Wray plays praise-and-worship music on 11th release
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Dustin Wray will play a CD release show at First Church of Warren on Saturday for his 11th album "I Will Never Be the Same."
Wray described the collection as a modern-style "Praise & Worship" album. Guest performers include former Miss Illinois Tania Joy Gibson; local singers Nailah Blackwell, Lamar Austin and Joslynn Ragster-Austin; sax player Tim Harker; drummer Jim “JR” Richley; and MC Hipp Flipp The Tripp.
Most of the music was performed by D. Jack Ciarniello, and the album was recorded at Take Note Productions in Austintown.
His last album, the Christian hard rock and metal release “Seventy Sevens,” featured appearances by Scott Foster Harris (formerly of L.A. Guns), Rex Carroll (Whitecross), CJ Grimmark (Swedish Christian metal band Narnia), Dale Thompson (Bride), Mike Roe (The 77s) and locally-based metal guitarist Nick Giannakos of Wretch. He also has worked with seven-time Dove Award winner Phil Keaggy, formerly of Glass Harp.
"I Will Never Be the Same" and past Wray albums can be heard online at dustinwray.bandcamp.com.
The program starts at 5 p.m. Saturday at Church of Warren, 3217 Surrey Road SE, Warren. Doors open at 3 p.m. Also performing will be Gregg Robison and The Heavenbound Blues Band.
The event also will serve as a fundraiser for Warren Family Mission and include a bake sale, 50/50 raffle and Chinese auction with at least 55 items and baskets and a total value of at least $1,500.