JOHNNY RAY JONES

When Johnny Ray was 19 or 20 years old, he went to see Sam Taylor at Taurus Tavern in Venice. They had a blues jam every Sunday. Sam was taking the day off, so his guitar player Coco Montoya took over that night, and guitarist James Armstrong was also there. So the first song Johnny ever sang on stage in a bar was with those amazing guys. He started going there every Sunday.

Johnny Ray has been a guest singer for J. J. "Bad Boy" Jones, Sam “Bluzman” Taylor, Big Joe Turner and Lee Allen at The Music Machine in West LA, and with the Red Devils at the King King Club in LA, and sang with Melvyn Deacon Jones at weekly Sunday blues shows at the Starboard Attitude in Redondo Beach, CA. He has sung beside Phillip Walker, John Fogerty, and Coco Montoya; he has shared stages with John Mayall, Leon Russell, Jeff Healy, Janiva Magness, Walter Trout, the Knitters, and the Blasters.

Stay tuned for a new release in early summer 2027!