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Whitey
Ray Huitt
Updatet August 11, 2019
Sorry for the long, long delay!
(Aug 24, 1937 - April 15, 2011)
https://www.legacy.com/
https://www.facebook.com/whiteyray.huitt
Rest in Peace, Whitey!
Whitey Ray, Texas Songwriter
and performer extraordinare, is a true son of
South Texas. Hailing from
Eagle Pass and South San Antonio, he has been in the music business for
over forty years. His father’s band, "Ace" Huitt and the Briar Hoppers,
gave Whitey Ray his first love of music, and Texas music in particular.
Having appeared with legends
like Lightnin’ Hopkins, Manse Lipscomb, and Gatemouth
Brown as well as with Merle Travis, B.W. Stevenson, and
Michael Murphy, Whitey runs the gamut from blues to mountain finger
picking to classical styles. He thrilled fans at the Armadillo World
Headquarters and Soap Creek Saloon, and is an important member
in the group that included old running buddies Townes Van Zant,
Guy
Clark, Steven Fromholz, Blaze Foley and Jubal Clark.
His CD "Austex
Blues 75/95" features Floyd Domino and Spencer Perskin
among others.
"Whitey Ray stands out among
Texas songwriters for his finesse and anecdotal charm, his engaging and
heartfelt style of performance will make you beg for more." - Spencer Perskin
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Whitey 1960
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Whitey 1964
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Whitey
Ray and Calvin Russell
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Whitey
Ray and Townes Van Zandt
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Whitey
Ray and Willie Nelson
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Whitey
Ray, Jubal Clark and gang
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https://www.amazon.com/Down-Home-Whitey-Ray-Huitt/
Subject:
Tis Done
Date:
Fri, 3 Dec 1999 17:00:23 -0600
From:
"Whitey Ray Huitt"
To:
"Hans Settler"
v gates old horse, and I
hope this little note finds you well, fat, and
happy. I finally finished
the album, ("Down Home"), and I will be sending a
promo copy to you tomorrow.
It is in my opinion, the best thing I have done
to date. On the last
CD, the engineers mixed and mastered it while I was on
the road. I didn't
get to color the music my way. This time, I produced,
arranged, mixed and mastered.
This is also the truest picture of the way I
really play. Sue at
Local Flavor has written the liner notes (included), so
you can get her feelings
on this one. OK Hans, I'll hop on out of here for
now. Let me hear from
you.
Dein fruend, Whitey Ray
Liner notes:
Grab a seat on a South Austin
front porch and let a master storyteller,
a precision picker and veteran
performer spin his tales of love and
sorrow, of hard lessons
and bright days.
Whitey Ray Huitt is a natural.
Practically born to the guitar, he grew
up on Texas Music, especially
that of his dad, Ace Huitt, who’s band
entertained Texans in the
40’s. Whitey Ray formed his first band in the
late fifties, playing what
he now calls "Comic Rock and Roll". He sang at
all the early folk venues
from ’61 thru the 70’s. Then, with his band,
the "Sons of the Black Sheep",
doing the country outlaw music thing.
Now, thankfully, he’s back
to doing Whitey Ray Huitt.
In ’97, he stunned
audiences at the Austin Acoustic Music Festival, where
he met Klaus Patzak, a German
songwriter who immediately invited him to
come to Bavaria. It
was for that tour that WR released his first CD,
"Austex Blues", which has
been spinning around Europe ever since.
This, his second release
is pure and true to his performance style.
Brilliant visual lyrics
delivered with honest vocals tell of fond memories
and hard times. These
songs flow so well that you might find yourself
finishing a line or two
yourself...only very natural songwriting does this.
It’s like that with Whitey
Ray Huitt...and...I know where you can get it.
Sue Donahoe
Local Flavor
Indie/Austin
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