Ferrie grew up in Northern
Indiana where he was encouraged by his high school band director to pursue music, leading him to study at
Berklee College of Music in the Music Production and Engineering departments. During his grade school days, Ferrie learned to play various instruments including tuba, guitar, upright bass, and percussion, but was requested to play electric bass by his band director. Bass quickly became Ferrie's main instrument and gained him many session gigs, live and in the studio. After two and a half years of studying at Berklee, Ferrie was attacked and mugged outside of Boston. After hospitalization and multiple surgeries, Ferrie moved back home to Indiana recover. He eventually moved to Hollywood and enrolled at
Musicians Institute. While in Los Angeles he began taking jobs for recording sessions and performing live with bands and in videos, some of which were featured on MTV. Ferrie's first touring act across the south western United States was with the band Electrik. Ferrie's big break came from
Dez Dickerson, who played guitar for
Prince's band
The Revolution. Dickerson was able to get Ferrie an audition for the Christian metal band
Whitecross, with whom he recorded two full albums and completed two world tours with. He also played and wrote for Whitecross's labelmate, Seraiah. Since 1996, Tracy played bass for
Michael Sweet's solo band,
Sally Steele,
Guardian,
Rebecca St. James,
Plumb,
Sonicflood,
Greg Long and
Strange Celebrity before joining
Stryper in 2004. He participated on stage in the Boston Strong Benefit along with
Aerosmith,
J. Geils,
Jimmy Buffett,
Carole King and
James Taylor. As a member of Stryper, Tracy was joined By
Tom Scholz and
Gary Pihl to play "
Peace of Mind" for
the Station nightclub fire benefit for the families and victims of the tragic fire in Rhode Island. Some of his recording credits are with Stryper, Plumb, April McLean, Strange Celebrity, Whitecross,
Jeff Deyo, Boe Braswell,
Kristy Starling, Danielle Bollinger, Paul Alan, and
Kimberley Locke. Tracy is the Assistant Minister at Grace Church of East Dennis on
Cape Cod. Ferrie has since left Stryper to join
Boston, replacing
Kimberley Dahme in mid-2012. Ferrie is also a national roller skating champion. ==Discography==