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Alvin · 12-17-2013, 11:15 AM

"Price, a popular and influential band leader, had more than 100 hits.
He died Monday at his ranch in Texas after battling cancer."

It was my pleasure to see and dance to his music live on several occasions. Great performer.

Listen and see him perform "Crazy Arms" and others here http://www.last.fm/music/Ray+Price

hurryinhoosier62 · 12-17-2013, 11:30 AM

He was one of Dad's favorites along with Bob Wills, Jim Reeves, Hank,Sr. and Patsy Cline.

Hedgehead · 12-17-2013, 11:55 AM

When country was country

arbys · 12-17-2013, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by hurryinhoosier62

He was one of Dad's favorites along with Bob Wills, Jim Reeves, Hank,Sr. and Patsy Cline.

Mine too, I don't listen to CW anymore because there isn't anymore.

I also remember Ralph Emery on the radio. He was a fan of all the Country standards.

Alvin · 12-17-2013, 01:20 PM

Ray Price Biography

Price hit Nashville in the early 1950s, rooming for a short time with Hank Williams. When Williams died, Price took over Williams’ band, the Drifting Cowboys, and had minor success. He was the first artist to have a hit with “Release Me” (1953), a song made famous by Engelbert Humperdinck in 1967.

However, Price became one of the stalwarts of the grinding, honky tonk music that became even more popular in the early 1950s with such singers as Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, Webb Pierce and others. Price developed the famous “Ray Price Shuffle Beat” that is heard on “Crazy Arms,” which served as the beat for many honky-tonk classics since then.

In 1953, Price formed his famous band, the Cherokee Cowboys. Among its members in the late 1950s and early 1960s were Roger Miller, Willie Nelson and Johnny Paycheck. In fact, Miller wrote one of Ray Price’s classics in 1958, “Invitation to the Blues,” and sang harmony on the recording. In addition, Nelson penned the Ray Price classic, “Night Life.”
[edit]Later career

Price disappeared off the country music scene in the 1960s, but emerged with another hit, the Kris Kristofferson classic, “For the Good Times,” which featured a more mellow Price backed up by sophisticated musical sounds, quite the opposite from the honky-tonk sounds Price pioneered two decades before. Today he is singing Gospel music and has recorded such songs as “Amazing Grace,” “What A Friend We Have in Jesus,” “Farther Along,” and “Rock of Ages”[1].

In 2005, Price was living near Dallas and still traveling to concerts throughout the country.

Edited by wildmagic7 on 2 Nov 2006, 19:24
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Price_%28musician%29

"Don't look so sad, I know it's over
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad, we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning"

Alvin · 12-17-2013, 01:46 PM

hurryinhoosier62 · 12-17-2013, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Alvin

I know 'em all. Woke up many an early Saturday morning to the sound of Ray Price and Dad cooking breakfast as a child. When he (Dad) played "Rose of San Antone", you KNEW it was going to be a LONG day.

Simple Man · 12-17-2013, 05:34 PM

Loved Ray Price. He'd been sick for quite a while. RIP, Ray.

sts · 12-17-2013, 05:58 PM

>It was my pleasure to see and dance to his music live on several occasions. Great performer.<

I was doing Ozzy when I was that age, but I never let go of my roots, just expanded my interest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbbY-JvjeYA

Greg Reid · 12-17-2013, 06:09 PM

People who know me would be surprised that I am a classic country fan. Heartaches by the Number was one of my favorites.
On a side note, I was debating with my brother the old adage that famous people die in 'bunches'. Since November 30th-
Paul Walker
Nelson Mandela
Peter O'Toole
Joan Fontaine
Ray Price
All in 18 days.

GT182 · 12-17-2013, 06:16 PM

My all time favorite Ray Price song was and still is.... For The Good Times. I played that song on every jukebox I could throw a quarter in in every bar I frequented up in the North Country of NY.

RIP Ray... you did good and will be missed by all your fans. Your music will live on....

goatman65 · 12-17-2013, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Hedgehead

When country was country

Exactly.

justincampbell · 12-20-2013, 12:15 AM

Dad and I used to listen to the country oldies radio program(540 KWMT) on Saturday mornings. We heard Ray often. I have loved "Heartaches By The Number" since the first time I heard it.

Alvin · 12-20-2013, 12:25 AM

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Dad and I used to listen to the country oldies radio program(540 KWMT) on Saturday mornings. We heard Ray often. I have loved "Heartaches By The Number" since the first time I heard it.

Yes indeed. Some really great music from Ray. Reminded me of Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, and others music I grew up hearing in our household along with '60s and '70s Rock.

Great memories and good times.

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