Kenny "Blue" Ray

Guitarist Kenny "Blue" Ray has the kind of fat guitar overtones, complex chord changes, and lightning-fast chops that tend to draw rock fans into the blues fold. Not unlike Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ray's playing owes almost as much to his rock influences as to his blues mentors. Ray's résumé includes performances and recording sessions with William Clarke, Little Charlie & the Nightcats, Charlie Musselwhite, Smokey Wilson, and a bevy of other West Coast blues stylists. Ray first became interested in music via his father, who played guitars, harmonica, fiddle, and piano. Seeing El...