Brian Ray has quite the track record: musical director for blues giant Etta James for over than a decade, he’s also worked with the likes of Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Peter Frampton and Santana. Now he’s hooked up with guitar wizz Orianthi for “Bonne & Clyde”, a widescreen epic based on the The Trails End, the poem Bonnie Parker wrote a month before the pair died in a hail of police bullets. It’s as if the melody from Townes Van Zandt’s Waitin’ Around to Diewere crossed with the cinematic ambition of Bon Jovi’s Wanted Dead Or Alive, and very good it is too.
Orianthi Penny Panagaris is an Australian musician, singer and songwriter who rehearsed in 2009 with Michael Jackson in preparation for his ill-fated This Is It concert series, and also performed with Alice Cooper’s touring band. Brian Ray is the founding member with Oliver Leiber of The Bayonets. He is a Singer/songwriter plus guitar/bass player and singer with Paul McCartney for 12+ years.
The Story of Bonnie & Clyde · Brian Ray & Orianthi released on Whooray Records 17th jaunary 2021
