What a HUGE and monstrous influence this man had on American music. If it
wasnt
for Ray Charles we wouldnt have had the R&B and Soul explosion of the 1960's.

To heck with Ronald Regan - lets throw a bigger wake for this man! :)

Billy


At 04:13 PM 6/10/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>At 03:46 PM 6/10/2004 -0400, Nrbqlover@aol.com wrote:
>>ray charles has died at 73. bummer. we're talking about devoting 
>>NIGHTLINE to him tonight so tune in at 11:35pm local time if you're 
>>inclined.
>
>At last, a reason for tomorrow's national day of mourning.
>
>Only 73?  Good lord, he fit three lifetimes into those years...
>
>S
>  
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio