TS: Charlie Rich vs. John Denver

Said memory which will now no doubt dissipate to a will-o'-the-wisp pronto now that it has been written on the ether wind.

I hear Denver in the supermarket now and again. It makes sense that the Red House Painters dude put together that tribute, cause JD is strictly from DIRGES. I thought I sort of liked "Back Home Again," but I heard it the other day, and you could listen to five Charlie Rich LPs in the time it took for that thing to wind out.

Is it true that Charlie stopped his performance of "I Love My Friend" on the Grammys and called for "Radio Radio" instead?

I also heard that he showed up to lipsync "Disco Lady" on "Soul Train" when Johnnie Taylor couldn't make it.

Renaissance man -- almost literally. I heard that Annie Haslam had him THIS CLOSE to joining the band after his United Artists contract ran out.

Meltzer nearly had him out of retirement to cover that one Joan Osborne song, but the Silver Fox nixed his suggested B-side: "We Got the Neutron Bomb."

WARE CAN I PERCHASE SOOT, PLZ?!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzBt-2jQ3Iw

Is it true that Charlie stopped his performance of "I Love My Friend" on the Grammys and called for "Radio Radio" instead?
Yes. He could be seen wearing a "Thanks, Mike" t-shirt beneath his fancy attire, a reference to Mik3 Curb, whose last minute refusal to allow an MGM artist (Roy Orbis0n?) on the show was what permitted Charlie to get the gig.

Timi Yuro, you forgot to mention the bittersweet booze-infested Xmas duet he sang with Minnie Pearl at the Opry, "Fairytale of Nashville."

Along with Ray Charles, Charlie Rich may be the most versatile pop artist of the past 50 years. He did it all — country, rock and roll, soul, jazz, blues — in pretty convincing fashion.
Damn, that clip of Rich burning the envelope on the CMA show used to be on youtube, but it's no longer there.

The Complete Smash Sessions is the way to go, lots of 2.30 minute slices of 60s heaven.

Yes! Love how much soul influence gets into his stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUhgQU5tA7M

"Now I'm broke as the ten commandments..."

Recently got hold of the 'It Ain't Gonna Be That Way' compilaton version of the Smash recordings. Heard its actualy a deal better than the original '92 compilation of taht material.
Anyway it is pretty damn great. Really does have a lot of soul etc in it.

Also liked the pairing of his late 60s lps I got a few years earlier. That had me wondering if he was somebody taht people like Nick Cave and the Tindersticks listened to him.
Haven't heard his material from elsewhen to any great extent, though I do remember Most Beautiful girl In The World getting heavy play in the 70s.

Complete Smash Sessions is brilliant. Anyone compared sound quality vs new comp?

He's got lots of great late 60s / early 70s material beyond the hits. Check out The Fabulous Charlie Rich.

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Seemed like a bizarre pairing until I read the original post (I've read about that incident). Temperamentally (their music, I mean), these two guys could not be farther apart.

they used "behind closed doors" in an anti-domestic abuse advert in scotland several years back and it will forever make me think of that anytime i hear it.

I love that Complete Smash recordings set and the 2fer I have of his late 60s/early 70s lps. Wish I'd picked up the other couple of those things.
The 2fer set I have sounds like it should be a major influence on Nick Cave & the Tindersticks.

Just looked that up and it's Set Me Free and the Fabulous Charlie Rich on an Edsel cd. Looks like there was a series of 3 of those sets.