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| Pop R&B Rock. Written by Ray Gardner for Carlos Santana, "Let It Shine" was recorded and released as the first single on Santana's "Amigos" album, which reached Billboard's Top-Ten pop charts, had triple-platinum sales in the United States and Europe, and scored a Grammy nomination. |
CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with David Brown |
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| Back in the day, Spectrum was known in the Bay Area for original songs combining Afro-Cuban & funk styles. Spectrum packed fans into popular SF Latin clubs, and attracted talent scouts, as well as members of Santana, Malo and Azteca to band performances. This hot new version of "Cha-Cha de Funke" features Karl Perazzo of Santana on timbales and bongos. Ray played the congas. Of special interest are the tasty blues/Latin-rock Santana-styled guitar licks by Cedrick, that weave around the Tower-Of-Power-styled horn parts and sax solos. Shades of El Chicano Latin-rock, and Gerald Wilson Afro-Cuban jazz. Very intense! |
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Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Ray Gardner. Backing vocals by Ray, Anitra, and Renard. Salsa-pop meets r&b. A fun dance tune for sure. Mick Gillette of Tower Of Power fame, blows a blistering trumpet solo in the bridge. Check out Ray's "Latin" vocals. |
CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| "Old School" Cameo-styled funk-jazz from Spectrum? You bet! This song will hit you on many levels. Rock guitar on funk? Spectrum was first on that in SF. James Brown/Earth, Wind & Fire-style horns kick in from the jump. And Cedrick attacks the groove with his guitar, alternating between slinky rhythms and screamin' "Mr. Bigg" Ernie Isley/Hendrix-styled licks and never lets up. Ray sings smooth and Anitra sings sultry vocal lines that lovers understand. Listen to this tune and it will grab you. |
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Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| All vocals by Ray Gardner. Spectrum's touring with Earth, Wind, & Fire and admiration for their music inspired Ray to write this uptempo Brazilian pop and r&b jazz groove. Karl Perazzo from Santana plays tasty and sizzling conga and timbale riffs all over the groove. Cedric provides great rhythm guitar and a really creative guitar solo towards the end of the song. Very hip! |
CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Anitra. Backing vocals by Ray. Anitra adds some soul as new style samba meets r&b. The Brazilian percussion and the sax solo are hot! |
CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Elias Negash |
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| Lead vocals by Renard Gallo. Backing vocals by Ray Gardner. Reynard sings "Suave" smooth for the ladies over an "old-school" r&b Latin pop rock groove. This recording has a huge War "vibe" and has "Lowrider" written all over it. |
CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Andre Champoux |
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| Jazzy ensemble vocals by Ray Gardner. A jazz waltz tune named after a very pretty girl and inspired by trumpeter Miles Davis. This song has a great horn melody and solos by Murray Low on piano and Wayne Wallace on trombone. |
CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Wayne Wallace |
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| Latin Jazz/R&B Rock. Lyrics by Ray Gardner. Lead vocals by Anitra Lewis and Renard Gallo. Beautiful Aquatic Park near San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf was the inspiration for this song. Aquatic Park is the place where conga drummers come to play. On hot summer days years ago, members of Santana could be found jamming alongside the other conga drummers, catching the hot sea breeze coming in underneath the Golden Gate bridge. |
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Wayne Wallace |
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| Anitra Lewis & Renard Gallo heat up the Afro-Latin with R&B vocals
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CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Jeff Chin |
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| Vocals by Ray and Anitra. Cool-as-ice trumpet solo by guest soloist Louis Fasman of the Pete Escovedo orchestra. "The Dream" has a very catchy jazz horn melody over a smooth danceable r&b jazz groove. Elias tickles the ivories along the way. |
CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with David Woodhouse |
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| All vocals by Ray Gardner. Danceable Afro-Latin jazz r&b with a little accordion flavor from Argentina. Jeff Chin lays down a cool piano solo in the bridge. And Cedric and John create sparks on guitar and saxophone as the song rolls on into the night. |
CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Jeff Chin |
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| An r&b and smooth jazz dance groove with Bony James style sax. Dave Shoup turns in some hot Jimmy Smith style organ riffs and Cedric Dennis puts the funk on his guitar solo. |
CD: Blue Skies
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Collier |
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| Ensemble vocals by Ray Gardner. This is an Afro-Cuban cha-cha groove with a Horace Silver jazz feel. You can listen or dance to this tune which was written in honor of the Afro-Cuban, Chano Pozo. Check out the horn melodies and the solos by John, Murray, Melesio, and Wayne on trumpet, piano, sax, and trombone. |
CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Wayne Wallace |
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| In honor of the Congo River and African culture
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CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with David Woodhouse |
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| All vocals by Ray. A steamy night in a Nigerian dance club. |
CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Smooth and jazzy ensemble vocals by Ray Gardner. This has a radio-ready smooth r&b jazz groove. Roger Glenn is cool as cool on vibes. Rob "Spiro Gyra" Rebholz plays a nice alto sax solo and melody throughout the song. Kirk is funky and elegant on the piano and Kirby lays down a Denver, Colorado style guitar solo and smooth rhythm riffs.
