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RAY CHARLES : FRIENDSHIP |
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Label : Columbia Records Released : August 1984 Length : 28:51 Review (AllMusic) : Ray Charles was cutting decent-to-competent light country material in Nashville during the mid-'80s. His still-gripping voice and masterful timing and delivery kept things from getting too disturbing, but these songs were a far cry from either his magnificent soul/R&B or his groundbreaking early-'60s country. They were mostly polite, sedate, occasionally humorous duets with such country stars as George Jones, Mickey Gilley, Merle Haggard, Janie Fricke and Hank Williams, Jr.. |