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Boo Ray :: About This Artist
Bio
I might of been born yesterday but I stayed up all fuckin' night.

More About Boo Ray
California-by-way-of-the-Gulf Coast singer/songwriter Boo Ray takes his handle from a slick old Cajun card game and explores the grittier corners of life after midnight on Bad News Travels Fast. The nine-song release finds Ray recording with two separate groups of musicians on opposite coasts of the country.



There's a well beaten path worn by southern songwriters headed to Los Angeles. Boo Ray wondered out west in '05 and found nearly the same Los Angeles he'd heard of in stories about Kris Kristofferson, Gram Parsons, Jerry Reed, Emmylou Harris, and Lucinda Williams. Boo Ray says "There's something magic about being homesick for fish & grits and sweet tea while you're writing songs & living on Hollywood Boulevard."

Boo Ray's new record, "Bad News Travels Fast" is a collection of songs written and recorded across the country with some great producers and players. Half of the record was recorded in Los Angles with producer Noah Shain(Praying Hands, Nico Vega, Orson) and Zander Schloss(The Circle Jerks) and the other half in Athens and Atlanta.

The LA sessions had players like Steve Feronne(Tom Petty & The HeartBreakers)drums, Paul ILL(Alicia Keys/Christina Augulairia)bass, Martyne Le Noble(Porno for Pyros)bass and Zander Schloss-mandolin/bouzouki/guitar. The songs are laden with fierce guitar & mandolin picking and authentic hillbilly harmonies. They express Boo Ray's love for his southern homeland, his fellow musicians and his uncompromising demand for great songwriting.

The other half was recorded with Monica Ewing and Producer John "Q" Kegler in Atlanta. Players like William Tonks-resonator guitar, John Wayne Tuggle-electric slide, AJ Adams-pedal steel, David Blackmon-fiddle, Edward Hunter-mandolin & recording engineer Reid Geisenhof finished the southern sessions with Boo Ray.

Boo Ray came back to Athens for songwriting appointments with Mike Dekel and Brantley Gilbert. While in Nashville with them, Boo Ray met Colin Linden(O Brother Where Art Thou). Boo Ray & Colin wrote the title track "Bad News Travels Fast" together.

He also met Louisiana singer/songwriter Jodi James in Nashville. The two of them recorded the duet "These Days" for this record.

Now with a smokin' new band: Daniel Marler-guitar & vocals, Steve Abercrombie-bass, Nate Hale-drums and the incredible Anna Innecken singing harmonies, the group will
play a string of dates booked across the south in support of the upcomming new release "Bad News Travels Fast".


Bad News Travels Fast
Advance Copy Liner Notes

1) Bad News Travels Fast by Boo Ray & Colin Linden
2) 4 Letters in a Heart by Gene Cook
3) These Days w/Jodi James
4) Bird on a Wire
5) Allez Allez
6) Constantina by Boo Ray & Noah Shain
7) The Bleeding Song
Six Weeks in a Motel
9) Not Dark Yet by Bob Dylan
all songs written by Boo Ray except #2 & #9

1)drums-Gumbo Ewing /bass "Q"/ mandolin-Edward Hunter
resonator-William Tonks/ guitar & vocals-Boo Ray
produced by Boo Ray & John"Q"Kegler

2)drums-Gumbo Ewing /bass-"Q"/ pedal steel-AJ Adams/
accordian-Jimmy Quinn /all guitars-Boo Ray/ vocals-Boo Ray
produced by Boo Ray & John"Q"Kegler

3)drums-Gumbo Ewing /bass-"Q"/ keys-Jimmie Quinn/
fiddle-David Blackmon /guitars-Boo Ray/ vocals-Jodi James & Boo Ray
produced by Boo Ray & John"Q"Kegler

4)drums-Gumbo Ewing /bass-"Q"/ keys-Jimmy Quinn/ beatbox-"Q"
electric slide-John Wayne Tuggle/fiddle-David Blackmon/
guitars & vocals-Boo Ray
produced by Boo Ray & John"Q"Kegler

5)bass-Paul Ill/ electric guitar-Steve Postell/ mandolin&vocals-Zander Schloss/ vocals-Betty Rose/guitar & vocal-Boo Ray
produced by Boo Ray & Noah Shain

6)drums-Noah Shain/ bass-Paul Ill/ steel guitar-Jordan Shapiro/ bouzouki-Zander Schloss/ guitar & vocal-Boo Ray
produced by Boo Ray & Noah Shain

7) drums-Alexander Gudenoff/ bass-Juan Hernandez/ mandolin-Zander Schloss
spoons-Coon Davidson/ guitar & vocal-Boo Ray
produced by Boo Ray & Zander Schloss

drums-Alexander Gudenoff/ bass-Juan Hernandez/
electric guitar&vocal-Zander Schloss/ guitar & vocal-Boo Ray
produced by Boo Ray & Zander Schloss

9)Gibson Flat Top- Boo Ray/ Vocal-Boo Ray
produced by Boo Ray