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: American Idol's Carrie Underwood can sing –
If anyone saw the Super Bowl – what a great great game that was – they would have heard American Idol winner and country superstar Carrie Underwood sing the National Anthem. Underwood did with her voice what Kelly Clarkson did last week with her written words – give it to Scott Borchetta, the head of Big Machine Records,, who tried defending Taylor Swift by knocking American Idol performers. »»»
Concert Review: McBride, Adkins shine sometimes –
As Martina McBride pointed out, the pairing of the country singer with Trace Adkins on their current jaunt was surprising. After all, she's of diva-quality voice, petite, non-controversial unless you call singing songs that empower women controversial. Adkins, on the other hand, has not been afraid to speak his mind with a kick butt attitude.... »»»
Concert Review: Eilen Jewell wears her musical hats well –
Eilen Jewell wears a lot of musical hats. The Idaho native, who now lives in Boston, fronts the Eilen (ee-lin) Jewell Band, a pretty much traditional country band. She's a member the Sacred Shakers, an octet doing gospel country with a country beat. And she has yet another project, Butcher Holler, covering Loretta Lynn songs.... »»»
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