Michael Ray was immediately drawn to his latest single, “Whiskey And Rain,” because it reminded him of the music he grew up loving from his musical heroes. This is also the direction of the music he intends to make moving forward.
Michael tells us EXCLUSIVELY: “'Whiskey And Rain' embodies all the influences that I grew up with and really is a great introduction to this new album and the sound of where I'm headed sonically and where I'm headed just as a whole body of work. I was such a big influence on Gary Allan and so much of that Bakersfield sound, that (Merle) Haggard feel, and it just brought me back to that.”
Yesterday (Tuesday, January 4th), Michael announced on social media that an acoustic version of “Whiskey And Rain” will be released on Friday (January 7th).
“Whiskey And Rain” sits at Number Two on the Mediabase Country chart. It's features on his 2021 EP, Higher Education.