The Friday Morning Listen
Published June 11, 2004
The Birth of Soul - Volume 3 - Ray Charles
I've got nothing more to add about the death of Ray Charles (since Blogcritic Grand Poobah Eric Olsen summed it up so beautifully here).
What? You don't own any Ray Charles records? Run right out (surf over, whatever) and get yourself a copy of The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings, 1952-1959. The smile will wrap almost all the way around your head.
Rest in peace, Ray.
(First posted on Mark Is Cranky)
Mark Saleski is a writer and music obsessive based out of the Monadnock region of New Hampshire. On his best day, he hopes to channel the ghosts of Lester Bangs and Jack Kerouac. He spends the hours of 9:32PM to 1:37AM carving out music reviews and essays for Jazz.com, Blogcritics.org and other publications.
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truth be told eric, i was just a little jealous of the first graf of your article (wish i had written it).
Thanks Mark, the first is usually the most difficult and always the most important paragraph of anything. It took about an hour-and-a-half to come up with that, and only about two-and-a-half for the rest of the story.
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Thanks Mark, very kind to me, and beautiful sentiments re Brother Ray as well!