A brief thumbnail, not much I know. Ray was indeed selling used ten wheelers, the reason for the big truck handle. Either the trucks or the demand went away, not sure which. Ray had dabbled in streaming a little, I remember when things were very rude and crude streaming a tournament in a bar in New Orleans. Ray was chief cook and bottle washer as they say. Unloading and setting up, figuring out how to video from a place not set up for video, long long hours in the booth. He would latch onto knowledgeable guys like JoeyA or almost any warm body to side him in the booth. Tried to get me in a couple times but with my pronounced drawl I would still be talking about the break when the money ball fell!
The early days were rough on a lot of fronts for Ray. He hung in there when he was bleeding cash and finally started making a little at most events. I don't know that he made minimum wage, I didn't pry. I do know that what he did was a hell of a lot of sugar for a dime!
Ray stuck it out when most people would have quit, going through a lot of lean times. I lost track of regular communications with him long ago and don't know much beyond the early days when I saw him at The Big Easy and Buffalo's. I wish him well. If he is doing well now, I don't know his status, he has earned it. No getting lucky or falling into a gold mine, he worked hard for every bit of success in the early days and I suspect things haven't changed much. Hopefully a little easier, hopefully a little more profitable. I think he was sinking every spare penny in equipment for awhile.
All I have, I am sure others know more of his story.
Hu
