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The Cult of Ray
Music Story July 18, 2003
by Joe Nick Patoski
Description: Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.
"..."You're That Guy" It all started when "three Jews" -- Benson, Floyd Domino (né Jim Haber), and Lucky Oceans (né Ruben Gosfield) -- a Vermont farm boy named Leroy Preston; Virginian Chris O'Connell; and Gene Dobkin, a bass player and fellow classmate of Benson's from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, joined forces. Another Antioch student named Ed Ward brought Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen to campus, wherein the musicians saw the light..."
Texas Platters
Music Review July 11, 1997
"...And nothing makes you appreciate them more than hearing the reaction of non-Texans to the music we sometimes take for granted. This new live album brings it all home again with some of the band's handiest favorites, including "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens," "Miles And Miles of Texas," and of course, "Ida Red." As usual, some alumni were on stage with leader Ray Benson, in particular LeRoy Preston, who tosses off a masterful rendition of his original, "My Baby Thinks She's a Train." It's good to hear from him, along with a few other old friends like Floyd Domino on piano and Tracy Byrd on vocals..."
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