Ray Monette is an American musician born on May 7, 1946. He started his career as a session musician with Motown. He was also a songwriter and, in 1967

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started a band called The Abstract Reality, who released a

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"Love Burns Like A Fire Inside". (Note: side B: ib. instrumental version) He formed

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with Mike Campbell, Bob 'Babbitt' Kreinar and Andrew Smith. His name appears on ''

'' and

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's debut album ''

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'' (1971). For that recording, Monette co-wrote four songs.Stoney and Meatloaf
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's "I Got A Thing, You Got A Thing, Everybody's Got A Thing". He was guitarist and singer for Rare Earth from 1971 until 2004 (with a break around 1977). Ray played guitar on one of Rare Earth's most memorable singles, "I Just Want To Celebrate" and was the guitarist on the gold-selling 1971 live album, "Rare Earth In Concert" (which had a unique album cover design, like a backpack, with a flap opening). In 2010, Monette played on the

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album '' Going Back''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Monette, Ray 1946 births Living people American male musicians Singers from Detroit American male singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from Michigan