Sounds Like: Chris Stapelton, Zack Brown

Press Info

"...a voice that sounds as comfortable to listen to as a broken-in pair of Levi's, reminds me of Don Edwards, Tom T. Hall"

Bob Blackburn / Music and Promotions Coordinator / Westwood One Radio Network

Alan's lyrics are crafted with insight and empathy, colored by wit and imagination, and tempered by the fires of experience. Climb aboard his 10 stop tour of pure Americana. “Internal Affairs” will take you there.

Diane Sward Rapaport (Author, “A Business Primer”)

Alan W. Gray “Internal Affairs”. When you hear Alan Gray sing “I’m Just A Man”, you may wonder, just what kind of man he is...(...I bundle my life, high on a pole, nothing to hide, or fear , but the cold) In heart and song, Alan is part poet, and part hobo, with his “Thumb In The Sky”, yearning to conquer the nuances of truly being “on-your-own, owned-by-nothing.”

Art Wild (Muscian "Boy Howdy" / "Latin Breeze")

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ERIC BIBB, GREG BROWN

Influences

JOHN PRINE,RANDY NEWMAN,VAN MORRISON,TOM WAITS,HARRY CHAPIN,JIM CROCE,CAROLE KING

Bio

… "Part poet and part hobo", Alan W. Gray.

This Country/Folk singer from Lakewood, California has the staff here at Broadjam yearning to hear more. Alan's deep poetic lyrics combined with his well-produced music make him one of our favorite songwriters…” The Broadjam Staff wwwbroadjam.com

…“Great 'old time' songwriting, with a Van Morrison influence, worth a serious listen”
Don Grierson / Vise President of A&R Departments / Epic, Capitol, and EMI

..."A voice that sounds as comfortable to listen to as a broken-in pair of Levi's...reminds me of Don Edwards, Tom T. Hall”
Bob Blackburn / Music and Promotions Coordinator / Westwood One Radio Network

“Alan's lyrics are crafted with insight and empathy, colored by wit and imagination, and tempered by the fires of experience. …Diane Rapaport / Music Bus. Author

Born in Bakersfield, Ca. and raised with a radio next to his ear, Alan Gray has always had a passion for music and poetry. Throughout his many travels abroad, with paper, pen and guitar, these experiences were often documented in song and rhyme to best encapsulate those feeling and emotions.

“Life Is An Ocean” ( American Songwriter) Followed by "Father Time" (Unisong) and "Thumb in the Sky" (American Songwriter Mag.) would earn him reccognition as a serious Songwriter and provide the seed to inspire him to pursue a career in the business of music.