Ryan and the Del Rays
Ryan Verthein began playing the guitar at age 4 when he received a
Harmony guitar for Christmas. After his Dad taught him three basic rock and
roll chords and
handed him some Buddy Holly CD's, Ryan set out to learn to play. Soon
discovering the blues, especially at a Jonny Lang concert back when Jonny
was 14 and Ryan
was 8. The sound of blues guitar left it's mark and Ryan spent hours every
day listening to every blues record and CD he could get his hands on and
developing his
own style.
Soon he was writing songs and playing small clubs and coffee shops around
Northern Minnesota. This led to two CD projects, one a home made and home
recorded
CD and one a professional recording in a real studio. Regional success
followed, airplay on national and worldwide syndicated blues programs helped
get his music
out there.
This CD contains 13 tracks all written by Ryan himself, and also serve as a
bit of a sampler of his two other CD releases, and includes some very unique
and
interesting tracks.
