The Rick Ray Band

This is an article Rick wrote for the North Coast Voice here in Ohio.

It's on Page 14 http://www.northcoastvoice.com/PDFs/VOICEv12-07.pdf

The Rick Ray Band was scheduled to open for Ronnie Montrose at the Winchester 5/11/12 but sadly Ronnie passed away 3/3/12, he was 64 years old.

Live at the Winchester
Montrose with special guests
The Rick Ray Band
Friday, May 11th, 2012
The Winchester is located at
12112 Madison Ave., Lakewood, OH
(216) 226-5681
Tickets are $25.00

Rick Ray was a guest on "Taking Up Space" with Mr. Bill - WJCU 88.7 FM 2/23/12
Playlist: Song...Album...Artist
1.Ripples In The Pond.....Out Of The Mist Of Obscurity.....The Rick Ray Band
2.Captain Nemo.....Rock Will Never Die.....Michael Schenker Group
3.Rock My Nights Away.....Rock Will Never Die.....Michael Schenker Group
4.Can't Lie Hard Enough.....Can't Lie Hard Enough.....The Rick Ray Band
5.Love You Too.....33 1/3 Single (Passport Records).....Ronnie Montrose
6.I'm A Vagrant.....Can't Lie Hard Enough.....The Rick Ray Band
7.Try For Freedom.....Second Hand Smoke (Tribute To Marino).....V/A - Ronnie Montrose
8.Into The Arena.....Masters Of Rock.....Michael Schenker Group
9.Power Gone Mad.....Insanity Flies.....Rick Ray
10.Beyond Belief.....Insanity Flies.....Rick Ray
11.Armed And Ready.....Michael Schenker Group.....Michael Schenker Group
12.Cry For The Nations.....Michael Schenker Group.....Michael Schenker Group
13.Why Did I Know.....Out Of The Mist Of Obscurity.....The Rick Ray Band
14.Death Of The Swineherd.....Out Of The Mist Of Obscurity.....The Rick Ray Band
15.Blasphemy?.....Can't Lie Hard Enough.....The Rick Ray Band
16.Judge And Jury.....Can't Lie Hard Enough.....The Rick Ray Band
17.Attack Of The Mad Axeman.....Masters Of Rock.....Michael Schenker Group
18.Mind Control Inc. .....Mind Control Inc. .....Rick Ray
19.Poppy.....Second Hand Smoke (Tribute To Marino).....V/A - Rick Ray Band
www.wjcu.org
Taking Up Space is on every Thursday 9pm to 11pm with host Mr. Bill


















This radio show was for promoting the upcoming concert:
Michael Schenker Group
and The Rick Ray Band
at Peabodys 3/5/12

Playlist Feb. 12/12
 
 
 
Visible Wind.................................................................................Strange Days(Narcissus Goes To The Moon)
Kathy Compton.............................................................................Love Boat Theme(Gentle Ravings Under A martian Sky)
The Herd.....................................................................................She Loves Me. She Loves Me Not(S/T, Featuring Peter Frampton)
Fox.............................................................................................Love Letters(S/T) Gary Taylor from the Herd)
Colosseum...................................................................................Febuary's Valentyne(Valentyne Suite)
Nazz............................................................................................Old Time Lovemaking(III)
Love............................................................................................Love Is More Than Words or Better Late Than Never(Out Here)
Stan Poem...................................................................................She
Man............................................................................................Erotica(S/T)
Humble Pie..................................................................................For Your Love(German TV)
Phil May/Fallen Angels..................................................................Cold Wind(S/T)
Quatermass.................................................................................Postwar, Saturday Echo(S/T)
Electric Sandwich.........................................................................China(S/T)
The Web.....................................................................................I Spider(S/T)
The Chesterfield Kings..................................................................Up And Down(Live Onstage....If You Want It)
The Underworld...........................................................................Bound(45 rpm)
The Lyres....................................................................................We Sell Soul(Some Lyres)
The Five Man Electrical Band.........................................................Maple Lane(Half Past Midnight:The Staccatos and Beyond)
PHAM..........................................................................................Good Morning, I Love You(Ac-ro nym)
The Ruiners.................................................................................Sugar Buzz(Happy Birthday Bitch)
Fantasy.......................................................................................Happy/Come/Wages Of Sin/Circus Of Invisble Men(S/T)
Daniel Jones And 7th Order...........................................................Road To Yerevan(Ep)
Rick Ray Band.............................................................................Gotta Be(Can't Lie hard Enough)
Ultimate Spinach.........................................................................Mind Flowers(Behold And See)
Omega.......................................................................................Help To Find Me(Live At Kisstadiom)
Agents Of Mercy..........................................................................Freak Of Life(Black Forest)
 

