{{short description|British musician}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Ray Flacke | image = Ray Flacke Meal Ticket.jpg | alias = | caption = Ray Flacke in Meal Ticket (1976) | image_size = | birth_place = Milford on Sea, England | birth_name = Raymond James Flacke | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1948|2|11}} | instrument = Guitar | genre = Country, Rock, Acoustic | occupation = Studio musician, Songwriter | years_active = 1959–present | label = | associated_acts = Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Meal Ticket | website = }} '''Raymond James Flacke''' (born 11 February 1948) is a country guitar session player from Milford on Sea, England. He has graced countless recordings with his trademark ‘‘Tele-wielding Chicken pickin’’’ style for such artists as Emmylou Harris, Janie Frickie, Kathy Mattea, Lacy J. Dalton, Marty Stuart, Patty Loveless, Ricky Skaggs and Travis Tritt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ray-flacke-p1605/credits |title = Ray Flacke Discography |publisher=AllMusic.com|year=1995 |accessdate=7 July 2011}}</ref>
==As an educator== Flacke has been at the forefront of sharing his guitar styles and technique for such music publishing companies as Hal Leonard Corporation, Homespun Tapes and Star Licks Productions.
==Discography== ===Solo albums=== *Untitled Island *Songs Without Words
===Featured appearances=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" ! Year ! Title ! Artist ! Instrument(s) |- |2006 |I've Always Needed You |Emmylou Harris |Guitar (Electric) |- |2005 |Waitin' for the Sun to Shine/Highways & Heartaches | Ricky Skaggs |Guitar (Electric) |- |2004 |Best Of You Can't Hear Me Callin' Bluegrass: 80 Years of American Music |Various |Guitar (Electric) |- |2004 |Can't You Hear Me Callin' - Bluegrass: 80 Years of American Music |Various |Guitar (Electric) |- |2003 |Essential Ricky Skaggs |Ricky Skaggs |Guitar (Electric) |- |2001 |Tribute to John Hartford: Live From Mountain Stage |The Jamie Hartford Band |Guitar (Electric) |- |2001 |Live at Gibson's Café (Nashville) |The Jamie Hartford Band |Guitar (Electric) |- |2001 |Anthology: The Warner/Reprise Years |Emmylou Harris |Guitar (Electric) |- |2001 |When in Texas [2000] |Sonny Burgess |Guitar (Electric) |- |2000 |Down the Road I Go |Travis Tritt |Guitar (Electric) |- |2000 |Nashville Guitars |Various |Guitar (Electric) |- |1999 |Country: The American Tradition |Various |Guitar (Electric) |- |1998 |Shine On |Gove Scrivenor |Guitar (Electric) |- |1997 |What About Yes |The Jamie Hartford Band |Guitar (Electric) |- |1996 |Nashville Country Duets |Emmylou Harris |Guitar (Electric) |- |1996 |Portraits |Emmylou Harris |Guitar (Electric) |- |1995 |Gospel Album |Vern Gosdin |Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic) |- |1991 |Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music, Vol. 4 |Various |Guitar (Electric) |- |1991 |Tempted |Marty Stuart |Guitar (Electric) |- |1991 |True Love & Other Short Stories |Pat Alger |Guitar (Electric) |- |1990 |Collection of Hits |Kathy Mattea |Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic) |- |1988 | All Broken Hearts Are the Same | Robin & Linda Williams | Guitar (Electric), (Gut String Guitar) |- |1988 |For a Lifetime |David Mallett |Guitar (Electric) |- |1987 |Untasted Honey |Kathy Mattea |Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic) |- |1987 |Patty Loveless |Patty Loveless |Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic) |- |1987 |Hard Times on Easy Street |David Lynn Jones |Guitar (Electric) |- |1986 |Jimmy C. Newman & Cajun Country |Jimmy C. Newman |Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic) |- |1986 |Walk the Way the Wind Blows |Kathy Mattea |Guitar (Electric) |- |1985 |Ballad of Sally Rose |Emmylou Harris |Guitar (Electric) |- |1985 |Favorite Country Songs |Ricky Skaggs |Guitar (Electric) |- |1983 | Don't Cheat in Our Hometown | Ricky Skaggs |Guitar (Electric) |- |1983 |Don't Cheat in Our Hometown [CD/DVD] |Ricky Skaggs |Guitar (Electric), Performer |- |1983 | Dream Baby | Lacy J. Dalton |Guitar (Electric) |- |1982 | Highways & Heartaches | Ricky Skaggs |Guitar (Electric) |- |1981 | Waitin' for the Sun to Shine | Ricky Skaggs |Guitar (Electric) |- |1980 |Bombed, Boozed, and Busted |Joe Sun |Guitar (Electric) |- |1979 |Out Of Your Mind |Joe Sun |Guitar (Electric) |- |1978 |Three Times a Day |Meal Ticket |Guitar (Electric), Vocals |- |1977 |Code of the Road |Meal Ticket |Guitar (Electric), Vocals |- |1976 |Nothing to Do With Us |Goodies |Guitar (Electric) |- |1976 |Tiger |Tiger |Guitar (Electric) |- |1972 |Third World War II |Third World War II |Guitar (Electric) |}
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