Nicholas Petti wrote:
>
> Ray Charles will be playing relatively nearby. Has anyone seen him recently
> and is the show worth going to. Bear in mind that going would mean major
> hardship for me as it's on a Friday night a few hours away and as a new
> restaurant owner that's no kind of recipe for success. I do however fucking
> love Ray Charles.
>
> Nicholas
I'd say it doesn't matter what he did the last time anybody saw him
because a)he is erratic and grouchy, tending to do a show only as good
as the mood he is in will allow him to do and b)because he is Ray
Charles and you better catch him whenever you can.
I have seen him at least twice and one time he was brilliant and had
people diving out of the balcony in ecstasy and the other time he got
mad at the sound man for screwing with his monitors and he became so
cranky about it that it ruined the show, becoming a contest of wills to
see if he could destroy the poor guy.
He is much like Jerry Lee in that respect; you never really know what
you'll get, but who cares?
--
Joe Gracey
President-For-Life, Jackalope Records
http://www.kimmierhodes.com
