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Boo Ray and Orange Constant are at Clyde’s this weekend

Boo Ray says his approach to making records "is like a dirt-track race team, where the shorthand and elbow grease of a few close buddies can squeeze another 25 horsepower out of a small-block motor to make a scavenged-together machine run a little faster each week." Boo Ray says his approach to making records "is like a dirt-track race team, where the shorthand and elbow grease of a few close buddies can squeeze another 25 horsepower out of a small-block motor to make a scavenged-together machine run a little faster each week."

By Staff Report June 8, 2017 2 min read

Outlaw country music artist Boo Ray and vintage rockers The Orange Constant will take the stage at Clyde’s On Main, 122 W. Main St., this weekend. There is a $5 cover charge for either show.

When Boo Ray plays at Clyde’s on Friday, June 9, at 10 p.m. the audience will hear a dramatic Southern sound that draws audiences in and has them hanging on his lyrics.

Boo Ray honed his sound in South Georgia honkytonks, Gulf Coast beach bars, Nashville nightclubs and Los Angeles songwriter joints. Vents magazine listed him on its Eight Country Artists to Watch list. His latest album, “Sea of Lights,” was released last August.

In an interview with Country Music Pride, he said he grew up in the mountains of North Carolina, but all the women in his family are from Louisiana and have “wild-sounding names . so they stuck me with a peculiar handle, too.

“Of course, there’s the Louisiana back-room card game by the same moniker, which I’ve loved and played since I was a kid. It’s written as a single word, Booray, but I like to pair it as Boo Ray,” the singer adds.