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Date Posted: 06:41:37 12/31/14 Wed
Author: Brett
Subject: Re: I am Ray's Daughter

Today 12/31/14 i ran across this site after my annual sojourn reading about your father and looking at images which i have done since the year your dad passed. Since most of these posts are already years old i don't know if you will ever see this one. I worked with Ray back in the early days of his career i was the lighting director for Harlette the original Van Halen cover band and so much more. We as a group not only worked together but spent many hours days and weeks together we were a family with your dad as the nucleus. We laughed together played together cried together fought side by side when necessary together.
It was a great time. I am sorry you didn't have the time to get to know him better, by now i would guess you have gotten enough folks to tell you all about him so i won't annoy you with details. Just know your father was a very talented man, good hearted with a tremendous sense of humor. Who was ready to be a dad, but not sure if he was ready to settle down with your mom (who was/is a terrific lady..we used to hang at the Soap Factory in New Jersey like it was our second home) at that point but he loved her very much. He was at a time in his career he felt he could make it and potentially put together a very good life for your mother and yourself. Just know that. I miss him very much as does the rest of us who knew him well.
Hope all is well with you and though your mom probably won't remember me give her my regards.
Brett Reyes

>>My name is Ashley Elizabeth and I was born Ray
>>Gillen's daughter in July of 1984.
>>
>>I have only met my father once as a baby and do not
>>remember a single thing about it. I am not on this
>>site to say anything negative, but I did want to take
>>the time to answer the questions that were posted
>>about me inparticular.
>>
>>Yes I am 20 years old and in college and my mother is
>>remarried. Ray wasnt around me growing up as I can see
>>now through this site he was traveling and
>>concentrating on his music so I can not answer wether
>>he was a strict or laid back father.
>>
>>I am happy and healthy and stumbled on this site
>>through pure curiosity of what kind of man my father
>>was.
>>
>>I hope I have answered your questions and thank those
>>who were concerned about my existence. I am doing very
>>very well for myself and yes i resemble him quite a
>>bit with the long dark hair and share the same eyes as
>>him.
>>
>>If there is anything else that anyone feels inclined
>>to ask, I will visit this site again in the near
>>future.
>>Thank You
>>Ashley
>dear ashley,
>im sorry u never knew your father that well. being a
>father myself who spends all my time with my son. i do
>know that i have sang for alot of 80s bands and that
>the road takes a ton of your time from your family.i
>would see your dad every time we had a show in LA.
>sweety,your dad was trying to make a future for
>himself and had every means of putting u first in it.
>he toured his ass off hoping to make life easier for u
>all. also being so young when he died u were only
>child. ray thought he had the rest of his life for
>you. im not saying it was right being gone but he
>loved u with all his hart! i dont want u to have any
>single thought that your daddy didnt love u. ray loved
>u and never had a chance to show u as got older.
>sweety, you can see by these post what your father
>ment to alot of people but, the person who ment most
>to him was you! hard to let someone know when your on
>the road and when that child is so young. i hope your
>mom and her husband are great but u remember that your
>dady loved u and hes watching over you now.u carry a
>piece of history in your blood. i want u to realize
>the magnitude of that.im sorry u have to learn about
>your dad from these post but, alot is not true! he was
>not a druggy!nor was he gay or any other wierd ass
>thing. just a guy trying to make people happy through
>his music. im sorry half the world learned after he
>died.ashley if u feel look me up on the web im here if
>u need anything or wanna talk about your old man..
>randy py (warrant and drag strip riot)

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