Has anyone had the chance to hear any of their material?
From what I gather, Ray had acquired lyrics from the likes of; Warren Zevon, Jim Carroll, Michael McClure, etc. with the intention of recording/releasing them on a D21C album. Unfortunately, that never happened. However, a lot of these songs did pop-up on Ray and Roy's albums, Translucent Blues and Twisted Tales.
I don't know what the general consensus is on these 2 albums, but I've been digging on Twisted Tales now for a couple of weeks. It's always great to hear Ray on vocals
HungryHippo wrote:Has anyone had the chance to hear any of their material?
From what I gather, Ray had acquired lyrics from the likes of; Warren Zevon, Jim Carroll, Michael McClure, etc. with the intention of recording/releasing them on a D21C album. Unfortunately, that never happened. However, a lot of these songs did pop-up on Ray and Roy's albums, Translucent Blues and Twisted Tales.
I don't know what the general consensus is on these 2 albums, but I've been digging on Twisted Tales now for a couple of weeks. It's always great to hear Ray on vocals
There is also Ballads In The Rain 2008, which I also love...by Ray & Roy.
Moving away from trying to reproduce anything DOORS sounding, the music is fantastic...although they did a couple brilliant DOORS instrumental numbers, Crystal Ship & Riders On The Storm. The blues numbers on Translucent Blues are transcendent!
There is another thread here somewhere here where these albums were discussed at length...
fpicks wrote:The one to own is the 2nd album "Translucent Blues"
Yeah i agree, i got the chance to see them last year on my birthday, had frontrow seats, ray knocked my beer over on accident, bought me a full one after show haha. the songs on the second album are very good i enjoy almost all of them.
fpicks wrote:The one to own is the 2nd album "Translucent Blues"
Yeah i agree, i got the chance to see them last year on my birthday, had frontrow seats, ray knocked my beer over on accident, bought me a full one after show haha. the songs on the second album are very good i enjoy almost all of them.
Ray's vocal work is great.
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music".
