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Brother Ray : Ray Charles' own story
The world-famous musician talks about his childhood, his blindness, the years on the road developing and perfecting his musical style, and his attitudes toward women, drugs, religion, and death.
Record details
- ISBN: 0306814315
- ISBN: 9780306814310
- ISBN: 9780306813313
- ISBN: 0306813319
- ISBN: 0306813351
- ISBN: 9780306813351
- Physical Description: x, 364 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
- Edition: 3rd Da Capo Press ed.
- Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2004.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: New York : Dial Press, �1978. With new epilogue, updated discography, and some new photos. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Discography: pages 335-364. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction / by Ray Charles -- Home -- Going blind -- First year at school -- Summertime in Greensville -- Back to school -- Summers in Tallahassee -- Making out -- Suffering -- Scuffling in Jacksonville -- Hungry in Orlando -- Floppin' round Tampa -- Moving cross-country -- Fooling with drugs -- Down to L.A. -- The road -- Struggling as a single -- Texas -- Roughing it -- Family dreams -- Leading -- The girls -- Fooling, drowning, hallelujahing -- Whiskey and watermelon -- Widening the range -- Busted again -- Keeping track of the change -- Too close for comfort -- Back to the country -- For the love of women -- Loosening up -- Wising up -- The bad bust -- Kicking -- Sentencing -- Coming back -- Following a leader -- The scene abroad -- B and me -- Working on the building -- Living and dying -- Nothing new -- Little bit of soul -- Afterword ; The last days of Brother Ray / by David Ritz. |
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| Subject: | Charles, Ray, 1930-2004. Charles, Ray, 1930-2004 Charles, Ray 1930-2004 Singers > United States > Biography. Singers > United States > Biography. Singers. United States. |
| Genre: | Biography. Biography. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at State Library of Alabama.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| APLS | 782.42164 CHA | 31291002854857 | Stacks | Available | - |
