Ray Price celebrates 83rd birthday
Monday, January 5, 2009 – Ray Price will celebrate his 83rd birthday, Monday, Jan. 12 with a party at the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame and Tex Ritter Museum in Carthage, Texas. The public is invited to join the festivities.
The country singer retains an active touring schedule. Two years ago, he released "Last of The Breed" with friends Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson and toured behind the CD.
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Time
Fans of Ray Price's classics hardcore honky-tonk recordings of the '50s' and '60s have been hoping for one last return to form for quite a few years now - decades, actually - from the man who more or less created the style. And in spite of Price's legendary stubbornness, that return has finally come. Backed by a group of Nashville A-team studio vets, Price has finally abandoned the orchestra this time out for a long-overdue collection of shuffles, western swing and ballads like few other can deliver. »»» |
Prisoner of Love
In spite of some fans' hopes that Ray Price would turn in one last great honky-tonk album, Price continues to mine the heavily orchestrated blend of country and pop that has dominated his career since 1967's "Danny Boy." In fact, the opening lines of the re-recording of Harlan Howard's terrific "Better Class of Losers" (which opens the album) could well be interpreted by some as a pointed message from Price to fans of his groundbreaking honky-tonk recordings of the '50's and '60's:
"I said I'm »»» |
Night Life
These 11 songs, originally released by Columbia in 1963, are some of Price's finest, and the lushest honky tonk you'll ever hear. Although he'd been making great country through the '50's, Price clearly loved the sultry moods of jazz - his tone and phrasing sharing much with Sinatra and Bennett - and his post 60's work veered in that direction, often ending in disasters complete with 20-piece orchestras. Price knew he was taking chances.
On this record's intro he says of the Nelson-penned "Night »»» |
Editorial: A fine night for Taylor Swift –
Taylor Swift's showing at the Country Music Association awards Wednesday night was no surprise. In some respects, it was invigorating to see someone who was not male and not around umpteen years like some of her male counterparts take home the biggest prize of the night, entertainer of the year. »»»
Concert Review: Radney Foster sparks a revival –
Radney Foster told fans that he came home from the University of the South one weekend early in his college career and told his parents in the wee hours of the morning that he wanted to quit college and head to Nashville to pursue a music career. His parents agreed...fortunately.
Three decades later, that resulted in Foster playing songs on this... »»»
Concert Review: Neko Case overcomes obstacles –
The opening of Neko Case's show was unusual to say the least. "I'm angry right now," said the red head. "We just had a big fight with the promoter. We're going to sing weird, but we're actually very happy to be here."
Making quite clear that she was not a happy camper, Case still channeled her musical energies... »»»
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