Ray Lawrence Jr.

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Ray Lawrence Jr. was born in Chicago, IL. 4 JULY 1963 and raised in Southern California about 3 hours south of Bakersfield in Port Hueneme, CA. This is a Navy town and is near a lot of farming. Being in this environment, it was no surprise that Ray would be drawn to country music. Being raised in a military town would be one reason Ray would join the Army at age 17 and Ray ended up in Germany 82-83 and played in his first real club band, Country Sunshine. This is what got the ball rollin for playin in honky tonks and bars. There were other artists that played country music and lived in the same area of California where Ray was raised and Capitol Recording Artists, Johnny and Joanie Mosby were 2 artists that not only lived there but once owned a night club called The Ban Dar Nite Club, Ventura, Ca. and this would be one place Ray Lawrence Jr. would play for most of the 90s as the bass player for Jimmy Dale and the Desperados. After leaving this band after a 6 1/2 year run, Ray played with other bands and got more into writing songs. One of his songs ended up on a compilation CD set as a tribute to Hank Williams III and in March of 2004, This song is called THE RIGHT TIME TO LEAVE YOU, wrote in 1994. Ray wrote this after a failed suicide attempt. Ray went through a bout of severe depression over the break up with his oldest daughters mother and he was denied visits. Rays life has been a country song from day one. So he decided to write country songs some of them are on juke

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Raw and Unplugged

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Under the Influence of Bluegrass

You're Not Supposed to Smoke the Bluegrass

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Raw & Unplugged

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Ray Lawrence Jr.

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Lovesick and Heartbroke

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You're Not Supposed to Smoke the Bluegrass - Single

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Lovesick and Heartbroke - Single

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Back in the Day

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Under The Influence... Of Bluegrass

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