Ray Lynch

For the American football player and coach, see Ray Lynch (American football).
Ray Lynch
Birth nameRaymond Lynch
Born (1943-07-03) July 3, 1943 (age 81)
Salt Lake City, Utah
GenresNew-age, instrumental, classical, [1][2]
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Guitar, lute, keyboards
Years active1967–1974; 1980–2000
LabelsRay Lynch
Music West
Windham Hill
Websitewww.raylynch.com

Raymond Lynch[3] (born July 3, 1943) is an American guitarist, lutenist, keyboardist, and composer. In the late 1960s, Lynch performed on the lute in New York's Renaissance Quartette, but he withdrew to California and began incorporating electronic music elements, as heard in 1983's The Sky of Mind. He vaulted to fame in 1986 with the single "Celestial Soda Pop" and the 1984 album Deep Breakfast, becoming the first independent new-age artist certified Gold for sales of 500,000.[4] Lynch sued his label Music West and joined Windham Hill in 1992 before retiring in 2000.

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  2. ^ "Tickertape" (PDF). Cash Box. June 3, 1989. p. 2. Retrieved December 11, 2023. Lynch doesn't cozy to the new age tag, but we're stumped for what else to call his witty, electronic keyboard classicisms.
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