S01 Ep06 (3 of 3) – Becoming Myself With The Great Ray Price
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S01 Ep06 (3 of 3) - Becoming Myself With The Great Ray Price
Interview Date: July 8, 2011 @11am EDT
Special Guest: Country Hall of Fame Artist Ray Price (recorded July 8, 2011). In this podcast we finish our interview with Ray Price by talking about the studio, "New Country", and his insightful thoughts on computers and the internet. He also gives a heartfelt story about his good friend Hank Williams Sr.
It can't be said any simpler, or stronger than to say that Texans love their music. Texas is home to SXSW and Austin City Limits. National Public Radio co-produces a weekly program, This Week in Texas Music History. There are many ways and means for Texans to show their love for the music that comes out of Texas. Even the Governor of Texas (the republican nomination hopeful Rick Perry) is sure to include his name on the Texas Music Office website in big letters. There you can even buy a Texas Music licence plate in homage to the pioneers of Texas' musical history
S01 Ep06 (2 of 3) Talking Really Fast and Being Entertained by Ray Price
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S01 Ep06 - (2 of 3) - Talking Real Fast and Being Entertained by Ray Price
Interview Date: July 8, 2011 @11am EDT
Special Guest: Country Hall of Fame Artist Ray Price. Price sang/wrote tons of the biggest country hits of his era, songs like "Night Life", "Heartache by Numbers", and "For the Goodtimes." He is know as the guy who saved Country Music from going 'Pop' with his hit "Crazy Arms" as well as being accused of selling out with his song "Danny Boy." He was a member of the Grand Ole Opry at the height of it's popularity and is also known as being one of the nicest guys in the business.
A couple of weeks ago I asked people if they would send in articles for me to post on the site; I actually got a response. This week’s article was written by Nick Vidrich
S01 Ep06 – (1 of 3) Seeing Ray Price as a Human Being.
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S01 Ep06 - (1 of 3) - Seeing Ray Price as a Human Being
Interview Date: July 8, 2011 @11am EDT
Ray Price and the Cherokee Cowboys
I don’t know where to begin, or how to explain the gravity and cultural significance of my next guest. Ray Price is a Country honky-tonk legend who, by all accounts, kept the Hard Country torch alive as the rest of the world was turning its back and jumping on the Rock ’n ’Roll bandwagon.1 He is a man whose “music” and “message”, I would argue, is more relevant today than any other time in history. To listen to him is to listen to over a hundred years of American history all boiled down into one well crafted tune; a man so important that Hank Williams