RAY CHARLES - DEAD AT 73

[Tall_James]

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This message was edited by Tall_James on 6-10-04 @ 3:48 PM

[WindowSill]

Someone posted it with the story... (http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/viewmessages.cfm/TOPIC/39291/FORUM/80/page/Ray_Charles_Passes_Away.htm)


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I think Boondock and I posted at the same time. His thread should be locked because he ain't as pretty as me.


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[WindowSill]

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Please dont put me on vacation...


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but I taste better. and I have a towel.

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[Freakshow]

This one has so many more posts, it will not be locked (and it was first).



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[WindowSill]

His thread should be locked because he ain't as pretty as me.


Completely agree... ;)


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[BoondockSaint]

Well, here's the link:
link (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5182959/)

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[Tall_James]

Nah. Lock this one mods. Too many dopey comments ignoring this sad event.

I call "lockey" on myself in the interest of good taste.

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Your a stand up guy. Tall_James.




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[Bama]

Which of these threads are we allowed to talk bad about him in?

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[Tall_James]

Probably this one.

Sad thing about his death is that he never saw it coming.


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[samnyc]

MSNBC reports that Charles died of liver disease.

Hey booze hound you got to learn how to put the booze down.

Despite that it is still ironic that we lost both Reagan and Charles in the same week.

[Bama]

Hey booze hound you got to learn how to put the booze down.



I'm very offended by that!!!

I think Ray Charles should be put on the 10 dollar bill.

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[WindowSill]

Despite that it is still ironic that we lost both Reagan and Charles in the same week.


How so?


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[A.J.]

Sad thing about his death is that he never saw it coming.

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So now who is going to run Ray's Music Emporium?

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[calikid]

i wonder if he could see the light at the end of the tunnel, he prolly bumped into the walls like 50 times and then ran face first into the pearly gates.


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[reeshy]

I'm gonna try the impossible...try to get this thread on track....


Goodbye, Ray. God bless you....and watch where you're going, dammit!!!!!

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[Mike Teacher]

So now who is going to run Ray's Music Emporium?


Me Me Me!!!! Oh fuck who am I trying to kid. I am seriously bummed. Especially after grabbing these...

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RIP Ray!!

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[Shecky]

Fuck it, lets put him on the 5 dollar bill.

RIP Brother.

[Legolas]

i wonder if he could see the light at the end of the tunnel, he prolly bumped into the walls like 50 times and then ran face first into the pearly gates.


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Funny guy.

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[jafter]

I don't think any of us including Ray saw this one coming.

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[Snoogans]

why didnt he cut spots on the liver list like mickey mantle did

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[JohnnyCash]

I really liked Ray Charles a lot. He did an album in the early 60's called Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music-which was totally different then anything else he use to do. It has some great Hank Williams and Ed Arnold covers. I have a few of his other records but this one was amazing. He really was very cool. http://www.michaelromanos.com/pictures/musicians/ray_charles.jpg
RIP

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This message was edited by JohnnyCash on 6-10-04 @ 6:48 PM

[reeshy]

He really was very cool.


He's so cool...he's cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[gypsy]

I wonder what Elvis Costello thought about Ray Charles?

[Gvac]

Ray Charles is a true legend, and one of the most soulful singers ever.

I'll never forget the 2003 Willie Nelson and Friends concert where Ray performed Leon Russel's "A Song For You." Willie just stood there staring at him and began weeping. Gives me chills just thinking about it.

RIP, Ray.

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[sr71blackbird]

I always admired Ray Charles, he really had a piss poor beginning and made his way to the top with dignity and grace. His songs and style defined a music segment that he blazed the trail for. Godspeed Mr Charles! RIP

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[JustJon]

Ray was one amazing piano player. He'll be missed.

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[TheMojoPin]

Good music, good man...goodbye.

He somehow even made Pepsi commercials tolerable. Now THAT'S talent.

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[ChickenHawk]

Cheers, to one BAD ASS blind black man. He did great things for music. Rest in peace.


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[Reephdweller]

Rest in peace Ray, you will be missed.

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Here are some of my favorite songs from his amazing career...

Mess Around
You Don't Know Me
America the Beautiful
You Are My Sunshine
I Can't Stop Loving You
Hit the Road Jack
Fool for You


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[Mike Teacher]

Wow i was amazed at the callers, even black earl; Ron and Fez were asking legit Qs about Ray and no one was giving them answers.

They wondered how/when he was blind, as far as I can tell it was glaucoma that hit him around age 5 to 7. Then enrolled in a school for the blind, learned to read and write music in braille. Charted in thhe 50s with what might me his best song ever, 'I got a Woman' for Atlantic. Some say it started, and/or defined 'Soul' music. 13 Grammys, and last year he played what they estimated, and celebrated as his, get ready for this: 10,000TH Concert.

He loved to play. He basically lived in his studio; which is now a historic building or something. Oh and his birth name; Ray Charles Robinson.

He was, as another thread says: Eternally Cool.

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