MSNBC is breaking it on their website.
Here's the article (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5182959/)
I don't know what to say. Another legend gone... :(
Rivero
06-10-04, 03:43 PM
R.I.P.
:(
Myster X
06-10-04, 03:46 PM
That was a shocker. Never saw that coming....
Canadian Bacon
06-10-04, 03:49 PM
Originally posted by Myster X
That was a shocker. Never saw that coming.... :(
nazz
06-10-04, 03:52 PM
We'll miss you, Ray. :(
Rogue588
06-10-04, 03:52 PM
:(
man...that band in Heaven keeps getting better and better..
whynotsmile
06-10-04, 03:54 PM
awww crap
shizawn
06-10-04, 03:55 PM
:(
whynotsmile
06-10-04, 03:55 PM
so regan, now charles...who will be 3rd?
Roto
06-10-04, 03:56 PM
The biggest legend I've ever seen perform live. I was surprised he was only 73. I thought he was about that age when I was a kid
Canadian Bacon
06-10-04, 03:57 PM
Originally posted by whynotsmile
so regan, now charles...who will be 3rd? probably Kirk Douglas :(
Pants
06-10-04, 04:10 PM
They played a clip of "Can't Stop Loving You" on NPR and I said to myself, "He better not have died." Sure enough 5 seconds later the chick says he's dead. I was crushed.
If it's not inapropriate I'll tell the story of the time I took a piss next to Ray Charles in a public bathroom.
Roto
06-10-04, 04:39 PM
Did he pee in your butt? He was blind afterall, and a rock star. Tell it!
woofman
06-10-04, 04:47 PM
Originally posted by Roto
Did he pee in your butt? He was blind afterall, and a rock star. Tell it!
So wrong, but :lol:
Scorpio
06-10-04, 05:10 PM
What horrible news. Ray was a fantastic artist and his America the Beautiful can give me chills. Time to break out all my Ray Charles remasters. :(
Chad
06-10-04, 05:21 PM
A very sad day for the music world.
R.I.P. :(
Tyler_Durden
06-10-04, 11:37 PM
R.I.P. Ray! I saw the man live two years ago - I'm still moved by the fact that such a legendary performer had the courtesy to come to the relatively small town of Oulu, Finland, of all places. But he was most welcome... as I'm sure he was just about anywhere else. I'll miss him.
Listening to "What'd I Say" right now... one of my favorite Charles tunes. Boy, he was good.
mljones99
06-10-04, 11:52 PM
:(
tofu
06-11-04, 02:51 AM
His version of America the Beautiful is the best ever. RIP :(
woofman
06-11-04, 10:45 AM
I wonder if he saw it coming
;)
sataniko
06-11-04, 12:01 PM
R.I.P.
TheAllPurposeNothing
06-11-04, 04:36 PM
I just hope that finally some of his 70's output will finally make it to CD. "Renaissance" is a great, great album.
Seeker
06-11-04, 04:40 PM
Originally posted by Canadian Bacon
probably Kirk Douglas :(
seriously? had not heard.
shanester
06-11-04, 04:43 PM
I know he was Billy Joel's biggest influence
I love there bluesy duet they did back in 1986 "Baby Grand"
Fielding Mellish
06-11-04, 08:47 PM
Just finished burning a 3-disc compilation from the eleven-or-so Brother Ray CD's I've got on my shelf... just to listen to in the car. (We all grieve in our own way.)
I'd swear I felt a tear swelling up while listening to "That Lucky Old Sun."
I count myself lucky though. I managed to see him live a total of seven times.
Buy: