Danny Ray
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Danny Ray, is an American tenor saxophonist
, known for his exploding sax style, evolved from early punk rock
and R&B roots.
He is currently playing in an eclectic project called Mad Juana, with rock bassist Sami Yaffa
(Hanoi Rocks
, Jetboy
, Demolition 23
, New York Dolls
), Karmen Guy (NYC singer, songwriter, artist, model), Marni Rice (electric accordion), Mal Stein (drums), Paul Garisto (drums, percussion), (Jesse Malin
), Frank London (trumpet)(Klezmatics, Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars...), Zach Brock (electric violin) (Stanley Clarke
Band...) and George De Voe (guitar). They blend gypsy and Mediterranean influences along with other globalista music, within an intensive rock format and call it "Gypsy Voodoo".
Sylvain Sylvain
, Jerry Nolan
and the Ugly Americans , Johnny Thunders
, The Waldos, Walter Lure, Rob Stoner
,
Tony Garnier
, Chris Spedding
, Anton Fig
, Howie Wyeth, Lenny Kaye
, Anton Fier
, Richard Bacchus,
Robert Gordon
, Brian Setzer
(and The Tomcats), Wayne Kramer
, New York Dolls
, The Persuasions
, DGeneration, Bo Diddley
, Roy Buchanan
, Earl Scruggs
, Bobby Steele
, Burny White, Wild Bill Thompson, Steve Conte
, Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, Kenny Margolis, River City Rebels
, Seamonster, Andy Rosen
, Spacehog
,
Six Gun Republic, Pete Missing
(Missing Foundation), The Loveless, Philippe Marcade, The Backbones, The Senders, The Drossells,
The Sheiks...
"Here Comes The Night" (1978)
The Senders--
"The Living End b/w No More Foolin'Me" (1978) S.R.I. Records
"Retour A l'Envoyeur" (1983) Skydog Records
"Back To Sender (Revisited)" (1996) Skydog Records
"Goodbye Cruel World" (1999) Action Records
"Lost Hits" (1986) Skydog Records
"Outrageous and Contagious" (2010) Devils Jukebox Records
The Backbones--
"The Backbones" (1986) Midnight Records
"Static Soul" (1986) Midnight Records
"Hanging Out at Midnight" (1984) Midnight Records
"Midnight X-Mess Part 3" (1987) Midnight Records
The Waldos--
"The Waldos" (1994) Sympathy for the Record Industry
DGeneration--
"No Lunch" (1994) EMI, Chrysalis Records
Seamonster--
"Seamonster" (1986)
Devil Dogs--
Title unknown (Circa 1989)
Raunch Hands--
Title unknown (circa 1989)
The Drossells--
"Wild Knocked Out Crazy" (2003) Den Records,
"Gotham Garage" (2003) Enoch Records
Six Gun Republic--
"6 Gun Republic" (2001) United Snakes
River City Rebels--
"Hate To Be Loved" (2004) Victory Records
Mad Juana--
"Bruja on the Corner" (2008), Acetate Records
"Acoustic Voodoo" (2007), Azra Records
Fuzztones (Tribute Album) (2005) "Illegitimate Spawn" with Mad Juana
Richard Bacchus and the Luckiest Girls--
"Jet Black & Beautiful" (2007) Stay Gold Records
Matty B and The Dirty Pickles (2008) "Picklebilly"
Steve Conte and the Crazy Truth--
"Steve Conte and The Crazy Truth" (2010) Varese Vintage Records
Tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
, known for his exploding sax style, evolved from early punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
and R&B roots.
He is currently playing in an eclectic project called Mad Juana, with rock bassist Sami Yaffa
Sami Yaffa
Sami Yaffa is a bass guitarist best known for his time in Hanoi Rocks during the 1980s. He is currently the bassist for the New York Dolls and the Michael Monroe band. He also plays guitar in his own band "Mad Juana".-Biography:Yaffa first began playing music when only fourteen years old in 1977...
(Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. The band broke up in 1985 after the death of their drummer, Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley...
