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Kenny "Blue" Ray has appeared on close to 40 recordings, including appearances with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Marcia Ball, Ronnie Earl, Charlie Musselwhite, Anson Funderburgh, and many others. "KBR" was an Original member of the 1st Little Charlie & The Night Cats Band from 1975-1976, Having a BIG Time, with The Night Cats, then moved on to LA, working with William Clarke, and Smokey Wilson, and backing up Percy Mayfield, Big Joe Turner, Lowell Fulson, Big Mama Thorton, and then it was off to Austin, Texas for 4 years with the Marcia Ball Band. Since 92 Kenny Ray has done 13 cds and Produced and written 10 songs on Jackie Payne's JSP cd, Day in the Life of a BluesMan. When it comes to hard-hitting blues guitar, Kenny Blue Ray is the real deal. Every once in a while someone comes along who pleasantly reminds one that there is some uncharted talent ready to explode on the blues scene, and this is the moment for Ray! A Bay Area resident, Ray is considered one of the top guitarists around; certainly one of the most prolific performers on the West Coast, if not the country. He performed in London, England from 1969-'72. He has had over a dozen solo albums released, all of which have received strong reviews - and there have been over 65 reviews of his CDs! Ray's releases,"Fired Up," "Cadillac Tone" "Strat Daddy" "Pull the Strings," "Git It," "Blues My Axe," "Blues Obsession," "Soulful Blues," and his latest, "Got Blues," have all appeared on Tone King Records. The British publication, Blues & Rhythm, has consistently listed his releases among the top 10 selling albums in England. Ray is a guitar instrumentalist of the less is more school, who conveys a control and mastery of each note; a musician who knows no limit to tone. In Mick Rainsford's review of Ray's "Pull the Strings"album in Blues & Rhythm magazine, he wrote "...if you have any interest whatsoever in blues guitar playing of the highest quality, be it that big fat Texas tone of Albert Collins, the slashing chords and swing of T-Bone Walker, Hendrix-inspired distorted aggression, the deep blues tone and feel of all the Kings, or searing licks we associate with SRV, then you have no option other than to discover for yourself what Kenny Blue Ray is all about." Ray was a long-time fixture in the Marcia Ball Band while living in Texas and teamed with Stevie Ray Vaughan on Ball's "Soulful Dress" album on Rounder. He has also performed with Albert Collins, Ronnie Earl, Earl King, Hollywood Fats, William Clarke, Big Joe Turner and Pee Wee Crayton, to name a few. Check out the artist's website: http://home.earthlink.net/~blueray/ Track List: 1. Goodbye Johnny (john Lee Hooker) 2. You Belong to Me 3. Too Poor to Die 4. You Were Wrong 5. Pit Bull Rodeo 6. Mr. Downchild 7. Gypsey Switch 8. Fannie Mae 9. Stop Breakin' Down 10. Blues For Buddy 11. Believe Me 12. Everythings Gonna Be Allright 13. Got Blues Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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