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Stephen Ray

was raised in Green Bay, Detroit, and multiple cities from Northern to Southern California. Stephen brings his own authentic sound and message to country music. He has performed with the late Toby Keith, Cody Johnson, CMA and ACM Award-winner Chris Janson and Parmalee among others. Stephen has proudly sang the National Anthem twice for the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. His music has been featured on major streaming networks and various national television spots. His recent single “Hurting To Tell” has accumulated over 1 Million streams across streaming platforms, including over 10 Million streams/video views across Tik-Tok alone. Hurting to Tell is a song that tells a story of pain and heartache of going through pregnancy loss and miscarriage. It is a topic not frequently sung about, but close to the hearts of Stephen and his wife who have struggled with recurring pregnancy loss over the past 3 years and became vocal about it in 2023. His latest single, That Makes You A Cowboy is a tribute to the late Toby Keith, who Stephen had the opportunity to sing “Should’ve Been A Cowboy” with Toby on stage in 2021 just months before Toby announced his cancer diagnosis. Stephen’s songs are available on all digital streaming outlets.

Stephen received his calling for music at 12 years old, learning guitar in the footsteps of his older brothers Tyler and Adam, and first playing the bass guitar to perform in a punk rock band in middle school. By age 15 he had performed on the Vans Warped Tour in Detroit and other iconic venues such as the Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood, CA. His songwriting and guitar playing began to develop further through high school and college spanning various genres of pop, rock and country. After graduating from the University of San Diego, Stephen, his brother and their pop rock band had released multiple albums and were touring regularly, opening for acts such as Smash Mouth and Good Charlotte. Stephen’s influences span numerous genres and include artists such as Tom Petty, Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Tim McGraw, Relient K, Anberlin, Acceptance and Goo Goo Dolls.

Stephen’s efforts turned to country music in 2016 when he wrote and released his first country single, “I’m An American”, a ballad written about one of his best friends who had decided to enlist in the U.S Navy. Since then, Stephen has released numerous songs all which tell stories rooted in the core of what he often writes about and believes in; Family, the importance of great friends and great times, and the beauty in the journey of someone runnin’ down a dream.

STEPHEN RAY SONGWRITING CREDITS

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Stephen Ray sings with Toby Keith

Stephen Ray National Anthem at Lambeau Field