Easy Gone

Easy Gone finds this French Canadian-born, American-bred guitarist/ songwriter delivering a powerful, gritty batch of songs written from a lifetime of hard-won knowledge, including a stint in Vietnam and a struggle with drug addiction. In his life, he's been a bush pilot and a cab driver among other jobs, living both in the States and French-speaking Canada. A true raconteur with a lifetime of stories to tell, the self-taught musician was just too busy living to get around to opening his storybook until his early 40s, some 20 years after he started performing. But with a style that draws comparisons to such artists as JJ Cale and Daniel Lanois, this blues-influenced, New Orleans- inspired "song and groove man," as he's been so aptly described, luckily found his rightful calling. With the release of this tour de force, Ray confirms that he's an artist whose time has definitely come.