An edition of Brother Ray
(1978)
Brother Ray
Ray Charles' own story
3rd Da Capo Press ed.
by Ray Charles
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Ray Charles has led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. Overcoming poverty, blindness, the loss of his parents, and the prevailing racism of the time, by the age of thirty-two Ray Charles was acclaimed worldwide as a genius. By combining the influences of gospel, jazz, blues, and even country music, he invented, almost single-handed, what became know as soul.
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Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story
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Brother Ray: Ray Charles' own story
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Brother Ray: Ray Charles' own story
2003, Da Capo Press
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1992, Da Capo Press
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Table of Contents
Introduction / by Ray Charles
Home
Going blind
First year at school
Summertime in Greensville
Back to school
Summers in Tallahassee
Making out
Suffering
Scuffling in Jacksonville
Hungry in Orlando
Floppin' round Tampa
Moving cross-country
Fooling with drugs
Down to L.A.
The road
Struggling as a single
Texas
Roughing it
Family dreams
Leading
The girls
Fooling, drowning, hallelujahing
Whiskey and watermelon
Widening the range
Busted again
Keeping track of the change
Too close for comfort
Back to the country
For the love of women
Loosening up
Wising up
The bad bust
Kicking
Sentencing
Coming back
Following a leader
The scene abroad
B and me
Working on the building
Living and dying
Nothing new
Little bit of soul
Afterwords ; The last day of Brother Ray / by David Ritz.
Edition Notes
Discography: p. [335]-364.
Originally published: New York : Dial Press, c1978. With new epilogue, updated discography, and some new photos.
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