Dave Stryker Goes To The Movies

The cast of Dave Stryker's new album.
Photo Credit: Dave Drukker

West Orange guitarist Dave Stryker got himself some strings and he’s taking ‘em all to the movies. The album—Stryker with Strings Goes To The Movies (Strikezone Records)—doesn’t come out until January 10 but he’s laid a little something on us for the meantime. And it’s a flat-out doozy. We loved this guy even before he blew us away opening for Steely Dan. But the advance single from the album—“Theme From Shaft”—totally revitalizes 1971’s Shaft tune into a big, boiling machine complete with 30-piece studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Brent Wallarab. Check it out at https://orcd.co/dstfs. We’re told the album has themes for such movies as Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Anatomy of a Murder, Picnic and Gunn plus some James Bond action (You Only Live Twice). Looks like Dave’s taste in cinema is just as cool as his taste in music.


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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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