Juno Award winner Ray Bonneville features 'a languid Mississippi Delta groove, seasoned with smooth, weathered vocals'
Juno Award winner Ray Bonneville, storyteller, guitarist, "song-and-groove man" is back in Sault Ste. Marie for the third straight year, appearing at The Loft Sept. 15.
"Six years in New Orleans infused his musical sensibilities with the region's culture and rhythms," added the release. "And then, a close call while piloting a seaplane proved pivotal: After two decades working as a studio musician, playing rowdy rooms with blues bands, and living hard, Bonneville’s lifetime of hard-won experience coalesced into an urge to write his own music.
Jim Withers describes his sound as “folk-roots gumbo… a languid Mississippi Delta groove, seasoned with smooth, weathered vocals and a propulsive harmonica wheeze.” Often called a “song and groove man,” Bonneville has lived the life of the itinerant artist. From his native Quebec, he moved to Boston at age twelve, where he learned English and picked up piano and guitar. Later, he served in Vietnam and earned a pilot’s license in Colorado before living in Alaska, Seattle, and Paris. Six years in New Orleans infused his musical sensibilities with the region's culture and rhythms.
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