"Ray's After Dark"
August 6^th, 2008: Ray's Gourmet Country   –  Fulshear, Texas
 

     As many of you are aware, the trio has had the opportunity to play dinner music on Thursdays for the last two months or so out in Fulshear. Some of you have even made it out there to see the boys (and we all appreciate that).

 

     The restaurant is called Ray's Gourmet Country. It's a recently opened hang-out spot for the fine folks west of Katy. The kitchen is open and on display to patrons creating a unique synergy from kitchen-to-dining table. The architecture mimics the food served in an unassuming elegance of taste and style.

     Each week as Ray's Executive Chef, Soren Pedersen serves up fresh organically inspired cuisine, the trio offers up their own stew of piano jazz, pop, and blues music. This month's featured music download was inspired by the electric atmosphere of locale as it metamorphosizes over the course of the evening.

     George explains: "I wanted to write something to capture this time in the band's development, musically and historically. Each week when we go out to Ray's, we get started around 7:00 PM. The dinner crowd is beginning to settle in, so our playing is very subdued to accommodate the room. As the evening progresses, the cliental coming in begins to change, craving more upbeat music from us. By 11:00 PM the environment has transformed into a much looser, let-your-hair-down version of itself - Still recognizable, but very different at the same time. RAY'S AFTER DARK celebrates the nuances and excitement of both periods. It starts slow and restrained then opens up to a 'rowdier' version of the first section. I feel it is a good representation of the mood of the place going through these stages."

To judge for yourself listen to the piece by clicking here:
Then come out any Thursday evening to experience Ray's first hand.

The address is: RAY'S GOURMET COUNTRY 8502 FM 359 Fulshear, Texas 77441 281-533-0099

 

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