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Ray DeForest

Bass-master Ray DeForest is a legend in the Cleveland-area music scene. An acclaimed expert on the electric bass, washtub bass, upright bass as well as bass vocals, Ray has performed with such notable area groups as The Mr. Stress Blues Band, ACO, Aces and Eights, Princess Ladia and the Natural Facts. Ray is the epitome of the working musician and can be found playing somewhere nearly every night and most afternoons. When he's not playing, he's teaching at the Fairmount School of Music. Ray, his wife and their four children reside in Cleveland Heights.
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