One winter evening myself, my producer Al Steele and a group of friends headed down to The Hollybush pub in Draethen with the aim of making a classic pub video! Ceri Darknell would be the director, so for once we all had to do as she said!

Al had recently reformed the 80s group The Korgis and by coincidence the backing vocalists lived just up the road. So they all headed down to join the crowd.

We didn't know what to expect as we were not regulars. As it turned out it was an Open Mic night, but what we didn't realise is that earlier on it was a nice quiet dining pub! As it turned out, the diners didn't seem to mind that we had taken over the pub and soon all joined in with this raucous sing-a-long. We reckon the bar takings probably went up by 50% that night!

To fit the mood of the song, my brief for the night was to look as miserable as possible, while all around me were having a whale of a time.

Behind me are Dave, Al, Ava Emmy and Jay, who look like they are taking the brief very seriously, and are already well on the way to being 'Drunk as a Skunk'!

In the end a great night was had by all and here is the video to prove it!

The 2018 debut album from Ray Glastonbury.  
Aka bluesman Ray Gee, born in a mining town long, long time ago - as in the opening lines of his much acclaimed mining classic, 'You Won't Be Going Down That Mine, My Son' which is featured on 'A Dose Of The Blues', a solo album of twelve of his songs recorded over the past year at Shabbey Road Studios.

Ray has been involved with the music business all his life, either as a performer, sometimes behind the scenes as a Manager and a Publisher.

It took him till 2018 to finally take the spotlight, with this collection of highly personal songs.

In an interview in 2017 Ray remarked 'I have written many songs for other artists, but these ones I kept for myself. I couldn't imagine anyone else singing them.

We have been busy filming some videos to promote the album and the opening track 'You Won't Be Going Down That Mine My Son' seemed like an obvious choice, being largely autobiographical.

This latest album is a great mix of blues and country blues, sung in his own unique style. Ray takes us from his B.B.King inspired 'Without My Woman', to the ever popular 'Drunk As A Skunk' via a train bound for Mobile, Alabama with 'I'll Never Hit The Bottle Again'. Add to that San Quentin's death row 'Hey Little Bird', a close encounter with the 'Grim Reaper' and the title track 'A Dose Of The Blues' along the way.