SE 1, EP 26: Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

from This is Vinyl Tap · host Doug Cooper, JM Roe, Tony Slagle

Send us Fan MailRay Charles loved country music and it is evident on what most call his most successful album artistically. It was also his most successful album commercially and introduced a lot white audiences to "the genius". In this episode we explore what made this album so compelling and why Charles decided to cover traditional country songs with sophisticated arrangements that made a lot of these songs really swing.Visit us at www.tappingvinyl.com.

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