Scot Ray

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Member Since: 10/17/2007
Band Website: www.myspace.com/gutpuppet
Band Members: Scot Ray - 6, 12, 22 string slide guitar
dobro, dreadnaught, chaturangui, banjo

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Influences: Speaking in strings:
Ralph Towner, Egberto Gismonti, Collin Walcott, John Fahey, Ry Cooder, Vishwa Bhatt, Rabih Abou Khalil, Robert Johnson, Kelly Joe Phelps, James Blood Ulmer, Bill Frisell, Robbie Basho, David Lindley, Debashish Bhattacharya, Steffen Basho Junghans, Pat Metheny, John Hammond, Steve Tibbets, Bola Sete, Mark Knopfler, John Abercrombie, Christy Doran, Leo Kottke, Mike Bloomfield, Terje Rypdal, Anouar Brahem, Nyugen Le, Hamza El Din, ...
Sounds Like: SCOT RAY Bio"Astonishing acoustic slide guitar work." - Downtown Music Gallery, NY"Prepare to be slain by his slide-guitar grind, which is as clean, tough and rootsy as it comes." - Metaljazz, Los Angeles"Scot Ray's slide guitar expressiveness is at one and the same time surgical and full of hearty joy, a true set of firecrackers for any guitarist AND acoustic music aficionado in general." - Touching Extremes, Italy"Ray generates a kaleidoscopic array of sound with his dobro; from languid slides to fragmentary picking, his instrument's resonator hums with ghostly blues inflection one minute, scintillating crystalline shards the next." All About Jazz, Troy CollinsScot Ray's eclectic and innovative 6, 12, & 22 string slide guitar work is informed by his many years as a professional jazz trombonist. His multi-instrument musical career has run the gamut, from work with Stray Cat Brian Setzer (which included a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental) to Cuban percussionist Francisco Aguabella, from pop icons Gwen Stefani, Jason Mraz, Dionne Warwick, Tony Bennett, Elliot Easton & Ray Manzarek to new music pioneers Nels Cline, Vinny Golia, Steuart Liebig & Mark Dresser (not to mention Caribbean cruise ships to Buddhist funeral bands). This diverse musical landscape has transported Ray to multifarious venues in over one dozen countries, including performances on David Byrne's Sessions At W. 54th Street, David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, and The DuMaurier Jazz Festival. In addition to having played on numerous soundtracks, including 'Stuart Little', 'Me, Myself, and Irene', and 'Three To Tango', he has also received a vote as 'rising star' from Down Beat Magazine. Ray, with intermittent excursions to perform with Gutpuppet and Steuart Liebig's Tee-tot Quartet, currently lives in a small mountain town excavating the sonic depths of slide guitar.

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Record Label: Steel Helix
Type of Label: Indie