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Ray Charles (1930-2004) led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. In Brother Ray, he tells his story in an inimitable and unsparing voice, from the chronicle of his musical development to his heroin addiction to his tangled romantic life. Overcoming poverty, blindness, the loss of his parents, and the pervasive racism of the era, Ray Charles was acclaimed worldwide as a genius by the age of thirty-two. By combining the influences of gospel, jazz, blues, and country music, he invented, almost single-handedly, what became known as soul. And throughout a career spanning more than a half century, Ray Charles remained in complete control of his life and his music, allowing nobody to tell him what he could and couldn't do.As the Chicago Sun- Times put it, Brother Ray is "candid, explicit, sometimes embarrassing, often hilarious, always warm, touching and deeply human-just like his music." Read more
Publisher : Da Capo Press; First Edition (October 27, 2004)
Language : English
Paperback : 384 pages
ISBN-10 : 0306814315
ISBN-13 : 10
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.96 x 8.5 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #573,429 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #396 in Vocal & Singing #3,577 in Composer & Musician Biographies #10,401 in Community & Culture Biographies
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