Over the past decade, Patrick has shared his down-to-earth tunes with audiences from North Carolina to California, and along the backroads, llanos, and mountains in between. In true family tradition, his love for country music was born dancing as a small cotton-headed boy in the living room of a little house on Durango Street with his mother, swaying to the country classics. In Austin, a high school friend put a guitar in his hands, and his romance with creating music was born. After high school, Patrick roamed through Texas and Arizona, picking up musical influences and lifelong friends along the way. Patrick performed with The Chris Brazeal Band and The Texas Treetop Flyers in the oilfields of West Texas during his college years and then moved to California, where he played with Patch and Rita and the Edgewood Mountain Boys in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. As a true Texas Man, Patrick knew he couldn’t stay gone too long, so he packed up his dusty boots and came back home. After years of playing other people’s music and writing his own tunes, he launched his solo career in 2019 from his new musical home, the Bayou City.
TEXAS MAN
Patrick B Ray released his debut album Texas Man in May of 2021, and is spending the summer touring from Texas up through Appalachia before heading to the Mountain West to tour through CO, WY, and MT. Texas Man is an autobiographical album that takes us through Patrick’s younger and wilder years full of hard work, hangovers, and heartbreak. We also get vignettes into the styles and artists who influenced Patrick over the years. The final two tracks “King of Houston” and “Texas Man” bring it all home. “King of Houston” is a vignette of Patrick’s life in Houston: taking a girl out to the dancehall and feeling like the top of the world when you walk into the bar and all your friends are there to enjoy life with you. “Texas Man” is one of the oldest songs Patrick ever wrote and a true love letter to life, an optimistic prayer to the Gods of the Lone Star, both giving thanks and asking for their benediction.
Ashokan Farewell (Traditional)
Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Traditional)
You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC)
Dixieland Delight (Alabama)
Chatahoochee (Alan Jackson)
Summertime Blues (Alan Jackson)
Sweet Pea (Amos Lee)
Miles and Miles of Texas (Asleep at the Wheel)
Hurricane (Band of Heathens)
Wear My Ring (Bart Crow Band)
Blue Moon of Kentucky (Bill Monroe)
Jerusalem Ridge (Bill Monroe)
Georgia on a Fast Train (Billy Joe Shaver)
Dust in a Baggie (Billy Strings)
No Diggity (Blackstreet)
Austin (Blake Shelton)
Ol’ Red (Blake Shelton)
Man of Constant Sorrow (Bluegrass)
Mountain Dew (Bluegrass)
Orange Blossom Special (Bluegrass)
Rollin’ in my Sweet Baby’s Arms (Bluegrass)
Sweet Georgia Brown (Bluegrass)
Wayfaring Stranger (Bluegrass)
Whiskey Before Breakfast (Bluegrass)
Montana Sky (Bo DePeña)
2002 (Bob Schneider)
A Long Way to Get (Bob Schneider)
Big Blue Sea (Bob Schneider)
Bullets (Bob Schneider)
Chinatown (Bob Schneider)
Come with Me Tonight (Bob Schneider)
King of the World (Bob Schneider)
Cherokee Maiden (Bob Wills)
Faded Love (Bob Wills)
My Window Faces the South (Bob Wills)
Stay All Night Bob Wills
Take me Back to Tulsa (Bob Wills)
Four Strong Winds (Bobby Bare)
At the Bottom of Everything (Bright Eyes)
Neon Moon (Brooks and Dunn)
Act Naturally (Buck Owens)
Foolin’ Around (Buck Owens)
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail (Buck Owens)
Just as Long As You Love Me (Buck Owens)
Love’s Gonna Live Here (Buck Owens)
My Heart Skips a Beat (Buck Owens)
Waitin’ in Your Welfare Line (Buck Owens)
Bakersfield (Buck Owens/Dwight Yoakum)