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CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Kirby Velarde and Kirk Merritt |
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| Vocals by Ray, Fred Champoux, Anitra, and Barry. This a Brazilian pop and Nigerian rhythm with an r&b dance feel. The lyrics tell you all about many San Francisco highlights. Pat and Andre Champoux provide tasty guitar licks along the way. This should make you want to visit San Francisco. |
CD: Sausalito Moon
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Wayne Wallace |
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| Ensemble vocals by Ray Gardner. Think of a romantic night in lovely Sausalito across the bay from San Francisco. A very smooth bossa-nova. |
CD: Sausalito Moon
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with David Woodhouse |
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| Vocals by Anitra Lewis and Fred Champoux. Great backing vocals by Ray, Andre, and Fred. This is a great love song with emotional lead vocals by Anitra and Fred. There was magic in the air the day they recorded the vocals for this tune. That's Fred on sax too! And Pat lays in some nice guitar colors. |
CD: Sausalito Moon
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Scott Rundles and Andre Champoux |
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| Danceable San Francisco style r&b pop rock. Check out the very funky bass track. Johnny Bamont is great on the sax and the guitars are screamin'. |
CD: Blue Skies
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| All vocals by Ray Gardner. Ray sings a positive message over a danceable uptempo smooth r&b and Latin jazz groove. Nate Pitts lays down one funky and jazzy bass groove. Cedric Dennis locks in a great rhythm guitar track with Nate. And Johnny B. hits all the right notes on sax. |
CD: Blue Skies
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with David Woodhouse |
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| Vocals by Anitra, Ray, and Renard. This is an uptempo smooth jazz r&b song that you can dance to. Rafael cooks on bongo. Roger, Marvin, and Mellesio turn in great melody and solo performances on flute, trumpet, and sax as Anitra sings to her man about nighttime dancing. |
CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Anitra sings her heart out and "KJ" provides the smooth rap flava' |
CD: Compilation
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Andre Champoux |
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| Anitra Lewis with a sultry R&B performance |
CD: Compilation
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Andre Champoux |
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| Lead vocals by Anitra Lewis. Backing vocals by Ray Gardner. Funky r&b meets house. This song "smolders" from the first note. It's fun. Check out the reggae guy in the intro as Anitra comes in and delivers her trademark sensual vocals. This tune has European r&b dance floor action written all over it. |
CD: Compilation
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with David Shoup |
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| Lead vocals by Anitra. Background vocals by the Disko Kiddz. Euro-House in San Francisco. This tune has the feel of the original dance-your-butt-off 1970's San Francisco disco scene. Back then Gloria Gaynor sang "I Will Survive." Today Anitra sings "I'm Free." |
CD: Compilation
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with David Shoup |
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| Lead vocals by Anitra. Backing vocals by the Disko Kiddz. This is an original blast from the 70's disco hey-day period. Close your eyes and imagine bellbottom pants and platform shoes as Anitra wails that she "Just Wanna Make You Happy." |
CD: Compilation
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Vocals by Ray, Leedia, Monica, and Anitra. San Francisco style funky house-merengue. Tony Aldarondo spits out a "Nuyorican" style rap. The Spectrum horns bring out the merengue authenticity by playing Santo Domingo horn riffs big time. And the Spectrum percussionists sizzle as they pound out the beat. This is a fun and funny dance tune! |
CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Elias Negash |
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| Lead vocals by Anitra and Renard. Backing vocals by Ray. Over a funky R&B rhythm, K-J proves he's a great rapper & knows how to write words that hit like a ton. He's funny too. "Where's the jack, I need that money!" |
CD: Compilation
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Andre Champoux and A.K. Johnson |
