Ray Stinnett
Biography
Born in Memphis in 1944, Ray got his first guitar, aged 12, from Nathan Novak’s pawn shop, where Elvis got his first guitar. Before long, he was putting the plan into action, playing nightly at honkytonks, roadhouses, beer joints, nightclubs and the many Memphis recording studios. He achieved his promise with Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs – Wooly Bully was the number one selling record of 1965. At 21, Stinnett was living a life of world tours and screaming fans – the whole mania.
