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eryque · June 23rd, 2004, 05:19 PM

Is it just me, or does everyone else get warm and goosebumpy and a little sad thinking of Brother Ray lately?

olewichita · June 23rd, 2004, 08:17 PM

was just listening to jazz + soul = genius today... man what a legacy and beauty this man left us with... wish they had shown and honored brother ray all week like that dude from bedtime for bonzo... tj

Mark Davis · June 23rd, 2004, 08:27 PM

We wont ever see anyone like that again in our life on earth. Ray himself said all the music was inside him and he had to get it out.

I saw him live here in Bakersfield at the Fox Theater which seats about 1200 people. The stereo store I managed sold tickets and I got 2 free tickets. Awesome evening with a full range of emotions. When he sang America The Beautiful there wasnt a dry eye in the whole building the ushers everyone was crying.

Oskar · June 24th, 2004, 09:47 AM

are two performers I regret never having seen perform live. I've always felt that Ellington was America's Beethoven, and Ray was it's singing voice.

June 23rd, 2004, 05:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
eryque Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: albany, ny [not chicago] Posts: 7,406 44 Photos	Brother Ray Is it just me, or does everyone else get warm and goosebumpy and a little sad thinking of Brother Ray lately?

June 23rd, 2004, 08:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
olewichita Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: austin, tx Posts: 1,618	ray charles... was just listening to jazz + soul = genius today... man what a legacy and beauty this man left us with... wish they had shown and honored brother ray all week like that dude from bedtime for bonzo... tj

June 24th, 2004, 09:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
Oskar Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Northampton, MA Posts: 3,245	Ray Charles & Duke Ellington are two performers I regret never having seen perform live. I've always felt that Ellington was America's Beethoven, and Ray was it's singing voice.

June 23rd, 2004, 08:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 59 Posts: 17,162	We wont ever see anyone like that again in our life on earth. Ray himself said all the music was inside him and he had to get it out. I saw him live here in Bakersfield at the Fox Theater which seats about 1200 people. The stereo store I managed sold tickets and I got 2 free tickets. Awesome evening with a full range of emotions. When he sang America The Beautiful there wasnt a dry eye in the whole building the ushers everyone was crying.

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