Brother Ray info requested
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
Re: Brother Ray info requested
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 saw him for the first time last summer at the Hollywood Bowl. His voice sounded wonderful, and several times I got goose bumps listening to him do his thing. The only drawback, he played for no more than 60 minutes total. Still, I was pretty thrilled not only to finally see this legend, but to see him perform so well. Neal Weiss
Re: Brother Ray info requested
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
