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Michael Ray 
with special guest Jon Langston

For Michael Ray, music is his grandfather singing and sweating on a rural Florida stage. Itā€™s the childhood refuge he found during the pain of his parent's divorce. Itā€™s family and stories, history and hope. Ray says music saved him, but it did even more: Music made him. Ray has built an impressive foundation: four No. 1 songs ā€“ RIAA Platinum-certified ā€œThink a Little Less,ā€ RIAA Platinum-certified ā€œWhiskey And Rain,ā€ RIAA Gold-certified ā€œKiss You in the Morning,ā€ RIAA Gold-certified ā€œOne That Got Awayā€ ā€“ plus ā€œGet to Youā€ and ā€œHer World or Mine,ā€ brings his tally to four Gold-certified singles. Ray has garnered over 1 billion global streams, over 650,000 album equivalents, over 150 million YouTube views, and has performed at the Grand Ole Opry over 65 times. Two hit albums into that all-too-rare blend of critically acclaimed and commercially successful career, Ray released Higher Education. Proof that heartbroken wallowing can feel good if it swings, ā€œWhiskey And Rainā€ marked his first multi-week No. 1, cementing Ray as the ideal bridge between vintage country cool and modern countryā€™s best sounds. Ray recently released The Bootleggers Sessions, which features classic country covers, including Tracy Lawrenceā€™s ā€œTime Marches On,ā€ George Straitā€™s ā€œThe Chairā€ and Randy Travisā€™s ā€œThree Wooden Crosses,ā€ following The Warehouse Sessions, of live performances of songs from Higher Education. Ray is gearing up to release more new music this spring and is currently in the studio with award-winning producer Michael Knox. For more information, visit  or follow him on and @MichaelRayMusic and .
 

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 8 PM
Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium

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