One thing I really liked about Ray was his ability to keep playing, even when things went wrong. Nobody could destory a new snare drum skin like Ray. A brand new snare drum skin would not stay nice and shiny after Ray started playing. I loved the way he hit the snare. I remember him smiling and coming down hard on the snare, even though the snare drum skin was destroyed and in tatters. He played with heart and put everything he had into a song. You could always feel the beat when Ray was playing. The hard loud snare drum was always present. You never lost the beat.


When your playing hard rock, the snare drum is very important. Nobody could hit the snare drum like Ray. He was the king of the snare. 

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Sometimes when we were ending a song Ray would do a thing called the frog leap.
He would jump up in the air and when he came down he would crash the symbols at the end of a song with all his might. It looked really cool and the audiance loved it. 

One time when he came down, he had an accident and cut his chin on one of the symbols. Even though he was injured and his chin was bleeding, he never missed a beat, and finished the song. He put a band aid on his chin , finished the gig and joked about his injury on our break.


Now thats what I call a drummer with dedication.


Thats what I call a drummer


Thats what I'm talking about.