Illustration: Tony Larson
Words: Noctchaw

For the past I-don't-know-how-many years, Ray Barbee has been a positive, smooth, smiling force in skateboarding. If you're old you likely have fond memories of him in classic Powell videos, if you're newer to skateboarding you might know him as the dude from The Firm, or maybe you're so new to it all that you only know of him as that "new" guy on Element. OR perhaps you don't know a thing about skateboarding and you simply know Ray Barbee as that guy who plays awesome music, so you Googled his name and you ended up at this page somehow. Whatever your reason for being here, all that really matters is that you think Ray is rad and you're interested in finding out what his 8 favorite songs of all time are. So here you go:

1. David Bowie- Man Who Sold The World
2. Shuggie Otis - Island Letter
3. Ayatollah - Heavenly Father
4. Firehose - Down With The Bass
5. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
6. John Fahey - Yellow Princess
7. Eric B and Rakim - Paid In Full
8. UI - Drive Until He Sleeps