Ray Gomez

Moroccan-born Spanish guitarist, born 1953, Casablanca, Morocco - died July 2026.

He moved to Spain in 1965, and began his musical career playing percussion and piano before transitioning to the guitar. In 1968, he joined the instrumental band [a=Los Pekenikes]. In 1971, he had great success with the song "Mamy Blue" with [a=The Pop Tops]. In 1973, [a243955] invited him to London, England, where he met [a252850], [a5083], and [a277582]. A year later he went to New York where he met [a=John Lennon] and other important musicians and became a sought-after session guitarist. His playing on [a=Stanley Clarke]'s album "School Days" (1976) is considered as some of his best work.