Biography

The Righteous Kind
 
  
Award-winning singer/songwriter Charles Ray Martin leads an all-star cast of  
rock and blues musicians in a rock-n-roll revival called The Righteous Kind.   
Hailing from Gainesville, FL, a hotbed of musical activity that has produced  
artists as diverse as Tom Petty, Against me! and Sister Hazel, The Righteous  
Kind has an innovative garage/psychedelic rock sound that is influenced by both  
classic- 60s and modern-alternative rock.  The band features superior song  
writing and has tremendous stylistic range - from garage to alternative to 
classic  to psychedelic to pop rock.  The Righteous Kind are superb showmen, 
and their live shows are more than anything else fun.    
  
Three of the songs on the band s debut CD entitled  Some Are of Love  won  
songwriting accolades, including  Righteous Man,  a winner in the 10th Annual  
Great American Song Contest.   Show me the day,  their tribute to the Rev.  
Martin Luther King, Jr., won honorable mention in the 2009 Peacedriven.com  
songwriting contest.    
  
Joining guitarist and front man Charles Ray are Tom Miller, formerly of Chicago  
blues sensation Vini and the Demons, on bass, and Larry Thompson, from the  
ionic country-rock band dblWiDE, on drums.  Rounding out the group is B.B.  
Brashear, BBB, on the Hammond B3 organ.    
  
 Rock  n  roll fans will get a kick out of The Righteous Kind at the Atlantic on  
Saturday night. Featuring the one-of-a-kind Charles Ray Martin on guitar and  
vocals and one of Gainesville s best rhythm sections, these guys bring back riff-  
infused rock 'n' roll with a strong psychedelic presence.   
Dante Lima, Music Editor, Gainesville Sun, July 9, 2009 

Learn more about The Righteous Kind at www.myspace.com/therighteouskind  
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Buy a CD at www.CDBaby.com/charlesray  
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