Ray Minhinnett

b. 1943, England. Among the UK’s most talented blues guitarists, in the beginning of his profession in the first 70s Minhinnett used artists such as for example Alan Cost and Georgie Popularity, and also worked well as innovator of his personal group, Highway, a music group that included John Elstar, Johnny Gordon, Wayne Hall and Ian Byron. They released Highway in 1974 and Smoking cigarettes At The Advantage the following yr on EMI Information. Minhinnett then became a member of vocalist Frankie Miller’s Total Home in the middle-70s and in addition used Phoenix in the beginning of the 80s and is at John Coghlan’s Diesel Music group. Minhinnett was quickly concentrating on composing music, occasionally composing in cooperation with others, such as for example Andy Frazer and his long-term associate Bob Youthful. He was also musical movie director for any Sky Tv music display. Although his playing locations him securely in the blues camp, Minhinnett’s composing stretches into the areas and he offers created music for tv theatre. He also conceived, published and created for Granada Tv the rock and roll documentary film, Curves. This is well received in the Montreux Golden Globes and continues to be screened in lots of countries. The film spun off a reserve, The Story FROM THE Fender Stratocaster: Curves, Curves And Body Horns, which Minhinnett co-wrote with Youthful and was released in 1995. There is also a three-part BBC Radio 1 series, Curves, Curves And Body Horns.