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Playlist Feb 05/12
 
 
Cottage Industry..........................................................................Julie Lives(Spin)
Micro Maureen............................................................................The Space Song(S/T)
Crainium Pie's Baking Research Station..........................................Welcome To The Citidel(Various, Fruit de Mer, Keep Off The Grass)
Dungen.......................................................................................Mon Amour(Tio Batar)
Rick Ray Band..............................................................................What He Deserves(Can't Lie Hard Enough)
Johnny Winter w/Warren Haynes...................................................Done Somebody Wrong(Roots)
Michael Katon...............................................................................Roadhouse 69(Proud To Loud)
The Doors....................................................................................The End(Live At The Matrix Mar.7th 1967)
Traffic.........................................................................................Dear Mr. Fantasy(Welcome To The Canteen)
The Milkshakes.............................................................................The Green Hornet(19th Nervous Shake Down)
PHAM!.........................................................................................Permanent Wave(Ac-ro-nym)
Tol - Puddle Martyrs.....................................................................Industrial Money(Flying In The Dark)
Sweetwater.................................................................................Join The Band(Cycles, The Reprise Collection)
Pete Best Band.............................................................................Come With Me(Hayman Green)
The Daedalus Spirit Orchestra........................................................White Rabbit(Various, Fruit de Mer, Keep Off The Grass)
The Sidewalk Society....................................................................Dandylion(Fruits de Mer 7")
Daniel Jones And 7th Order............................................................Powderkeg(Promo)
Cargo..........................................................................................Finding Out(S/T)
Kingston Wall................................................................................Stuldt Hajt(III)
N.S.U...........................................................................................Turn On, Or Turn Me Down(TOOTMD)
The Churls...................................................................................Gypsy Lee(S/T)
The Beacon Street Union................................................................Baby Please Don't Go(The Clown Died On Marvin Gardens)
Jenghiz Khan.................................................................................Trip To Paradise(Well Cut)
Curved Air....................................................................................Vivaldi(Masters From The Vaults, 1972)
 

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Former lead vocalist of the Rick Ray Band (2003 - 2004) and Rick's older band 'Neurotic' (1977 to 1979). Phil Noch, has passed away.RIP. (1957 - 2012). Don't have to many details about his passing. I had a lot of good gigs and good times with Phil. Wrote some good songs together also.

Press release for the upcoming MSG - Rick Ray Band Concert

http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=150306

The Rick Ray Band will be opening for the Michael Schenker Group at Peabody's, 2045 East 21st St., Cleveland, OH 44115
Monday, March 3rd, 2012
Tickets are $17 in adv, $20 d.o.s.
Doors at 7:00PM
Tickets can be gotten here:
Tickets for MSG - RRB Concert

Playlist for "Taking Up Space" with host Mr. Bill and guest Rick Ray
January 12th, 2012 - WJCU 88.7 FM every Thursday at 9 PM to 11 PM

Song - Album - Artist
1.Glass Man - Insanity Flies - Rick Ray
2.Awake From Reality - Violence Marred By Peace - Rick Ray Band
3.Thousand Days Of Yesterday - Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond
4.Poppy - Second Hand Smoke (Tribute to Frank Marino) - Rick Ray Band
5.Propaganda - Can't Lie Hard Enough - Rick Ray Band
6.Red Tape - The Setlist - Rick Ray Band
7.Bookends - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get - Joe Walsh
8.Guitarm & Hammer - Cast Into Our Dimension - Rick Ray
9.Reflection - Epitaph - Epitaph
10.Wonderful - Can't Lie Hard Enough - Rick Ray Band
11.Love's Such A Mystery - Speaking In Drums - Joe Vitale
12.Temptation's Here - Neurotic Tendencies - Rick Ray
13.Invisible Man - Into The Hands Of Sinners - Rick Ray Band
14.Back To The River - Nothing To Lose - Rick Ray Band
15.Alteration - Temporary World - Rick Ray Band
16.I'm A Vagrant - Can't Lie Hard Enough - Rick Ray Band
17.Psycho Sam - The Guitarsonist - Rick Ray

HOUR 2

 

Within Temptation - Faster (2011) ROADRUNNER

House Of Flukes - Nothing more to say (2011) WOODEN CLOGS MUSIC

George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Going back (2011) EMI

Flying Eyes - Nowhere to run (2011) TRIP IN TIME

Poly Styrene - Generation indigo (2011) FUTURE NOISE PRODUCTIONS

Circus Envy - Three score and ten (2011) BLUE BOOK RECORDINGS

The Rick Ray Band - I'm a vagrant (2011) NEUROSIS

Poor Billy - Bells of China (2011) POOR BILLY

Uriah Heep - Nail on the head (2011) FRONTIERS

Feud - Breathe (2011) FEUD

Dana Jade - Little sister (2011) PRIESTESS

Paradise 9 - State of the nation (2011) PARADISE 9

Jake Morley - Freddie layed the smackdown (2011) SANDWICH EMPORIUM

Tom Vek - We do nothing (2011) ISLAND

Little Roy - Heart shaped box (2011) ARK RECORDINGS

Yes - Fly from here (Pt.1) (2011) FRONTIERS

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HOUR 3

 

