michael ray

I was so young when I was born...
Mom tells me she sang in church...
Dad played the radio... with one hand!
1st Band — The Rubbur Band... I was 15
My First Official Guitar—Kay Harmony
My First Official Bass—Kent
My First Official Good Bass—Gibson EBO (Woody owns that now)
I was the bass player in The Rubbur Band because it had less strings!
Although I couldn't quite get the bass line to "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone"... Too fast!!!
2nd Band—The Buddy Roe Band
3rd Band—Canyon Blue... Outlaw Country with a shot of Flying Burrito Brothers thrown in...
4th Band—Handpicked!!! We opened for Doc Watson, Osborne Brothers, Ronnie Milsap, The Mommas & Papas (remix... no Cass, no Michelle) Shenandoah, Patty Loveless... just to name a few
1st Concert—Jimi Hendrix at the Virginia Beach Dome... 1967

Faves
Cream
Jimi Hendrix
Jeff Beck
Yardbirds
Kinks
Donovan
Beatles
Byrds
Flying Burrito Brothers
Miles
Bird
'Trane
Santana
Fleetwood Mac
Johnny Cash
Gram Parsons
Bluegrass
Gospel
Stax
Motown
Blues
Power Pop
Joni Mitchell
CSN&Y... also solo
Poco
Counting Crows
The Band
Traffic
Allman Brothers
Chet Baker
Firefall
Van Morrison
Eric Clapton
Frank Sinatra
Bee Gees
to name a few...

My Favorite Color is Green
I play bass with a pick.
I graduated from Bill Wyman's Big Note Bass Book... 2 pages... 2 notes...
Blue in the Face pushes a lot of musical buttons for me...
...and in closing... There will be peace in the valley someday...
Peace, Love and BITF (more than I can chew)
—michaelray

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