, Jetboy
Jetboy
Jetboy is a fictional character from the Wild Cards book series. He appeared in the short story "Thirty Minutes Over Broadway!" by Howard Waldrop, but is referenced throughout the Wild Cards series. Jetboy is based on pulp magazine and Golden Age "air ace" characters, particularly Airboy...
, Demolition 23
Demolition 23
Demolition 23. was a rock band formed in 1993 in New York by former Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe and ex-Star Star guitarist Jay Hening, following the ending of Monroe's Jerusalem Slim project with Steve Stevens....
, New York Dolls
New York Dolls
The New York Dolls is an American rock band, formed in New York in 1971. The band's protopunk sound prefigured much of what was to come in the punk rock era; their visual style influenced the look of many new wave and 1980s-era glam metal groups, and they began the local New York scene that later...
), Karmen Guy (NYC singer, songwriter, artist, model), Marni Rice (electric accordion), Mal Stein (drums), Paul Garisto (drums, percussion), (Jesse Malin
Jesse Malin
Jesse Malin is a rock musician. He has played with Heart Attack and D Generation. He is currently a solo recording artist.-Biography:...
), Frank London (trumpet)(Klezmatics, Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars...), Zach Brock (electric violin) (Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke is an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass guitar as well as for his numerous film and television scores...
Band...) and George De Voe (guitar). They blend gypsy and Mediterranean influences along with other globalista music, within an intensive rock format and call it "Gypsy Voodoo".
Performance history
A list of artists Danny Ray has performed with from 1975-present:Sylvain Sylvain
Sylvain Sylvain
Sylvain Sylvain is an American rock guitarist, most notable for being a member of the New York Dolls.-Early years:...
, Jerry Nolan
Jerry Nolan
Jerry Nolan was an American rock drummer, best known for his work with The New York Dolls and Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers.-Career:...
and the Ugly Americans , Johnny Thunders
Johnny Thunders
Johnny Thunders, born John Anthony Genzale, Jr. , was an American protopunk guitarist, singer and songwriter.He came to prominence in the early '70s as a member of the New York Dolls...
, The Waldos, Walter Lure, Rob Stoner
Rob Stoner
Robert David Rothstein , better known as Rob Stoner, is an American multi-instrumental musician....
,
Tony Garnier
Tony Garnier (musician)
Tony Garnier is an American bassist , best known as an accompanist to Bob Dylan, with whom he has played since 1989...
, Chris Spedding
Chris Spedding
Chris Spedding is an English rock and roll and jazz guitarist, best known for his session work. Allmusic states - "Spedding is one of the UK's most versatile session guitarists, and has had a long career on two continents that saw him tackle nearly every style of rock and roll, as well as...
, Anton Fig
Anton Fig
Anton Fig , known as "The Thunder from Down Under" is a session drummer, noted for his work in David Letterman's house band, the CBS Orchestra. Letterman often refers to Fig as "Anton Zip"or "Buddy Rich Jr."...
, Howie Wyeth, Lenny Kaye
Lenny Kaye
Lenny Kaye is an American guitarist, composer and writer who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith Group.- Early life :...
, Anton Fier
Anton Fier
Anton Fier, , is an American drummer, composer and bandleader. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.Fier was an early member of The Lounge Lizards and The Feelies. He was in The Lodge , worked with Pere Ubu, was briefly in the Voidoids and founded The Golden Palominos...
, Richard Bacchus,
Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon , a 17th century merchant and philanthropist, was born in Aberdeen. He was the only son of Arthur Gordon who married Isabella Menzies of Balgownie...
, Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He first found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly revival group The Stray Cats, and revitalized his career in the late 1990s with a jazz-oriented big band.-Career:Setzer was born in Massapequa, New York...
(and The Tomcats), Wayne Kramer
Wayne Kramer (guitarist)
Wayne Kramer is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and film and television scorer....
, New York Dolls
New York Dolls
The New York Dolls is an American rock band, formed in New York in 1971. The band's protopunk sound prefigured much of what was to come in the punk rock era; their visual style influenced the look of many new wave and 1980s-era glam metal groups, and they began the local New York scene that later...
