Music Style Hard-edged roots rock with Power-Pop leanings

Musical Influences Roots Rock (Jayhawks, Wilco, BoDeans, Tom Petty, Freedy Johnston), Pop & Garage (Velvet Crush, Hoodoo Gurus, Marshall Crenshaw, Smithereens, Neighborhoods), New Wave/Post-Punk (Police, Pretenders, X, Luna), Hard Rock (AC/DC, BOC, Helmet)

Similar Artists Gin Blossoms, Old 97's, BoDeans, Buffalo Tom, The Honeydogs, The Odds, Todd Thibaud

Artist History Ray Boyce is the former guitarist and co-founder of the Boston-based band the Returnables, who were a fixture on the Boston club scene from 1991-1993. Highlights of their career included the 1992 CD release "Red", as well as being selected as a semi-finalist in the 1992 Tanqueray Rocks National Talent Contest. Ray is also co-founder, guitarist and keyboard player for The Field of Carrots, a long-running cover band that specializes in quirky power-pop tunes. After the Returnables broke up in 1993, Ray co-founded, and was the guitarist and principal songwriter of, M.O.D.E., another Boston-based band whose sound was much heavier and grittier than the Returnables. Trained as a pianist, Ray started playing guitar just after college and it is now his primary instrument. Ray also plays bass, keyboards and harmonica. These songs were recorded in 1995-1996 on big, fat analog tape at Ducky Carlisle's studio "Room 9 from Outer Space" in South Boston MA, after Ray had left M.O.D.E. and was hoping to put together a new musical project that would reflect his more "rootsy" influences. Recorded, engineered and mixed by Bill Carr, these songs have been released on a CD EP entitled "It Shouldn't Have To Be This Difficult". After taking a musical sabatical for the past several years, Ray is currently starting to pursue a new musical project that would reflect his love of American roots rock n' roll.

Instruments Guitar, Bass, Drums

Albums It Shouldn't Have To Be This Difficult

Location Newton, MA - USA

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