead guitar alongside Schell on rhythm.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/2018/05/30/album-review-enjoy-the-ride-by-deb-ryder/|title=Album Review: Enjoy The Ride by Deb Ryder|first=Martine|last=Ehrenclou|date=May 30, 2018|website=Rockandbluesmuse.com|access-date=September 27, 2022}} ''Enjoy the Ride'' appeared on ''[Living Blues](/source/Living_Blues)'' magazine's annual list of top 50 albums. Recording work for her next album was affected by the [COVID-19 pandemic in the United States](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States), which necessitated the use of three separate recording studios and digitalized exchanges of ideas. All 13 sides on ''Memphis Moonlight'' (2021) were written by Ryder, who again used Braunagel to oversee a cast of musicians, including Schell (guitar, bass and keyboards), Finnigan (keyboards), plus guest appearances from the guitarists [Ronnie Earl](/source/Ronnie_Earl), Joey Delgado and [Alastair Greene](/source/Alastair_Greene), and [Steve Berlin](/source/Steve_Berlin) (saxophone) along with [David Hidalgo](/source/David_Hidalgo) (accordion and backup vocals).{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/2021/05/27/interview-with-blues-diva-deb-ryder/|title=Interview with Blues Diva Deb Ryder|first=Martine|last=Ehrenclou|date=27 May 2021|website=Rockandbluesmuse.com|access-date=September 27, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/deb-ryder-memphis-moonlight-album-review/|title=Deb Ryder – Memphis Moonlight | Album Review|first=Marty|last=Gunther|website=Bluesblastmagazine.com|date=July 17, 2021|access-date=September 27, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://lahoradelblues.com/en/deb-ryder-memphis-moonlight/|title=Deb Ryder "Memphis Moonlight"|website=Lahoradelblues.com|date=June 1, 2021|access-date=September 27, 2022}} ==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year || Title || Record label |- | 2013 || ''Might Just Get Lucky'' || style="text-align:center;"|Bejeb Music |- | 2015 || ''Let It Rain'' || style="text-align:center;"|Bejeb Music |- | 2016 || ''Grit Grease & Tears'' || style="text-align:center;"|Bejeb Music |- | 2018 || ''Enjoy the Ride'' || style="text-align:center;"|VizzTone Records |- | 2021 || ''Memphis Moonlight'' || style="text-align:center;"|VizzTone Records |- |}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/deb-ryder-mn0003302077|title=Deb Ryder Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More|website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|access-date=September 27, 2022}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://epresskitz.com/kit.php?p=bio&u=35263917 Official website] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVR7JIEW6vQ Deb Ryder – "Bad Bad Dream" @ YouTube] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryder, Deb}} Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:American women singer-songwriters Category:American blues singers Category:Electric blues musicians Category:Singer-songwriters from Illinois Category:Musicians from Peoria, Illinois Category:21st-century American women musicians Category:21st-century American women singers Category:21st-century American singer-songwriters --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Deb Ryder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb_Ryder) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb_Ryder?action=history)). 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