| Ron Strykert | |
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| Born | 18 August 1957 Australia |
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Ron Strykert (born 18 August 1957 [1]) is an Australian guitarist, known for playing lead guitar for the reggae inspired 1980s band, Men at Work. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. For the 1990 movie "Men at Work" see Men at Work (film.
Strykert co-founded Men at Work with Colin Hay as an acoustic duo in 1979, regularly performing at the Cricketer's Arms Hotel in Richmond. Colin Hay (born Colin James Hay, 29 June 1953, Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland) is a Scottish Musician Richmond is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He wrote and co-wrote many of their songs, including co-writing their well known chart topping song, Down Under and singing lead vocals on Settle Down My Boy, one of his own songs from Cargo. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both In Popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list&mdasha Chart &mdashof top " Down Under " is the title of a pop song of Reggae flavour written by Colin Hay and Ron Strykert, recorded in 1981 by the Australian Cargo is the second album by Australian band Men at Work, released in 1983 Strykert contributed to all three Men at Work studio albums. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist
Strykert now commits himself to the creation of music with unconventional rhythms and textures.