, The Persuasions
The Persuasions
The Persuasions are an a cappella group that began singing together in Brooklyn, New York in the mid 1960s. They have performed interpretations of both secular and non-secular music, and have covered a wide range of musical genres....
, DGeneration, Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
Ellas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...
, Roy Buchanan
Roy Buchanan
Roy Buchanan was an American guitarist and blues musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, Buchanan was a sideman and solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career, and two later solo albums that made it on to the Billboard chart. Despite never having achieved stardom, he is still...
, Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs
Earl Eugene Scruggs is an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a 3-finger banjo-picking style that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music...
, Bobby Steele
Bobby Steele
Bobby Steele is an American punk rock musician. He is the current guitar player, songwriter, and sole original member of punk band The Undead. He has been a member of multiple other bands, most notably, as the second guitarist of The Misfits...
, Burny White, Wild Bill Thompson, Steve Conte
Steve Conte
Steve Conte is an American singer and rock musician and lead singer of the band The Contes, along with his brother John Conte, both formerly members of the band Crown Jewels. He is perhaps more popularly known for his collaborations with composer Yoko Kanno, as well as being former lead guitarist...
, Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, Kenny Margolis, River City Rebels
River City Rebels
The River City Rebels are a punk/rock & roll band based in White River Junction, Vermont. The band has a long and detailed history, clouded with many line up changes over the years. Throughout the bands entire history, Dan O'Day has been the primary songwriter of the band...
, Seamonster, Andy Rosen
Goat (musician)
Andy Rosen, stage name Goat, is an American singer, best known for his song Great Life which appeared on the soundtrack of the film I Know What You Did Last Summer....
, Spacehog
Spacehog
Spacehog is an English rock band formed in 1994. Their music is heavily influenced by David Bowie, Queen, and T.Rex.-Members:* Royston Langdon a.k.a. "Ray Sprinkles" – bass and vocals...
,
Six Gun Republic, Pete Missing
Pete Missing
Peter Missing is a New York City artist, poet, musician, and activist who relocated to Berlin in 1993.-History:...
(Missing Foundation), The Loveless, Philippe Marcade, The Backbones, The Senders, The Drossells,
The Sheiks...
Discography
The Sheiks--"Here Comes The Night" (1978)
The Senders--
"The Living End b/w No More Foolin'Me" (1978) S.R.I. Records
"Retour A l'Envoyeur" (1983) Skydog Records
"Back To Sender (Revisited)" (1996) Skydog Records
"Goodbye Cruel World" (1999) Action Records
"Lost Hits" (1986) Skydog Records
"Outrageous and Contagious" (2010) Devils Jukebox Records
The Backbones--
"The Backbones" (1986) Midnight Records
"Static Soul" (1986) Midnight Records
"Hanging Out at Midnight" (1984) Midnight Records
"Midnight X-Mess Part 3" (1987) Midnight Records
The Waldos--
"The Waldos" (1994) Sympathy for the Record Industry
DGeneration--
"No Lunch" (1994) EMI, Chrysalis Records
Seamonster--
"Seamonster" (1986)
Devil Dogs--
Title unknown (Circa 1989)
Raunch Hands--
Title unknown (circa 1989)
The Drossells--
"Wild Knocked Out Crazy" (2003) Den Records,
"Gotham Garage" (2003) Enoch Records
Six Gun Republic--
"6 Gun Republic" (2001) United Snakes
River City Rebels--
"Hate To Be Loved" (2004) Victory Records
Mad Juana--
"Bruja on the Corner" (2008), Acetate Records
"Acoustic Voodoo" (2007), Azra Records
Fuzztones (Tribute Album) (2005) "Illegitimate Spawn" with Mad Juana
Richard Bacchus and the Luckiest Girls--
"Jet Black & Beautiful" (2007) Stay Gold Records
Matty B and The Dirty Pickles (2008) "Picklebilly"
Steve Conte and the Crazy Truth--
"Steve Conte and The Crazy Truth" (2010) Varese Vintage Records