Boston Spaceships - You just cant tell (2011) GBV INC

Asian Dub Foundation - Urgency frequency (2011) COOKING VINYL

Ozric Tentacles - Flying machines (2011) MADFISH / SNAPPER

Planningtorock - Living it up (2011) DFA

Tomorrows Ancestor - Bide lady bide (2011) TOMORROWS ANCESTOR

Tracker - Impregnated eye (2011) SULATRON

Dalmation Rex & The... - Arthur Pedrick's binoculars (2011) MUSIC 4 GOLDFISH

Jay Tausig - Open my eyes (2011) FRUITS DE MER

Seven Footsteps To Satan - Lava surf (2011) PUMF

Omnia - I dont speak human (2011) PAGAN SCUM

Unit - Career (2011) DNA

Black Roots - Pin in the ocean (2011) BRISTOL ARCHIVE

Tomas Alexander - Dark matter (2011) SKANDER MUSIK

Omnia Opera - Destroyer of worlds (2011) UMBILICAL

Playlist for "Rub The Buddha Show on 1/8/12 - WCSB 89.3 FM

Rick Ray was a guest on the show w/host Mark Doremus

Playlist:

1.Blasphemy.....................Can't Lie Hard Enough (Rick Ray Band)
2.Propaganda....................Can't Lie Hard Enough (Rick Ray Band)
3.I'm A Vagrant..................Can't Lie Hard Enough (Rick Ray Band)
4.Judge & Jury...................Can't Lie Hard Enough (Rick Ray Band)
5.Guitarm And Hammer......Cast Into Our Dimension (Rick Ray)

Rick Ray will be a guest on two radio shows coming up to promote the upcoming concert at the Beachland 1/14/12.

First show is "Rub The Buddha" with host Mark Doremus from 8am to 9am Sunday 1/8/12 on WCSB 89.3 FM...listen on the air or online www.wcsb.org

Second show is "Taking Up Space" with host Bill Iammarino (Mr. Bill) from 9pm to 11pm Thursday 1/12/12...listen on the air or online www.wjcu.org

A Benefit Concert for Occupy Cleveland
Saturday, January 14th, 2012 at The Beachland Ballroom
15711 Waterloo Rd., Cleveland, OH
with The Rick Ray Band, Morticias Chair, Dead Ahead and more.
Doors open at 6:30pm
www.beachlandballroom.com
www.occupycleveland.com
www.rickray.net

Playlist Dec 04/11
 
Steve Ashley...........................................................................................Fire And Wine(Stroll On)
Janet Robbins.........................................................................................As In Winter(Song Of The Gypsy Tree)
Tol-Puddle Martyrs.................................................................................Christmas Dreams(Ep)
Tol-Puddle Martyrs.................................................................................Call Up The Queen(Flying In The Dark)
Gypsy....................................................................................................Late December(S/T)
Pain Of Salvation....................................................................................Innocence(Road Salt One)
Tiny Little Blackouts................................................................................Winter In Our Hearts(Idea Of Alice)
Rick Ray Band........................................................................................Blasphemy?(Can't Lie Hard Enough)
The Stalk Forrest Group..........................................................................Fact About Sneakers(The Ste Cecilia Album)
The Waitressess.....................................................................................Christmas Wrapping(A Christmas Album)
The Priscillas..........................................................................................One Christmas Wish(myspace)
Agents Of Mercy.....................................................................................The Black Forest(The Black Forest)
Free......................................................................................................Crossroads(Isle Of Wight)
Alice Cooper(Original band, with Steve Hunter subbing for Glen Buxton).......Under My Wheels/No More Mr. Nice Guy(Jagermeister Ice Cold Event, London, Eng. May 11th/11)
James Gang............................................................................................Lost Woman(Live Allen Theatre Cleveland Ohio, Feb 05/01)
Bobby "guitar" Porembski.........................................................................There's Nothing Like A Polish Christmas(ep) avail on i-tunes
7th Order...............................................................................................Lake Of Memory(EP)
Dickey Betts Band....................................................................................Southbound(Patterns Tour 1988)
The Sonics.............................................................................................Santa Claus(Boom)
The Chesterfield Kings.............................................................................Flashback(Live On Stage.....If You Want It)
Ted Nugent And The Amboy Dukes...........................................................Sobbin' In My Beer(Migrations)
The Luck Of Eden Hall..............................................................................Little Drummer Boy(45 rpm)
Klattu.....................................................................................................December Dream(Peaks, The Best Of)
The December People..............................................................................Silent Night(Sounds Like Christmas)
Black Country Communion........................................................................I Can See Your Spirit(2)
Porcupine Tree........................................................................................Russia On Ice(Lightbulb Sun)


