Web home of Bill Ray (Billy Ray), Final drummer for Ike Turner and session drummer in San Diego, CA., USA. http://billraydrums.com/index.php 2010-09-08T13:23:01Z Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management 2008-11-17T02:05:48Z 2008-11-17T02:05:48Z http://billraydrums.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36:smithsonian&catid=19:newsflash1&Itemid=89 Bill Ray bill@billraydrums.com

<div><a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1155838635?bclid=452299732&bctid=1913290462" target="_blank"><img src="http://billraydrums.com/images/stories/smithsonian_t.png" border="0" /></a></div><p>Check out Morgan Freeman's <a href="http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/smithsonian/show_sound_revolution.do" target="_blank">"Sound Revolution",</a> a historical journey through the blues FEATURING footage from Ike Turner's 2002 Montreux Jazz Festival with ME on drums!! We're goin' big from now on, baby!</p>

<div><a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1155838635?bclid=452299732&bctid=1913290462" target="_blank"><img src="http://billraydrums.com/images/stories/smithsonian_t.png" border="0" /></a></div><p>Check out Morgan Freeman's <a href="http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/smithsonian/show_sound_revolution.do" target="_blank">"Sound Revolution",</a> a historical journey through the blues FEATURING footage from Ike Turner's 2002 Montreux Jazz Festival with ME on drums!! We're goin' big from now on, baby!</p> 2009-10-27T02:24:51Z 2009-10-27T02:24:51Z http://billraydrums.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=94:stratus&catid=8:general&Itemid=89 Bill Ray bill@billraydrums.com

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<p>{youtube}mZ3C5AljZl8{/youtube}</p> 2008-11-10T19:54:54Z 2008-11-10T19:54:54Z http://billraydrums.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24:welcome&catid=8:general&Itemid=89 Bill Ray bill@billraydrums.com

<p><img src="http://billraydrums.com/images/stories/IMG_2594.jpg" border="0" align="right" />Hi. Glad you found this small bracket of my world on the internet. It's mostly about drums but there's also the more personal side of me that comes out here. This site doubles as my blog of sorts. Maybe I'll make you laugh, maybe I'll piss you off. It's all good! Just keep reading!</p><p>So You're probably wondering "Who is this guy"? Well, I'ma tell you what I'm all about in a very short narrative.</p><p>I've played drums as far back as memory would allow. There's pics of me playing when I was 1 year old. My first kit was a 1964 Ludwig Joe Morello model (13", 16", 22" 14 snare) which I still have.</p>

<p><img src="http://billraydrums.com/images/stories/IMG_2594.jpg" border="0" align="right" />Hi. Glad you found this small bracket of my world on the internet. It's mostly about drums but there's also the more personal side of me that comes out here. This site doubles as my blog of sorts. Maybe I'll make you laugh, maybe I'll piss you off. It's all good! Just keep reading!</p><p>So You're probably wondering "Who is this guy"? Well, I'ma tell you what I'm all about in a very short narrative.</p><p>I've played drums as far back as memory would allow. There's pics of me playing when I was 1 year old. My first kit was a 1964 Ludwig Joe Morello model (13", 16", 22" 14 snare) which I still have.</p> 2010-02-16T17:32:29Z 2010-02-16T17:32:29Z http://billraydrums.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95:supernatural-cymbals&catid=2:gear&Itemid=4 Bill Ray bill@billraydrums.com

<a href="http://supernaturalcymbals.com" target="_blank" title="Supernatural Cymbals are the BOMB!!"><img src="http://billraydrums.com/images/stories/eclipse logo 2.png" alt="supernatural cymbals" align="left" /></a><h3>I'm proud to announce that I now play <a href="http://supernaturalcymbals.com" target="_blank" title="Supernatural Cymbals are the BOMB!!">Supernatural Cymbals.</a></h3> <p>I've been searching for a cymbal company that has fresh sounds of many varieties and flavors, and I've finally found the one. Supernatural cymbals provide me with sounds that are rich and warm. They blend with the music I'm playing exactly to my "inner ears' specifications". I'm glad I waited to find these guys....but really they were there all along...

<a href="http://supernaturalcymbals.com" target="_blank" title="Supernatural Cymbals are the BOMB!!"><img src="http://billraydrums.com/images/stories/eclipse logo 2.png" alt="supernatural cymbals" align="left" /></a><h3>I'm proud to announce that I now play <a href="http://supernaturalcymbals.com" target="_blank" title="Supernatural Cymbals are the BOMB!!">Supernatural Cymbals.</a></h3> <p>I've been searching for a cymbal company that has fresh sounds of many varieties and flavors, and I've finally found the one. Supernatural cymbals provide me with sounds that are rich and warm. They blend with the music I'm playing exactly to my "inner ears' specifications". I'm glad I waited to find these guys....but really they were there all along...