Bob Ray

LA psych-folkie Bob Ray 1st earned attention like a program participant, contributing bass to Donovan’s now-legendary Might 1966 classes that yielded the basic “Season from the Witch.” The next yr he teamed with vocalist/guitarist Wayne Smith and drummer Terry Submit sunlight pop trio Thorinshield, putting your signature on to Phillips to record their debut solitary, “THE VERY BEST from it,” made by famed program saxophonist Teenage Steve Douglas and organized by the fantastic Perry Botkin, Jr. A self-titled LP quickly adopted, but after just one single more solitary, 1968’s “Category of Guy,” Thorinshield splintered, and Ray authorized to Johnny Streams’ Soul Town label. With Streams assuming production responsibilities, veteran Hal Paich managing the string preparations, as well as the famed Wrecking Team (studio room virtuosos including Hal Blaine on drums, Joe Osborne on bass, and Larry Knechtel on keyboards) offering support, he cut his lone single LP, Initiation of the Mystic, recalling Donovan along with his lush, ambitious psych-pop. Ray essentially fallen from sight immediately after the record’s 1968 launch, although Initiation of the Mystic continues to be a collector’s item.