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09:04 pm     Unpack Your Adjectives     Schoolhouse Rock     Grammer Rock     Kid Rhino     
09:07 pm     Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)     Robin Stone     Rushmore     She Loves You     
09:11 pm     Mystic Jam     Rare Blend     Sessions     TSM     
09:21 pm     Spill Elixir     Rhea's Obsession     Between Earth and Sky     Metropolis     
09:30 pm     Spinning Round and Round     Rick Ray Band     Can't Lie Hard Enough     Neurosis Records     
09:37 pm     The Golden Needle     A Produce     Slumberland 1     Waveform     
09:46 pm     Into the Mystic     Van Morrison     Moondance     Warner Bros.     Ambient
09:49 pm     Shelter     Corrosion Of Conformity     Deliverance     Columbia     
09:52 pm     Internal Medicine     Gabor Csupo     Zombient Music     Tone Casualties     
09:56 pm     Time Dilation     Gilli Smyth/Daevid Allen     I Am Your Egg     Voiceprint     
10:03 pm     Valley/Plateau/Oxbow Lakes/Montagne D'Or     Orb     Orbvs Terrarvm     Island     
10:35 pm     White River Junction/Occidental/Slvg Dvb     Orb     Orbvs Terrarvm     Island    

Remembrance/Vetern's Day Special
 
Trumpeter Landfrey......................................................................................The Charge Of The Light Brigade(Pearls Before Swine lp, Balaklava)
Max Webster...............................................................................................Oh War(High Class In Borrowed Shoes)
Sweetwater.................................................................................................What's Wrong(Live @ Woodstock)
John Denver.................................................................................................Let Us Begin(What Are We Making Weapons For(
Dantalian's Chariot........................................................................................World War Three(S/T)
Krokodil.......................................................................................................Talking World War III Blues(Sweat And Swim)
Eyes Of Blue................................................................................................Crossroads Of Time(Crossroads Of Time)
Fresh Maggots.............................................................................................Everyone's Gone To War(S/T)
David Crosby................................................................................................What Are Their names(If I Could Only Remember My Name)
Black Sabbath...............................................................................................War Pigs(Paranoid)
Prelude........................................................................................................To Hell With The War(After The Goldrush)
Marmalade...................................................................................................Fight Say The Mighty(Reflecxtions Of Marmalade)
Kay Kaiser Orchestra.....................................................................................Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition(YouTube)
Edgar Broughton Band...................................................................................The American Boy Soldier(Wasa Wasa)
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band............................................................Suppose They gave A war, And Nobody Came(Volume 2)
Jefferson Airplane..........................................................................................Volunteers(Volunteers)
Stray............................................................................................................Son Of The Father(Suicide)
The Moonrakers............................................................................................Talk To The Soldier's Son(Together With Him)
The Kinks......................................................................................................Yes Sir, No Sir(Arthur, Or The Decline Of The British Empire)
The Groundhogs.............................................................................................Soldier(Thank Christ For The Bomb)
Gnidrolog.......................................................................................................I Could Never Be A Soldier(Lady Lake)
Jon Brooks.....................................................................................................Sgt. Tommy Prince(Ours And The Shepards)
The Free Bourne............................................................................................Sadly Acknowledged(Peak Impressions)
The Pretty Things...........................................................................................Private Sorrow/Balloon Burning(S. F. Sorrow)
Cross And Ross..............................................................................................The Dead Salute(Bored Civilians)
Gary Moore/Phil Lynott....................................................................................Military Man(Run For Cover)
Mark Ripp......................................................................................................I'm So Blue All The Time(live @ CKWR)
Romislokus....................................................................................................In Flanders Fields(Trans Aviation Pilots)
Larry Norman.................................................................................................I Am The 6 O'Clock News(Only Visiting This Planet)
Traffic Sound.................................................................................................Sky Pilot(A Bailar Go Go)
John Denver...................................................................................................The Box/Let It Be(Youtube)
Rick Ray ........................................................................................................They Created A Monster(Insanity Flies)
Collage...........................................................................................................Give Peace A Chance(9 Songs Of John Lennon)


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A review of "Can't Lie Hard Enough" from Aural Innovations written by Jerry Kranitz. Jerry has always written some very cool stuff about The Rick Ray Band over the years.
http://www.aural-innovations.com/issues/issue43/rickray.html

Anvil, Breaker and The Rick Ray Band 11/5/11
A few pics of the Rick Ray Band performing in concert.