Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho.

Ross Valory always had pieces of music tucked away that he had written, although songwriting contributions to Journey slipped away after the first three “experimental” albums. As an original member of the multi-platinum juggernaut of “Don’t Stop Believin’” fame, bassist Valory concentrated on shaping the rhythm section and contributing his baritone vocals to the background blend.

In 1995, VALORY began sorting through his files and polishing up some of his old notes. In between Journey tour dates, he pulled together a tight-knit group of collaborators and slowly began to finish what he started. After a lifetime in music, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer etched his first solo album, All of the Above, released in April this year.

The nine tracks on the album represent the full maturity of Valory’s musical gifts, cutting a broad swath through the instrumental territory the music travels. He plays keyboards, guitar, and, of course, many basses in a display of cultivated virtuosity across a palette far broader than could be found in his work with Journey. He is stepping out from behind his bass and, for the first time in his more than half-century as a professional musician, representing his vision and his compositions.

Valory, who spent most of his life as a member of Journey, has no regrets. He counts his blessings at having spent an amazing career with a remarkable group of musicians who succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.

Valory brings a lifetime in music to his solo excursions. All of the Above, a true labor of love, represents a culmination of his experience, at the same time as it points to the future. “Whatever came into my ears and brain came out in various ways,” he said. “I have been revisiting material that has been piling up over the years off and on and carrying it forward.”

Please welcome rock and roll hall of famer… bass guitarist, singer, songwriter most recognized for playing with the legendary Journey …ROSS VALORY to Interviewing the Legends …

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ROSS VALORY

Discography

Solo

All of the Above (2024)

With Steve Miller Band

Rock Love (1971)

With Journey

Journey (1975)

Look into the Future (1976)

Next (1977)

Infinity (1978)

Evolution (1979)

Departure (1980)

Dream, After Dream (1980)

Captured (1981)

Escape (1981)

Frontiers (1983)

Trial by Fire (1996)

Arrival (2001)

Red 13 (2002)

Generations (2005)

Revelation (2008)

Eclipse (2011)

Escape & Frontiers Live in Japan (2017)

With Todd Rundgren

2nd Wind (1991)

With The Storm

The Storm (1991)

Eye of the Storm (1996)

With The V.U.

Phoenix Rising (2000)

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