# Ray Flacke

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.

## 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

| 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) |