Deb Ryder

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, United States. Early in her life, her family relocated to Chicago, where her father, Allan R. Swanson, became a local nightclub crooner. The family moved again to Ohio, and onwards to Malibu, California. Ryder's parents then divorced and her single mother of five, Maryanne Swanson, relocated the remaining family in 1968 to Topanga, California.

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. Grit Grease & Tears followed in 2016, with Braunagel producing and Bob Corritore played harmonica as a guest musician on the album with Sugaray Rayford supplying some additional vocals.

By 2018, Ryder had signed a recording contract with VizzTone Records, who released her fourth album, Enjoy the Ride on June 11 that year. Enjoy the Ride appeared on 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, 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, Joey Delgado and Alastair Greene, and Steve Berlin (saxophone) along with David Hidalgo (accordion and backup vocals).

Discography Albums Year Title Record label 2013 Might Just Get Lucky Bejeb Music 2015 Let It Rain Bejeb Music 2016 Grit Grease & Tears Bejeb Music 2018 Enjoy the Ride VizzTone Records 2021 Memphis Moonlight VizzTone Records