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Just read that Ray Charles has passed away, at 73. And, this one bothers me more than Reagan's death, which didn't bother me at all really...

The part that bothers me with Charles is that I know his music fairly well...and, one early memory is of the Blues Brothers, and who can forget him in that movie?

Like most people, I have a few songs that he did that I remember very well, but the media geek in me remembers "Georgia on my mind", because of its use in the tv show "Quantum Leap"...of course, that makes me think of "I can't stop loving you", which was the song right before it on the cassette I own.

Temptation, as with all celebrity deaths, is to go home and pop in "The Blues Brothers"

Comments

[indyellen.livejournal.com]

I agree...I was kinda wondering if I was the only one who felt worse about Ray than I did about Reagan. Ah, well. Rest In Music, Ray.

[thedruidbear.livejournal.com]

I was saddened to hear we lost such a wonderful artist. I too felt more to hear of his passing than I was of Ronald Reagan's.

[echoweaver.livejournal.com]

I don't feel it's important to feel actual grief for a man I never knew just because he held a visible position in my life for many years. I respect Reagan, and I don't begrudge him his pomp and circumstance now. But am I grieving? Upset? Why would I be? My strongest emotion is a feeling that it was his time, perhaps past his time, and that his family now doesn't have to watch him continue wasting away to alzheimers.

I don't have a deep connection to Ray Charles either, but I can see myself feeling a real sort of grief for musicians and artists who have brought joy into my life.