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Michigan Ray

I really like playing Blues but this is fun

About Me


Myspace layouts and codes made at hostdrjack.comTo let you know who I am. I am Raymond B.. I am Driving this car. It is mine and this show how nice I am to it. ;}-I picked up the Harp late in life, for some one that has had a love for music as much as I do. I do want to thank all the people that kept letting me play when I was not very good and say thanks to all those that let me play now that I know a little more. We do have fun. Being some one that grew up in the late sixties and mostly the seventies. Going from Alvin Lee and Ten years after, the Who,and Jimmie Hendrix. Then to Pink Floyd, Uria Heap, and Deep Purple. The whole time BB King was never far a way. Listening to John Mayall I should have known to dig deeper, but it took me until I was forty to pick up the harp myself. That was twelve years ago. Looking back, I think that being in choirs from the time I was seven until eighteen did teach me something about how all the parts have to work together. With out all the parts working together you are not a band. I like being part of a band. I do like a good solo, but even a good solo was to have the right things going behind them, for it to really grab hold of ones sole. When it is all working then the solo can fly. Enjoy this page. I have recorded all these songs live, with my friends using a little Roland Edirol recorder. No big set up, just the way it came into the box. It is funny what a difference a foot to the right or left will make in the sound. A studio would be nice someday..... ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ On a lighter note.......................................One evening a husband, thinking he was being funny, said to his wife, "Perhaps we should start washing your clothes in Slim Fast. Maybe it would take a few inches off of your butt!!".........His wife was not amused, and decided that she simply couldn't let such a comment go un-rewarded. ..........The next morning the husband took a pair of underwear out of his drawer. 'What the heck is this??' he said to himself as a little 'dust' cloud appeared when he shook them out. "April," he hollered into the bathroom, "Why did you put talcum powder In my underwear?"......She replied with a snicker "It's not talcum powder . . . It's 'Miracle Grow." ........................

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/2/2006
Band Website: I recorded every thing on here myself, live.
Band Members: ... Right now I am playing with DC-3 (DC-3 is now going to be "DC Road Show") a lot. 60's,70's Rock and some Blues. It is a mix of music that you can dance all night to. We play some long song and you will never know were they are going to end up. They are fun and the night can fly buy. We keep you drinking, buy keeping you on the dance floor. We also do some old and country. It all works to keep your ass moving. ................. DC 3 is Steve O. on lead, Steve C. on rhythm, Robberto L. on Bass and Emil D on drums....I do not play every song. Were the harp will not work I don't play. You will here me play Harmonica on some songs that you never thought you would. Hope you like it. Stop out and let me know. I can take it,,,Maybe???........ .I have changed my day job work hours and I should be at Frogs Jam on Thursday nights a lot soon. It is always good loud Rocking Blues.
Influences: Paul Butterfield, Sonny Terry, Rod Piazza, Charlie McCoy, Georg Thorogood, Little Walter, James Cotton, Jr Wells, Muddy Waters, B,B King, Kim Willson, Mark Hummel, Carry Bell, Chuk Berry, James Brown, The Who,Led Zeppland, The Almond Brothers Band, The Band, John Fogerty to name a few and all the musicians that have let me sit in, every were I go, in this great nation. Travel is good................................................
Sounds Like:Thank you Eddie for letting me sit in. Now for some real insight........... Well, now......here's something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in the hope that they, too, will feel edified. Isn't history more fun when you know something about it?Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew").Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew! Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodentals fricative F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute! It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird."And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing.
Record Label: none now
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Road trip and the Blues

Going to take a trip   a trip into and away from the blues      get in the car            listen to the motor   &nb...
Posted by Michigan Ray on Thu, 29 May 2008 06:20:00 PST

The music

The songs last night filled the room The room that was empty  except for the true lovers  Of the music.  Or the drink. Or the late night. We played the songs as if the house was packed....
Posted by Michigan Ray on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:10:00 PST

My little sister

 She was who she was         &nb sp;         &nb sp;        &n...
Posted by Michigan Ray on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:47:00 PST

politics in the USA..... A sad joke

A little boy goes to his dad and asks, ’What is Politics?’Dad says, ’Well son, let me try to explain it this way:I am the head of the family, so call me The President.Your mother is ...
Posted by Michigan Ray on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:24:00 PST

If Dear abby was a man named William

Dear William:I hope you can help me here. The other day I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn’t gone more than a mile down the road when my engine c...
Posted by Michigan Ray on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:06:00 PST

The 86 rules of bozzing Yes there are "86" not just "69"

Subject: The 86 Rules of Boozing 1. If you owe someone money, always pay them back in a bar. Preferably during happy hour. 2. Always toast before doing a shot. 3. Whoever buys the shot gets the first...
Posted by Michigan Ray on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:29:00 PST

Investing

InvestingIf you had invested $1000 dollars in Nortel stock one year ago, itwould now be worth $49.00. With Enron you would now have $15.50 of the $1000 dollars. With WorldCom, you would have less than...
Posted by Michigan Ray on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:21:00 PST

HTML codes in my comments

  I am bocking the HTML codes in my comments. They are making my songs load to slow. You can still put them in the photos and mail. I also took some of the older ones off, just to speed thing up....
Posted by Michigan Ray on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:29:00 PST

This Junes Road trip. The Hot Rod Power Tour

  This is the route of the road trip that I will be taking this June. If any of you out there can tell me were I could play some music on any of these stop, I would love it. Thanks for any help y...
Posted by Michigan Ray on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:04:00 PST

This is a birthday week joke. It will be gone Saturday

  HAVE YOU EVER BEEN GUILTY OF LOOKING AT OTHERS YOUR OWN AGE AND THINKING, 'SURELY I CAN'T LOOK THAT OLD'? WELL YOU'LL LOVE THIS ONE.   MY NAME IS ALICE SMITH AND I WAS SITTING IN THE WAIT...
Posted by Michigan Ray on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:06:00 PST