Dwight Raby

Hey everybody I just wanted to give you an update on how recording is coming along with Big D and the Refugees. We’ve got our songlist done finally and have started recording the following: 1) The Band Played On 2) Learned My Lesson 3) Dangerous 4) Rubberman 5) Mary and Jesse 6) Angel 7) Off [...]

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Wow, Columbia SC was fun! Thanks to all the girls from ZTA at University of South Carolina what a fun event! Can’t wait to get back see you all soon!

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This weekend I got to go on tour. By “on tour” I mean I drove to Lexington, KY for a gig. It was great! Jeff and Frank were previously engaged this weekend so I grabbed local funk legends Kevin Scott and Duane Trucks from The Atlanta Funk Society for the gig. We loaded up the [...]

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Like anybody else who makes his/her living in music, I am intrigued at the songwriting process and how it manifests itself differently in different people. There are some people that can just sit down and write a great song on demand. I’ve done that, but I find that the songs I’m most proud of are [...]

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Some of you may know this, but in addition to playing music I also enjoy running and tennis. I’ve been with my mixed doubles ALTA tennis team for a few years and, for some odd reason, have developed a reputation as a bit of a wise-ass. So, today I was pushed by our captain, so [...]

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Had a super-fun gig at RiRa the other night with The Refugees! Got to give away $500 for the best zombie costume and got to screw up the lyrics to the old Cranberries song 3 times. Awesome! Thanks to Kevin and all the staff at RiRa that was the most fun we’ve had in ages.

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Incredible weekend of running in Vermont. Went up for the annual 100on100 relay. I thought a play by play beginning with the first leg of the race was in order: Leg 1 – Sammy goes into the woods on a very short but critical first leg as the only guy on the line who knows [...]

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As any runner will tell you, the day after you significantly more or significantly faster than normal you always, ALWAYS have to do a little shake out run so your legs don’t completely lock up. Due to scheduling conflicts and more than a little laziness, I did not follow up Sunday’s ten miler with a [...]

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You’ve always got to love you’re first long run after a long time of not doing one. It sticks with you all day. Got up after 5 hours of sleep and lots (LOTS) of beer and Jager last night and decided to put in my first 10 miler since last October. It was hot, sticky, [...]

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I started working with Brian Collins at Bluelight studio again recently on a couple of new tunes called “Off the Ground” and “Angel”. Finished guitars on “Off the Ground” last week and was really happy with the results. Brian’s awesome to work with. It was my first time cutting lead guitar in the studio so [...]

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