Ray Shulman
Ray Shulman (born December 8, 1949 in Portsmouth , England ) is a musician and founding member of the progressive rock band Gentle Giant .
In 1966 he founded the pop band Simon Dupree and the Big Sound with his brothers Derek and Phil Shulman under the pseudonym "Simon Dupree" . Reginald Dwight, later known as Elton John , was among the members of the group . With kites , the group reached number 9 on the British charts in 1967. Simon Dupree and the Big Sound did not achieve any further notable successes, so that the Shulman brothers renamed themselves Gentle Giant in 1970 and radically changed their style.
Like his brothers, Ray Shulman was a multi-instrumentalist, playing bass, trumpet, violin, drums, percussion and guitar. He was one of the main composers of Gentle Giant and primarily their bassist. After Gentle Giant broke up, Ray wrote music for television and cinema from 1982 to 1986.
From 1986 Shulman produced songs with The Sugarcubes such as Life's too good , The Sundays ' Reading, writing and Arithmetic and Ian McCulloch's Candleland . These songs had great commercial success, especially the first two, which sold over 1 million copies in record stores. Ray also played bass on the album 69 by AR Kane (he's on the songs Crazy Blue , Baby Milk Snatcher and Spermwhale trip over to hear). He also played on Kane's Americana album .
Ray later made two records under the pseudonym "Head Doctor" on Millennium Records . He also appears on a techno collection album. Ray Shulman wrote the background music for PC games such as Privateer 2: The Darkening or Azrael's Tears .
Other musicians Ray Shulman had to do with were Darden Smith (he plays the violin on his album), Grace Kairos (on the album Emotions Park ), The Veldt, Afrodisiac and Lulabox and Granati Brothers, Hard Core .
Web links
- Interview Ray & Derek Shulman at on songfacts.com. Retrieved April 25, 2014 .
- Ray Shulman at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ray Shulman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ a b Ray Shulman at Allmusic (English)
- ↑ Head Doctor at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Shulman, Ray |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Portsmouth , England |