An Interview With Ray Price

Ray Price Interview - Side One   (7:45)

Ray Price Interview - Side Two   (6:14)

Interspersed with some sound clips from Ray's records, here's an interview with the man himself.  Listen in as he reflects upon his quest for vocal perfection, his technique, and his general approach to his career.

Ray Price - If She Could See Me Now

Ray Price  -  If She Could See Me Now

Quoting from Ray's Country Music Hall Of Fame plaque:  "Ray Price - January 26, 1926.  Born in Perryville, Texas, Ray Price started performing in grade school.  After four years in the Marines, and some college, his plans of becoming a rancher changed when he joined KRLD's Big Jamboree in Dallas in 1948 and landed a record deal with Bullet records.  In 1952, he signed with Columbia records and joined the Grand Ole Opry.  Known as "The Cherokee Cowboy", Price topped the country charts in 1956 with "Crazy Arms".  Other Number Ones included "City Lights", "For The Good Times" and "You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me."  His innovative style bridged the country and pop music fields and brought a new sense of sophistication to country music."

My only question is why did they decide to use Joe E. Brown's image on the plaque?

My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You

Ray Price, king of the honky-tonks.

Thanks to Gatorrock787 for having such a great YouTube channel, currently featuring 1,542 clips of outstanding quality.

Sittin' & Thinkin'

Ray Price - Sittin' & Thinking

For The Good Times

Ray Price made this Kris Kristofferson song a hit.  Here's Al Green's version.

Heartaches By The Number

Ray Price  -  Heartaches By The Number

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A Better Class Of Losers

Ray Price  -  A Better Class Of Losers  (3:14)


Here's a 45 from a bit later in Ray's career, 1986, after the big hits stopped coming.  As you can hear though, only Ray was suffering, not the music itself.

Santo vs The Martians

Swingin' Doors

Ray Price  -  Swingin' Doors  (3:02)

Tonight's agenda?  Seeing Merle Haggard at the Macon City Auditorium, built in 1925 and mere blocks away from where Little Richard used to wash dishes at the Greyhound bus station.  So with that in mind, here's Ray's version of one of Merle's signature tunes.

Ray Price - Just Call Me Lonesome

Ray Price  -  Just Call Me Lonesome  (2:30)

Just Call Me Lonesome was made famous when Eddie Arnold's recording of it went to #2 on the country charts in 1955. Ray's desperately sad version came out ten years later, on his LP The Other Woman.  In the picture, Miami country DJ Cracker Jim Brooker poses for a shot alongside Price.

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