Brian Ray

Location:
Los Angeles, California, US
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Rock / Alternative / Indie
Site(s):
Label:
Whooray Records
Hello everybody, welcome to my place What can I say? Like a lot of you I'm just looking for some meaning in this life, through friends, music, art and words I'm primarily a guitar player, then add some bass playing, songwriting, singing and writing to that I am so grateful that I get to play music and make a living just doing what I love the most. When I was a kid, I slept with my 1968 Goldtop Les Paul and would wake up gazing at it like I would my girlfriend. Every night I dreamt of doing what I get to do now.
I started out with the late, great Bobby Pickett, doing the Monster Mash, then played with Etta James for 14 years as her band leader. I wrote for and played with Smokey Robinson and toured for years in France somehow after all this time, I landed in Paul McCartney's band and am having the time of my life. I wrote and recorded my first solo record, Mondo Magneto and am really pleased with it. Check it out if you feel like it!
Also, I just finished Chris Cornell's new solo CD and did a show with Steven Tyler in the Bahamas too it's been insane Lucky stars are out lately!
I did shows with Rod "The Mod" Stewart and played a show with Scott Weiland. Then I recorded a new record with Johnny Hallyday for France. I returned to Paris to do some television promotion with him as well. What an amazing year 2007 was I got to play with some of my favorite singers in the world. But it was a bittersweet year too. I lost my sister and my mentor, Jean over the summer. Life just keeps on surprising us all.
I dig dreaming and eating and hanging w/my peeps, walking laughing and surfing [and swallowing mouthfuls of sea water while trying] I like surprises, making you laugh, my Aunt Lee and, oh I really want to get a dog! But I'm gone too much, ya know? harrrrrumph!! My friends, family and music rule my world and make it all seem bright and shiny I need them and all of you too!!
Did I mentioned how much I love playing guitar? I was in the studio for 9 hours the other day and when we had finished, I just wanted to keep on playing.
Ok, that's enough outta me. I'll do my best to keep up my blog more regularly but I do best when I'm not pushed so back off!! hahahaha! Anyways. have a look around and ENJOY!! [don't you hate it when a waiter says that?] PEACE! I'm Audi .2007 [O.G. Rapper speak].
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