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Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story [Audio Cassette]

Ray Charles (Author), David Ritz (Author), Andrew Barns (Narrator)
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Ray Charles is one of the most gifted and influential musicians of our century. By combining gospel, jazz, blues, and country, he helped invent what would become known as soul. An "unsparingly personal document that bears a striking resemblance to Ray Charles sitting around with close friends rapping" (L.A. Times), Brother Ray is as engaging, frank, and soulful as Charles' music.
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David Ritz is the author of Faith in Time: The Life of Jimmy Scott, Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye, and many other books with or about Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and B.B. King. He is a three-time winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award. He lives in Los Angeles.
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5.0 out of 5 stars STRAIGHT FROM RAY'S MOUTH, July 15 2004
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This review is from: Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story (Paperback)
I loved this autobio, the best I've ever read. While reading I felt like RC was talking directly to me. Ray just tells it the way it is with no type of fluff or excuses. In the book Ray says he selected his own clothes, dressed himself, shaved with a straight edge razor. He has even driven several cars (someone else were his eyes) and drove a moter scooter around his home (property) in L.A. The one thing that I found amazing was his drug use. RC said he used smack for about 20 yrs and he was shooting up himself, but I'm sure the first few times someone had to help. He never really said who scored the drugs for him and where he got it from. Ray said his drug use was his business and he wasn't hurting anyone. Did you know that Ray had one eye removed after being blind at a young age? He was attending a school for the blind and was great pain so it was removed. Years later as a man, he asked a few doctors what they thought of his ailment? They speculated that it was glaucoma but Ray never knew for sure. RC talks about the record companies, selling records, and tours. I thought his would be boring but the way RC tells the story it's not. I really like the way David Ritz organized the book and has a table of contents. I read every page, but the contents are good for those readers who only want to get straight to the juicy stuff. Get this book, you won't be disappointed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars good stuff, May 6 2004
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This review is from: Brother Ray (Paperback)
one of the better music bios. From RC's accounts of his tough childhood, to his audition with Lucky Millinder ("kid, you ain't got what it takes"), to drug use, sex, stardom ... he tells pretty much all of it. Now, if I could find "the genius of Ray Charles" in a decent state ...
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5.0 out of 5 stars great book, Feb 3 2000
This review is from: Brother Ray (Paperback)
reading about this Genius,Legend etc.. is incredible.the man has led a life&then some.his music his life is all in this book.the good&the bad.this man has many faces.David Ritz is a genius.he usually hits the mark with whatever subject that he is writting about.a deep thought provoking book.
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