Name: The Day I Smoked A J With Ray
Duration: P00H02M55S
Description: Based on a true story: I was invited to an Asleep At The Wheel music video shoot where I had a chance to meet Ray and offer him a joint (that we and some friends then smoked with on his bus).

The Day I Smoked A J With Ray

by Kathryn Legendre ft. Ray Benson

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Based on a true story: I was invited to an Asleep At The Wheel music video shoot where I had a chance to meet Ray and offer him a joint (that we and some friends then smoked with on his bus).

lyrics

I rolled up to a joint downtown
To hear some western swing
Cruise around the dance floor
And hear twin fiddles ring

I was walking by the tour bus
When I recognized the scent
A deep voice said, 'come inside'
So up the stairs I went

The day I smoked a j with Ray
I knew it was the good stuff right away
Although it might get hazy
My memory remains
The day I smoked a j with Ray

He introduced himself and said
the party's just begun
Lit a little left-handed cigarette
And passed around the fun

We toked and talked a while
Until our eyes began to glaze
Then he took one more puff
And headed to the stage

The day I smoked a j with Ray
I knew it was the good stuff right away
Although it might get hazy
My memory remains
The day I smoked a j with Ray

Now, everyone knows Willie
But there's another guy
You may think he's tall
But you should see him when he's high

Some may say that I dreamed it
But I wasn't asleep at the wheel
'Cause If you took a toke off that
you know just how I'd feel

The day I smoked a j with Ray
I knew it was the good stuff right away
Although it might get hazy
My memory remains
The day I smoked a j with Ray

credits

released April 20, 2024
Written By: Kathryn Legendre and Mitch Ballard (Friday Mountain Music - BMI)
Produced By: Mitch Ballard
Vocals: Kathryn Legendre
Background Vocals: Wes Hightower
Guest Vocals: Ray Benson
Guitars: Rick McRea
Bass: Josh Hoag
Drums: David Sanger
Piano: John Michael Whitby
Fiddle & Electric Mandolin: Jason Roberts
Pedal Steel: Dave LeRoy Biller
Engineered, Mixed & Recorded By: Chris Bell at Studios at Fischer in Fischer, TX
Mastered By: Oli Morgan at Abbey Road Studios in London, England
Artwork By: Taylor Rushing / Not Bad Designs

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© 2024 Kathryn Legendre

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