Great Ray Charles Story

jlrich · April 23rd, 2005, 07:47 PM

There's a great story on the Steel Guitar Forum about Ray Charles by a former drummer of his. If you're interested:
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum10/HTML/005131.html

ne4tt · April 23rd, 2005, 09:24 PM

jamie

eryque · April 23rd, 2005, 09:58 PM

That's a great story. I watched "Ray" with some of my classes a couple of weeks ago and I think they started to get some appreciation for just how HUGE of a man he was, and how complex he was too.

tiktok · April 24th, 2005, 02:09 AM

"From day one, drummers learn that tempo is their responsibility. All musicians are expected to play with good rhythm, but an experienced drummer's inner clock has been honed to a fine degree of precision, and instead of worrying about melody and harmony, his game is all about the time-keeping - every millisecond of fast to slow."

Ah--if only all drummers were so accepting of the wisdom above...

Caper · April 24th, 2005, 07:19 AM

Great story, thanks as well for providing the link. Since the movie came out I have been getting re-aquainted with his music. Ray Charles was the real deal.

Dave Brophy · April 24th, 2005, 11:02 AM

RC was on the Tonight Show once in the 70's,and was being backed up by the show's band.He started the deadly-slow "Drown In My Own Tears" and when the drums came in,he cocked his head toward Ed Shaunessy and told him,"Slow down,baby." He didn't care if he was on TV,he wasn't gonna sing the song a hair faster than it was supposed to go.

robb3566 · April 26th, 2005, 01:19 PM

What a great article, thanks!

Fret Wilkes · April 26th, 2005, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Brophy

RC was on the Tonight Show once in the 70's,and was being backed up by the show's band.He started the deadly-slow "Drown In My Own Tears" and when the drums came in,he cocked his head toward Ed Shaunessy and told him,"Slow down,baby." He didn't care if he was on TV,he wasn't gonna sing the song a hair faster than it was supposed to go.

I was floored...national TV...Ed Shaunessy!

My recollection had been that Ray said something like "stay with me drummer"...but that was a looooong time ago and my detailed memory is shrt. I've told that story a million times (now I'll use the correct quote..LOL)

Thanks for the anecdote!
Fred

Fret Wilkes · April 26th, 2005, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by jlrich

There's a great story on the Steel Guitar Forum about Ray Charles by a former drummer of his. If you're interested:

Interested? WOW!!!!

Thanks so much, GREAT story indeed.
Fret

Eric Karonen · April 26th, 2005, 01:56 PM

Thanks for sharing.

April 23rd, 2005, 07:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
jlrich Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Marion, NC Age: 42 Posts: 1,143 6 Photos	Great Ray Charles Story There's a great story on the Steel Guitar Forum about Ray Charles by a former drummer of his. If you're interested: http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum10/HTML/005131.html

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ne4tt Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,431 4 Photos	TNX for the Link !!! jamie

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robb3566 Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Asbury Park, NJ Posts: 469 6 Photos	wow What a great article, thanks! __________________ 'All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.' -Fran Lebowitz

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April 23rd, 2005, 09:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
eryque Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: albany, ny [not chicago] Posts: 6,929 44 Photos	That's a great story. I watched "Ray" with some of my classes a couple of weeks ago and I think they started to get some appreciation for just how HUGE of a man he was, and how complex he was too.

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Caper Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,151 6 Photos	Great story, thanks as well for providing the link. Since the movie came out I have been getting re-aquainted with his music. Ray Charles was the real deal.

April 24th, 2005, 11:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
Dave Brophy TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 81	RC was on the Tonight Show once in the 70's,and was being backed up by the show's band.He started the deadly-slow "Drown In My Own Tears" and when the drums came in,he cocked his head toward Ed Shaunessy and told him,"Slow down,baby." He didn't care if he was on TV,he wasn't gonna sing the song a hair faster than it was supposed to go.