zhonray are Billy (Ray) Abram and John (Boy) Holt... and friends!
Influences
Widely varied from Sade to Country, REM and Joni Mitchell, the groups of
the sixties - Beatles of course - Manilow, Simply Red, Michael Bolton,
Lionel Richie and Sue Bargh! Song must have a good mid section and
preferably tell a story and evoke an image or an emotion.
One day,
John took and old guitar into work. He fitted new strings,
adjusted the action and started playing songs in his dinnertime
to relieve the stresses of the working day. Bill was passing the
office and soon brought his guitar into work too.
At first they played covers of the classic hits of the 60's and 70's from the golden age of the Beatles; but soon they were transcribing any modern song that had a good melody, or an interesting chord pattern.
On another day, John brought in some songs he had written. Bill liked a few
of these and thought they should visit a studio to record master demo's.
That's when John gave Billy his nickname 'Ray' - always a ray of sunshine!
They started saving and soon found a studio and producer to their liking.
But now they needed a name for when they sent their CDs to the world.
John writes across most genres from hard rock to full bodied romantic ballad.
So "John" and "Ray" were combined with the thought of 'genre' to get zhonray.
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