Blog | Brian Ray

On Tour with McCartney and My Gibson Dove

Posted on Dec 07 2009 at 09:38 AM | My Gear Paul McCartney

I am really fortunate to have a collection of wonderful vintage guitars I’ve collected through my life. I often turn to my favorite acoustic, my Gibson Dove. You can see me playing it on video on the Paul McCartney site as well as this one, now on YouTube.

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Reflections on rehearsing for our European tour with Paul McCartney

Posted on Dec 01 2009 at 06:23 AM | Live Shows Paul McCartney

We’ve just finished our rehearsals in the south of England as we prepare for our European tour, our last of 2009. While we’ve been together for going on eight years, each time we get together, it’s somehow different. We’re reconvening from different paths even though it’s been a short three and one half months since our last show in Dallas. We’ve each been busy with our own projects and our own lives.

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Children in Need Charity Concert & Music For Troops

Posted on Nov 18 2009 at 09:44 AM | Live Shows News Paul McCartney

I’m just back from London where I played the Royal Albert Hall with Paul and the guys for the charity, Children In Need. The guys from Take That organized quite an evening there with Muse, Lily Allen, Robbie Williams, Snow Patrol, Paolo Nuitini [sp?], Sheryl Cole, Peter Kay and others.

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Hello from London!

Posted on Nov 05 2009 at 08:10 AM | Live Shows News Paul McCartney

Just a quick lil post to let you know what’s up lately. I’m here in London, getting ready to start rehearsals tomorrow with Paul for our upcoming Children in Need charity show and tour of the EU and UK this fall/winter. I will soon announce a very exciting one off performance of my own creation after the tour in December so stay tuned, ok?

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