Ray Cushman

Houston National Forest. Being home is where he collects his thoughts, grabs on to some more of that regional way of life and just like an unspoken muse siting next to him on his front porch the art takes shape. A prime example is one of Ray’s songs “Lafayette” which captures the down home atmosphere that resides within the community. His vivid descriptions make it easy to envision the lifestyle as he presents the lyrics in an upbeat tempo with the proper emphasis in place. Moving beyond Lafayette, Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana still to this day The Real Deal - Ray Cashman have blues jukes. There’s nothing like them anywhere else in the world. Some folks play the blues while and the man’s regional influences are all Folks still have barbecues, smoke meat, some write about it and present it as their over this baby. By the way this is not make a batch of gumbo and have a ball. own because it is. A blues man from Ray’s first rodeo, he has seven complete Great folks, great food, great music and Montgomery, Texas named Ray albums to his credit. Another of Ray’s Ray captures the essence of the gulf Cashman is the later. This guy is the real releases is an album titled Houston coast in his songs. Ray Cashman tours deal. His songs are on the radio around Electric and Houston Electric stayed on England, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, the world, and his European show date the charts for weeks and was aired by France, Italy, Spain, Hungary and in the list alone would be the envy of anybody over 200 radio stations worldwide. His USA he performs starting in the gulf looking to expand internationally. Yet the sound, his lyrics, the presentation of coast region all the way to and including man who had moved away to Austin and everything the man turns out is this real Canada. Take a listen and hear the music then on to Nashville returned to his roots deal Southeastern Texas music that is of Ray Cashman. To learn more about in Southeastern Texas. The music down unique to the region. It was interesting to Ray and his music visit: his way is referred to as Gulf Coast learn that Ray felt the call to move on www.raycashman.net Gumbo, as it is made up of multiple years ago and like a regional influences both current and moth to a flame he from the past. As a young man Ray felt made the rounds into these influences and sought out down quite a number of home mentors. His youthful odyssey led blues clubs out of town him to the heart of the Gulf Coast sound and out of state. It was and as they say the man is a natural and exciting, it was they accepted him and taught him well. educational, and Ray What’s cool about Ray is that his music learned from that does not pull any punches. He writes and exposure that others far presents his message on topics such as a away from his roots woman that stays stoned all day long love this sound too. “Reefer Headed Woman”, while his Then Ray came to subdued “Moon Over Orleans” was realize that he needed made into a moving story telling video to be home for his soul produced by Relaxing Blues. Ray’s new to be at rest and he album just came out and it’s beginning to returned to just outside hit the airwaves right now, Palmetto and of Montgomery, Texas Pine. It’s jam packed with eleven tracks to live in the Sam