When Dan “Lunar” Ray was birthed into this world, he landed in Arkansas! Born to Jack and Ruby Ray in November, 1954, he started out in Nashville, Arkansas, perhaps not aware of what the future held.

Dan Ray, less than a year old, still knows enough to take his shoes off before you get in the bucket….
While the Govettes and Allan were clawing their way through school, doing plays to entertain themselves, Danny was involved in outdoor activities, such as running track. Long and lean, Danny was a natural for running the relay.

Dan Ray, baton in hand, thinking about running a race. Circa 1967?
While Mike, Howard and Allan avoided the outdoors quite a bit, Danny embraced it. Being from Arkansas can do that to a guy. His outdoor activities involved fished and hunting. He was good.

Dan hunted. Here he limits out on duck, cold weather and all.
Danny eventually joined the U.S.Navy, for certain reasons I am not able to elaborate on. Suffice it to say that after he got out, he found himself in Vallejo, California. He needed a job, so he went to the Vallejo Unemployment Office. As fate would have it, he and Mike would meet at this office and within 30 minutes, they were headed to Mike’s house to smoke weed. Yes, they hit it off.