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Topic: Ray Austin and his Rains/pic |
Mark Greenway
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Lake Kiowa, Texas
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Posted 26 May 2012 5:35 am |
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I heard Ray Austin playing in Gainesville Texas last night with Tommy Alverson. He sounded great. I thought for sure he was playing a push pull with the tone that he had, but when I got closer I noticed that he was playing a Rains with a Nashville 400. Ray is a very good player with great tone and tasteful execution. I hope Ray doesn't mind me posting a picture and bragging about him.
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 26 May 2012 9:08 am
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Wow...nice to see Ray. I knew him back when he was living in LA. Sold him a Session 500.
I wonder if he's still got that old Edsel he used to drive around...
Thanks for posting that pic. |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 29 May 2012 7:23 am
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I saw Ray play at the Palomino a million years ago he was wonderful! 
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Michael Johnstone
From:
Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2012 10:53 pm
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| Yeah I hung out quite a bit with Ray when he lived in L.A. and we were deep sea fishing buddies as well as kindred souls - musically and otherwise.I hated to see him move back to Texas because he was a real free spirit on steel and had a style all his own on both necks. The only thing good about him moving away was that I got to move up the L.A.food chain a notch and ended up with a lot of his gigs.Plus,since he was this kind of fantastic but under-the-radar player,I could steal his licks with impunity once he left town and not too many knew where they really originated.I miss ya Ray. |
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