In a message dated 6/10/04 5:02:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com writes:

> I also just heard this. All great points Mike. I'll add.....did this 
> guy ever have a bad night performing?  OK, he must have but I never 
> saw it.  Every time I ever saw him over these many years (granted 
> only on T.V. and such) he was just plain cooking, laughing and just  
> feeling it from his toes up. A mix of passion and genius.
> A treasure that will be missed. 

Hello Steve and fellow Auditeers,

It's a shame about Ray.  No Lemonhead pun intended!  I've always really dug 
his country & western stuff a lot.  There is an amazing Rhino 4 cd set of his 
country albums which I treasure.  A few years ago he played here in New Haven, 
Ct for free on the green as part of the summer jazz fest.  I will never forget 
hearing a sweet, sad, slowed down version of "Georgia On My Mind" played 
under the stars on that hot august night.  Puns galore here huh?  Let's leave Neil 
Diamond out of this!
MB