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Austin Music, Texas Music, Lone Star Music, Texas Rock & Roll, a Texas Original , a true Texas Artist, Texas Rock, Heart of Texas Music, from Deep in the Heart of Texas, Longhorn Music, Music Music, Texas Jazz, Texas Country Rock, Americana, American Music, Country Rock, Rock & Roll , Progressive Country, Digressive Country , Texas Artists, Texas Band, Texas Music History, Austin Musician, Texas Musician, Austin Band, Heart of Texas Musician, Texas Original Music, Rocking Country, Original It's hard to put a label on Ray Holland's Music He just hopes you like it. Tell your Friends. Tell your Neighbors, Onward through the Fog
Since 1965 Ray Holland has been paying his dues. In Houston, Texas in the 60's he performed at The Legendary Catacombs Club, Love Street Light Circus, The Astro-Hall, The Cellar, and on The Joe Ford Television Show. Moving to Austin Texas in 1970 he became a member of the Beefeaters, a long time UT party band Ray played bass for RCA recording artist Patchwork with the band Cedar Frost Ray played at the Armadillo World Headquarters the Soap Creek Saloon the Split Rail the Hole in the Wall Laguna Gloria the Austin Opry House the City of Austin Summer Park Series a KLRU TV Special "Live from Zilker Park" With The Doak Snead Band he played at KLRU Studios In the late 70's,Fork in the Road played at the Houston Opry House & extensively toured Texas and Arizona. Fork in the Road included 2009 Americana Music Award Winner for Instrumentalist of the Year Gurf Morlix in San Francisco in the late 70's / early 80's Ray did shows warming up for Hank Williams Jr. and Buck Owens back in Texas Ray toured with the Desperados He played bass for Kinky Friedman on his Polish Army Tour A founding member of the Sardines who performed at Austin Aqua Festival the Erwin Center countless club dates and parties more recently performing with Bad Rodeo Bad Rodeo Won the Chevrolet Best Dad Band in Texas Contest 2010 During his long career Ray has had the privilage of sharing shows with Michael Martin Murphy Roger McGuinn Black Oak Arkansas Alvin Crow Frank Zappa Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show The Flying Burrito Brothers Rose Maddox Hank Williams Jr Buck Owens Eric Johnson Dino Valenti Toby Beaux Steve Warner Ozark Mountain Daredevils Loudon Wainwright III Johnny Bush Kinky Friedman