“Simple Man” is sure to be a hit and will make Conn Raney a huge star. He writes from his enormous, red-blooded heart about family and identity. On songs like “Show Up” and “Simple Man,” Raney shows himself to be as tall, strong and life-affirming as the towering pines of the Oregon he once called …
Conn Raney lives in Los Angeles now, but he spent some formative years in East Portland while his father attended Multnomah Bible College, which is now called Multnomah University and is located around 85th NE and NE Glisan. In Portland Raney first heard Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” and life was never the same after that. Another …