With Billy Preston
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May 19, 2012
A Great Day In San Francisco – Ray & Rea @ The Fillmore West, Unabridged (1971)
Read moreKing Curtis, Aretha, Ray, Billy. This video – in my perception truly the Holy Grail in the History of Soul Music – suddenly popped up in my inbox yesterday. This morning I was informed* that, since a few months, it can also be watched online. (I keep on wondering how some uploads, although they are […]
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May 11, 2012
Ray Charles On The Joey Bishop Show (1968, 1969)
Read moreRay with Joey Bishop. The Joey Bishop Show had a few runs, in different formats – first as a sitcom broadcast by NBC (1961–64) and CBS (1964–65), then as a late night talkshow aired from April 1967 to December 1969, taped at the ABC Studios in Hollywood. Ray Charles guested at least four times in […]
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August 23, 2011
Ray Charles And Billy Preston In The Mid Sixties
Read moreFrom Unsung, a documentary about Preston (I think it’s from 2011). Preston, in an interview about Ray, c. 1991. Billy Preston had been Ray Charles’ protégé since his teenager years. The taping of Shindig, in 1965, was the first time they worked together professionally. Right after that Preston contributed decisively to the hot blues-gospel sound […]
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February 20, 2011
My Jug And I (By Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles On Piano) (1966)
Read moreMy Jug And I River’s Invitation Baby Please Stranger In My Own Home Town Never Say Naw The Hunt Is On Memory Pain I Reached For A Tear Life Is Suicide Maybe It’s Because Of Love Give Me Time Fading Love Recorded between 1963 and c. 1966 at unidentified studios, prob. in Los Angeles. […]