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Slim Charles

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Slim Charles

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Lizards

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Slim Charles and Spanky

June 2nd Wedding Date

tmbryant80 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:23:00 MDT

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Left: C-Earl Joe T-Bone D Slim nMiddle: Daijon Kaelob nRight: Brian Buddy Smook Ken Charles Justin Christopher

The Lucky Luciano

leebaybrook — Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:58:00 MST

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A classic triple-decker club with all the trimmings Smoked turkey tavern ham crisp bacon lettuce tomatoes and mayo stacked between three slices of grilled white Only the best for Mr Charles Luciano

Ray Charles quotRock amp Rollquot Atlantic Records 8006

foxmusic — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:21:00 MDT

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Ray Charles was the musician most responsible for developing soul music Singers like Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson also did a great deal to pioneer the form but Charles did even more to devise a new form of black pop by merging '50s RB with gospel-powered vocals adding plenty of flavor from contemporary jazz blues and (in the '60s) country Then there was his singing his style was among the most emotional and easily identifiable of any 20th century performer up there with the likes of Elvis and Billie Holiday He was also a superb keyboard player arranger and bandleader The brilliance of his 1950s and '60s work however can't obscure the fact that he made few classic tracks after the mid-'60s though he recorded often and performed until the year before his deathnnBlind since the age of six (from glaucoma) Charles studied composition and learned many instruments at the St Augustine School for the Deaf and the Blind His parents had died by his early teens and he worked as a musician in Florida for a while before using his savings to move to Seattle in 1947 By the late '40s he was recording in a smooth popRB style derivative of Nat King Cole and Charles Brown He got his first Top Ten RB hit with Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand in 1951 Charles' first recordings came in for their fair share of criticism as they were much milder and less original than the classics that would follow although they're actually fairly enjoyable showing strong hints of the skills that were to flower in a few yearsnnIn the early '50s Charles' sound started to toughen as he toured with Lowell Fulson went to New Orleans to work with Guitar Slim (playing piano on and arranging Slim's huge RB hit The Things That I Used to Do) and got a band together for RB star Ruth Brown It was at Atlantic Records that Ray Charles truly found his voice consolidating the gains of recent years and then some with I Got a Woman a number-two RB hit in 1955 This is the song most frequently singled out as his pivotal performance on which Charles first truly let go with his unmistakable gospel-ish moan backed by a tight bouncy horn-driven arrangementnnThroughout the '50s Charles ran off a series of RB hits that although they weren't called soul at the time did a lot to pave the way for soul by presenting a form of RB that was sophisticated without sacrificing any emotional grit This Little Girl of Mine Drown in My Own Tears Hallelujah I Love Her So Lonely Avenue and The Right Time were all big hits But Charles didn't really capture the pop audience until What'd I Say which caught the fervor of the church with its pleading vocals as well as the spirit of rock roll with its classic electric piano line It was his first Top Ten pop hit and one of his final Atlantic singles as he left the label at the end of the '50s for ABCnnOne of the chief attractions of the ABC deal for Charles was a much greater degree of artistic control of his recordings He put it to good use on early-'60s hits like Unchain My Heart and Hit the Road Jack which solidified his pop stardom with only a modicum of polish attached to the RB he had perfected at Atlantic In 1962 he surprised the pop world by turning his attention to country western music topping the charts with the I Can't Stop Loving You single and making a hugely popular album (in an era in which RBsoul LPs rarely scored high on the charts) with Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Perhaps it shouldn't have been so surprising Charles had always been eclectic recording quite a bit of straight jazz at Atlantic with noted jazz musicians like David Fathead Newman and Milt JacksonnnCharles remained extremely popular through the mid-'60s scoring big hits like Busted You Are My Sunshine Take These Chains From My Heart and Crying Time although his momentum was slowed by a 1965 bust for heroin This led to a year-long absence from performing but he picked up where he left off with Let's Go Get Stoned in 1966 Yet by this time Charles was focusing increasingly less on rock and soul in favor of pop tunes often with string arrangements that seemed aimed more at the easy listening audience than anyone else Charles' influence on the rock mainstream was as apparent as ever Joe Cocker and Steve Winwood in particular owe a great deal of their style to him and echoes of his phrasing can be heard more subtly in the work of greats like Van MorrisonnnOne approaches sweeping criticism of Charles with hesitation he was an American institution after all and his vocal powers barely diminished over his half-century career The fact remains though that his work after the late '60s on record was very disappointing Millions of listeners yearned for a return to the all-out soul of his 1955-1965 classics but Charles had actually never been committed to soul above all else Like Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley his focus was more upon all-around pop than many realize his love of jazz country and pop standards was evident even if his more earthy offerings were the ones that truly broke ground and will stand the test of time He dented the charts (sometimes the country ones) occasionally and commanded devoted international concert audiences whenever he felt like it For good or ill he ensured his imprint upon the American mass consciousness in the 1990s by singing several ads for Diet Pepsi He also recorded three albums during the '90s for Warner Bros but remained most popular as a concert draw In 2002 he released Thanks for Bringing Love Around Again on his own Crossover imprint and the following year began recording an album of duets featuring BB King Willie Nelson Michael McDonald and James Taylor After hip replacement surgery in 2003 he scheduled a tour for the following summer but was forced to cancel an appearance in March 2004 Three months later on June 10 2004 Ray Charles succumbed to liver disease at his home in Beverly Hills CA

KD Lang Shadowland

Dennieaa — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:29:00 MST

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1988 Sire Records nShadowland is the debut solo album by kd lang released in 1988 (see 1988 in music) The album included her collaboration with Kitty Wells Loretta Lynn and Brenda Lee on Honky Tonk Angels' Medley and was produced by Owen Bradley who produced Patsy Cline's best-known workSide one n n 1 Western Stars (Chris Isaak) 3:12 n 2 Lock Stock and Teardrops (Roger Miller) 3:28 n 3 Sugar Moon (Cindy Walker Bob Wills) 2:26 n 4 I Wish I Didn't Love You So (Frank Loesser) 3:07 n 5 (Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance Floor (Don Goodman Sara Johns Jack Rowland) 2:35 n 6 Black Coffee (Sonny Burke Paul Francis Webster) 3:17 n nedit Side two n n 1 Shadowland (Dick Hyman Charles Tobias) 2:28 n 2 Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes (Slim Willet) 2:20 n 3 Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them (Fred Tobias Charles Tobias) 3:03 n 4 I'm Down to My Last Cigarette (Harlan Howard Billy Walker) 2:46 n 5 Busy Being Blue (Stewart MacDougall) 3:40 n 6 Honky Tonk Angels' Medley 2:55 n In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) (Leroy Carr Don Raye) n You Nearly Lose Your Mind (Ernest Tubb) n Blues Stay Away from Me (Alton Delmore Rabon Delmore Wayne Raney Henry Glover)

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