Just got hit by my desk top news alert.
Ray Charles Passed at 73
Just got hit by my desk top news alert.
Ray Charles Passed at 73
Steven "redwood973" Wood
"Man does not fail. He gives up trying."
Darned shame.
"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me."
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Alas. In his music, Ray Charles gave us a legacy for the ages. His passing merits, for me, far greater mourning than for our former president. Teach the angelic choir well, Ray... heaven needs your joyful noise.
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In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.
-- Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy
Good bye, Ray. We'll miss you.
If there ever was a man who was a true musician, who's music spanned every genre and every generation, it was Ray Charles.
I am a soldier. I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
General George S. Patton, Jr.
I don't like it when an artist puts his own "spin" or "interpretation" on a classic tune. But I'll always make an exception for Ray's spiritual rendition of "America the Beautiful". We've lost another national treasure.
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Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. Psalm 144:1