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| All vocals by Ray Gardner. A funky Latin dance rhythm with hot New York style salsa horns. Pat Duffy rock guitar solo sings like Santana. All this for Jennifer Lopez! She makes Spectrum want to dance! |
CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead Vocals by Carlos Soto. Romantic Salsa meets Jazz and R&B. |
CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Ray, Anitra & Renard. Afro-percussion, with an R&B Latin groove and sizzling jazz trumpet and rock guitar solos. |
CD: The Dream
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Funky R&B blended with Nigerian rhythms |
CD: Sausalito Moon
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Ray Gardner. Ray sings an old-school love song "Suavecito" style. Spectrum meets Malo and Santana. Very smooth. |
CD: Sausalito Moon
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Ray Gardner and Barry Nelson. Latin R&B pop rock that you can cha-cha or boogie to. Check out the Steely Dan style ensemble horn solo! Also check out the lyrics; they tell a great message. |
CD: Blue Skies
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with David Woodhouse |
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| All vocals by Ray Gardner. This song has a great inspirational message for everyone in the world today whose feeling challenged. It's funky. It rocks. And it has a monster hip-hop bass and drum rhythm. Andre burns on rock guitar. And Johnny Bamont is positively hot on sax. Will someone say "yes" to this song? |
CD: Blue Skies
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Andre Champoux |
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| All vocals by Ray Gardner. Up-tempo San Francisco style Latin, pop, r&b and jazz. Hot Afro-Cuban style horns. The sax solo rocks and the message is true. |
CD: Blue Skies
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with David Woodhouse |
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| Lead vocals by Ray Gardner. Ethiopian rap by Elias Negash. Spectrum rocks Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This song has a great Afro-Pop & R&B groove. It moves, baby! Check out the Middle-Eastern melodies of the saxophone. |
CD: Sausalito Moon
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Elias Negash |
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| Lead vocals by Ray and Sharon. All background vocals by Ray. Smooth R&B Hip-Hop. Ray and Sharon sings that Love is the way. Check out the Boyz II Men style background vocals and the hip-hop beat. Great social commentary. |
CD: Blue Skies
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with John Annal |
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| Lead vocals by Anitra. Background vocals by the Gospel Elegance of San Francisco. Contemporary Gospel with reggae. Powered by powerful gospel backgrounds, the groove combines reggae and r&b in a compelling genre mix. Anita sings and, yeah mon, "Ja" is her strength. |
CD: Gospel
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Anitra. Background vocals by the Gospel Elegance of San Francisco. Contemporary Hip-Hop Gospel R&B. The groove on this gospel tune is hugh. Freddy Champoux lets loose an emotional rock sax solo that dances over the beat. The energy that everybody has in the outtro section makes you wish the song goes on longer than it does. Listen to this tune and know that praying ain't never been like this. |
CD: Gospel
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Louis Smith |
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| All vocals by Ray Gardner. Contemporary Smooth Jazz R&B Gospel. This song has a great smooth jazz r&b rhythm that rides over some cool chord changes. Ethiopian keyboard player Elias Negash lays down some jazzy piano work and sizzling Jimmy Smith organ riffs. This is where gospel is going in the future. |
CD: Gospel
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Ray Gardner and Sharon Doss. All background vocals by Ray. Contemporary Hip-Hop Gospel. Hip-hop meets gospel and smooth jazz over a great r&b groove. Check out Andre's rock guitar solo. Hearing about the angels that walks among us is cool when it sounds like this. |
CD: Gospel
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner and David Woodhouse |
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| Lead vocals by Anitra. Background by the Gospel Elegance of San Francisco. Contemporary Afro-Latin Jazz Gospel. This is a praise song over a 1970's SF Mission district funky Latin groove. Shades of El Chicano! Check out the hot sax solo by John Sanders. At the bridge Kirby Velarde rips a killer rock guitar solo over a fast double-time Brazilian rhythm. Gospel should always be this entertaining. |
CD: Gospel