Rock Salt and Nails (Buddy Miller)
I Will Survive (Cake)
Rock & Roll Lifestyle (Cake)
Stickshifts & Safety Belts (Cake)
She Ain’t Me (Carrie Rodriguez)
White Trash Story (Casey Donahew)
Long Haired Country Boy (Charlie Daniels Band)
El Cerrito Place (Charlie Robison)
Lights of Loving County (Charlie Robison)
My Hometown (Charlie Robison)
New Years Day (Charlie Robison)
Killin’ Time (Clint Black)
Cast No Stones (Cody Jinks)
Mamma Song (Cody Jinks)
Saskatchewan 1881 (Colter Wall)
17 (Cross Canadian Ragweed)
Boys from Oklahoma (Cross Canadian Ragweed)
Brooklyn Kid (Cross Canadian Ragweed)
Fox on the Run (Dale Watson)
You Never Even Called Me By My Name (David Allen Coe)
Tonight the Heartache’s on Me (Dixie Chicks)
Minor Swing (Django Reinhardt)
Jolene (Dolly Parton)
Tulsa Time (Don Williams)
Cowboy Breakfast (Doug Moreland)
P.I.G.S. (Doug Moreland)
Woodshed (Doug Moreland)
I Sang Dixie (Dwight Yoakam)
Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (Dwight Yoakum)
Honky Tonk Man (Dwight Yoakum)
Guitars and Caddillacs (Dwight Yoakum)
I’ve Got You (Dwight Yoakum)
Little Sister (Dwight Yoakum)
Turn it On, Turn it Up (Dwight Yoakum)
What I Don’t Know (Dwight Yoakum)
Hotel California (Eagles)
Better Shore (Feeding Leroy)
Carolina Calling (Feeding Leroy)
Take Me Back to Texas (Feeding Leroy)
Tennessee Devil (Feeding Leroy)
Whiskey in my Whiskey (Felice Bros)
Friends in Low Places (Garth Brooks)
Thunder Rolls (Garth Brooks)
White Lightnin’ (George Jones)
All My Exes (George Strait)
Amarillo By Morning (George Strait)
When It Rains, Lord Don’t It Pour (George Strait)
Ace in the Hole (George Strait)
Check Yes or No (George Strait)
Dry Town (Gillian Welch)
Stuff that Works (Guy Clark)
Dublin Blues (Guy Clark)
Homegrown Tomatoes (Guy Clark)
LA Freeway (Guy Clark)
Rita Ballou (Guy Clark)
Sis Draper (Guy Clark)
Texas Cookin’ (Guy Clark)
The Cape (Guy Clark)
Fraulein (Hank Locklin)
Hey Good Lookin’ (Hank Williams)
Jambalaya (Hank Williams)
Family Tradition (Hank Williams, Jr)
Another Like You (Hayes Carll)
Beaumont (Hayes Carll)
Drunken Poet’s Dream (Hayes Carll)
Highway 87 (Hayes Carll)
Naked Checkers (Hayes Carll)
Wild as a Turkey (Hayes Carll)
Let Her Cry (Hootie and the Blowfish)
Choctaw Bingo (James McMurtry)
Fire and Rain (James Taylor)
Comal County Blue (Jason Boland)
FM Country Hell (Jason Eady)
If it Takes a Lifetime (Jason Isbell)
Horse Named Bill (Jerry and David)
Jenny Jenkins (Jerry and David)
Whiskey in the Jar (Jerry and David)
Friend of the Devil (Jerry Garcia)
London Homesick Blues (Jerry Jeff Walker)
Mr. Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker)
Ridin’ Boots (Jim Keaveney)
T for Texas (Jimmie Rogers)
Car Outside (Jimmy LaFave)
Midland (John Baumann)
Gentle on my Mind (John Hartford)
Steam Powered Aerio Plane (John Hartford)
Tall Buildings (John Hartford)
Grandpa Was a Carpenter (John Prine)
Paradise (John Prine)
In Spite of Ourselves (John Prine)
Spanish Pipedream (John Prine)
Long Legged Guitar Pickin’ Man (Johnny and June Cash)
Folsom Prison (Johnny Cash)
Motel Time Again (Johnny Paycheck)
Ridin’ my Thumb to Mexico (Johnny Rodriguez)
Long Black Train (Josh Turner)
Trailer Song (Kacey Musgraves)
Going Crazy (Kathryn Legendre)
I’m Over You Keith Whitley
Talk To Me Texas (Keith Whitley)
Tell Laurie I Love Her (Keith Whitley)
Long Line of Losers (Kevin Fowler)
Bad Romance (Lady Gaga)
Cuando era un Jovencito (Los Apsos)
Sweet Home Alabama (Lyryrd Skynyrd)
Waltz About Whiskey (Mandolin Orange)
Dimebox, TX (Max Stalling)
Runnin’ Buddy (Max Stalling)
Scars and Souvenirs (Max Stalling)
Travelin’ Light (Max Stalling)
All About That Bass (Megan Trainor)
Big City (Merle Haggard)
Mama Tried (Merle Haggard)
Okie From Muskogee (Merle Haggard)
Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down (Merle Haggard)
Glory (Mike and the Moonpies)
Modelo (Mike McClure)
Wonderwall (Oasis)
Caroline (Old Crow Medicine Show)
Cocaine Habit (Old Crow Medicine Show)
Down Home Girl (Old Crow Medicine Show)
My Good Gal (Old Crow Medicine Show)
Tell It To Me (Old Crow Medicine Show)
Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine Show)
Take Me Out to a Dancehall (Pat Green)
Tennessee Waltz (Patsy Cline)
Walking After Midnight (Patsy Cline)
Mountains of Nuevo Leon (Paul Eason)
Broke Down in Memphis (Patrick B. Ray)
California Dream (Patrick B. Ray)
Heartbreak Song (Patrick B. Ray)
Move Over Lonesome (Patrick B. Ray)
Rain (Patrick B. Ray)
Work That Rig (Patrick B. Ray)
Days Like This (Patrick B. Ray)
Decent Man (Patrick B. Ray)
Park Song (Patrick B. Ray)
Texas Man (Patrick B. Ray)
Troy (Patrick B. Ray)
Otro Lado del Porton (Ramon Ayala)
Tragos Amargos (Ramon Ayala)
Un Rinconcito en el Cielo (Ramon Ayala)
In My Arms Instead (Randy Rogers Band)
Snake Farm (Ray Wylie Hubbard)
Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother (Ray Wylie Hubbard)
7 Nights in Eire (Reckless Kelly)
Crazy Eddy’s Last Hurrah (Reckless Kelly)
Folding Chair (Regina Spektor)
Big Rock Candy Mountain (Richard Hefener)
I Gotta Go (Robert Earl Keene)
I’m Coming Home (Robert Earl Keene)
52 Vincent Black Lightning (Robert Earl Keene)
Copenhagen (Robert Earl Keene)
Corpus Christi Bay (Robert Earl Keene)
Feelin’ Good Again (Robert Earl Keene)
Front Porch Song (Robert Earl Keene)
The Everclear Song (Roger Creager)
Chug a Lug (Roger Miller)
Dang Me (Roger Miller)
Doo Wacka Doo (Roger Miller)
King of the Road (Roger Miller)
Tall Tall Trees (Roger Miller)
Gone Fishin’ (Ron Leavelle)
Lil’ Heaven (Ron Leavelle)
Angel (Shaggy)
Guitar Town (Steve Earle)
Copperhead Road (Steve Earle)
The Joker (Steve Miller Band)
Treetop Flyer (Steven Stills)
Feet Don’t Touch the Ground (Stoney LaRue)
Idabel Blues (Stoney LaRue)
Oklahoma Breakdown (Stoney LaRue)
Life Ain’t Fair and the World is Mean (Sturgill Simpson)
Long White Line (Sturgill Simpson)
You Can Have the Crown (Sturgill Simpson)
Badfish (Sublime)
What I Got (Sublime)
Delta Dawn (Tanya Tucker)
Jamestown Ferry (Tanya Tucker)
Amarillo Highway (Terry Allen)
Ophelia (The Band)
The Hang (James Moritz)
Luckiest Man (Wood Brothers)
The Muse (Wood Brothers)
Put Another Log on the Fire (Thompall Glaser)
How I Got to Memphis (Tom T. Hall)
Greensboro Woman (Townes Van Zandt)
Loretta (Townes Van Zandt)
Pancho & Lefty (Townes Van Zandt)
White Freightliner Blues (Townes Van Zandt)
1968 (Turnpike Troubadours)
7 & 7 (Turnpike Troubadours)
Before the Devil Knows We’re Dead (Turnpike Troubadours)
Blue Star (Turnpike Troubadours)
Bossier City (Turnpike Troubadours)
Diamonds and Gasoline (Turnpike Troubadours)
Empty as a Drum (Turnpike Troubadours)
Every Girl (Turnpike Troubadours)
Good Lord Lorrie (Turnpike Troubadours)
Kansas City Southern (Turnpike Troubadours)
Long Hot Summer Day (Turnpike Troubadours)
Shreveport (Turnpike Troubadours)
Southeastern Sun (Turnpike Troubadours)
The Bird Hunters (Turnpike Troubadours)
Feathered Indians (Tyler Childers)
Whitehouse Road (Tyler Childers)
Keep the Wolves Away (Uncle Lucius)
Set Em Up Joe (Vern Gosdin)
Fried Chicken and Evil Women (Vincent Neil Emerson)
Willie Nelson’s Wall (Vincent Neil Emerson)
Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys (Waylon Jennings)
Ballad of a Southern Man (Whiskey Myers)
Hotel Yorba (White Stripes)
Jellyroll (Willie & the Wheel)
Lady Be Good (Willie & the Wheel)
Crazy (Willie Nelson)
I Gotta Get Drunk (Willie Nelson)
Me and Paul (Willie Nelson)
Sad Songs and Waltzes (Willie Nelson)
Keep It Clean (Willie Watson)
