Formed in 1987, the Gin Blossoms ruled the pop rock/alternative rock genre in the mid-1990’s. Two of their albums during this period reached the higher echelons of the music charts. 2017 and 2018 New Music Weekly’s Program Director of the Year – Ray White, sits down with guitarist/vocalist Jesse Valenzuela in September of 2018 to talk about his song writing, transition from lead vocalist to lead guitarist, and the Gin Blossoms’ latest album Mixed Reality. In our “showcase segment,” we feature two multi-Grammy award winners – John Mayer and Bruce Hornsby, whose brand new CD is Absolute Zero. Bringing you the latest, from many of your favorite “classic” rock/pop bands & performers! Learn more at Classic Artists Today.
Ray's passion for music and the musicians, started as a youth listening to transistor radios under the covers at bedtime. The bands and performers he liked, he followed throughout their career. In 2005 he was fed up with the evolution of a majority of the music the radio stations were playing and began investigating the bands he grew up listening to in the 1960's, 70's and 80's. Radio wasn't playing any of those band's "new" songs, just the "classic" hits. Researching the industry for a year, Ray launched Classic Artists Today syndicated radio show - featuring "new" songs by "classic" artists and included interviews and classic tracks too. The show was carried by several dozen radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Caribbean. Featuring Rock/Pop musicians and bands, Ray and the show won several awards from New Music Weekly magazine. With the success of these shows, he launched Coool CAT syndicated radio show, 5 years later, featuring Soul/R&B/Smooth Jazz/Blues performers and bands. In 2017, Ray starting producing his show in a 30-minute podcast format. Today, you can hear his work at Sittin' In With The CAT and Sittin' In With The Coool CAT. The legacy continues!