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Ray and Sharon. All background vocals by Ray. Ray and Sharon sings "Touch Me With Your Soul Love" with such urgency that you know it comes from a deep place. Earth, Wind & Fire meets Brazil in the rhythm while Johnny B. wails on sax and Cedric lays down a great jazzy guitar rhythm, shades of George Benson. |
CD: Gospel
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| All vocals by Ray Gardner. Contemporary Pop R&B Gospel. This is one of Ray's favorite songs because of the message... What kind of world will we leave the children? Not the usual gospel. |
CD: Gospel
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner and David Woodhouse |
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| Lead vocals by Sharon Doss. All background vocals by Ray Gardner. Contemporary R&B Jazz Gospel. Love is the way if you wanna be free child. You're gonna be free if you keep your head to the sky. |
CD: Gospel
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with David Shoup |
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| Lead vocals by Ray Gardner. Backing vocals by the Present Truth. Contemporary R&B Gospel. There's opposition to it, but we are all brothers and sisters in this world. |
CD: Only God Can Save Us
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Ray. Backing vocals by the Present Truth. Contemporary Pop-Rock R&B Gospel. The "future" is now... More freedoms are disappearing everyday. Prophetic times are upon us but with help from above we can work together. |
CD: Only God Can Save Us
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Ray. Backing vocals by the Present Truth. Contemporary R&B Gospel. Ray uses a humorous message to say that our Saviour is not commercialism. And by the end of the song he makes it all real clear. Santana bassist Myron Dove "testifies" on bass while John Sanders blows tasty sax licks all over the song. |
CD: Only God Can Save Us
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Ray. Backing vocals by the Present Truth. Contemporary Reggae Gospel. Elder Peter Jones narrates from the Bible. Babylon is falling... This tune flows over an authentic Trench Town Bob Barley reggae groove. It's got the rhythm of Jamaica for days! Stevie Gurr of the Elvin Bishop band "sings" on guitar. |
CD: Only God Can Save Us
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Ray. Backing vocals by the Present Truth. Contemporary Smooth Jazz Gospel. Ray sings a personal testimony. Listen and believe. This songs features real strings and a horn arrangement by Wayne Wallace over an Earth, Wind & Fire mid-tempo rhythm; John Sanders plays a beautiful saxophone solo. |
CD: Only God Can Save Us
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Ray. Backing vocals by the Present Truth. Contemporary Calypso R&B Gospel. Check out the Lord. He's cool and helps in times of trouble. |
CD: Only God Can Save Us
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Ray. Backing vocals by the Present Truth. Contemporary R&B Gospel. This is a song about the comforting voice of the Holy Spirit. Earth, Wind & Fire rides again! Ray can't help using their kind of rhythm. Bruce Kaphan lays down a great rhythm guitar track. |
CD: Only God Can Save Us
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Ray. Backing vocals by the Present Truth. Contemporary R&B Gospel. A great message...it tells us the truth about the rainbow. The rainbow is a symbol of hope and love, a gift from above. |
CD: Only God Can Save Us
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| Lead vocals by Ray. Backing vocals by the Present Truth. Contemporary Gospel/Ballad. If you want to know that God exists and performs miracles everyday, just look at Ray...a personal testimony. That's Bruce Kaphan on pedal steel guitar, "sacred steel" indeed. |
CD: Only God Can Save Us
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with Michael Andrews |
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| Lead vocals by Ray. Backing vocals by the Present Truth. Contemporary R&B Gospel. This song has a Prince/Rick James style rhythm. A funky up-tempo praise song for the Lord. Jesus is a Wonderful One indeed. |
CD: Only God Can Save Us
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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| All vocals by Ray Gardner. Contemporary Hip-Hop R&B Gospel. This song has a Sly Stone style groove. Check out the message. Who says you can't combine social commentary with gospel? |
CD: Only God Can Save Us
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner with John Carter |
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| Lead vocals by Ray. Backing vocals by the Present Truth. Contemporary R&B Gospel. A groove and a message so deep, we had to reprise it. |
CD: Only God Can Save Us
Label: GRG/SF Music
Credits: Ray Gardner |
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