Blake Shelton vs. Ray Price

lolling at anyone who isn't ray price's age getting uptight about blake's uncouth poptimism

yeah but have you seen his expression whenever the camera cuts to him? Dude looks like a pod person.

she's gunpowder, he's lead

he's pretty affable imo

Good points all from Edd (though we'll have to disagree on Dale).

Dale sounds really stodgy and leaden to me, for the most part (we've already talked about him some on the Rolling Country thread this year -- I even see his long fancy tour bus parked in a neighborhood adjacent to ours when I ride my bike sometimes), though I liked the funnier, more upbeat songs on Whiskey Or God a few years back. He's totally bored me since.

As has Shelton, for the past few years, though I liked enough of Barn & Grill from 2004 and Pure B.S. from 2007 (the two albums before I did that interview with him that Ned sampled up above.)

Old Ray is sadly moving on:

http://www.kltv.com/story/24205295/country-music-legend-ray-price-leaving-hospital-to-go-home-to-mount-pleasant

Glad I went to see him when he finally came up to NYC after a two decade absence a while back.

I'm seeing notices on some fb C&W pages that Ray died today. Nothing official though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Price_(musician)#Cancer

Deceased according to wiki.

What a fantastic voice on that man.

:(

It's been retracted, apparently. Sorry for rushing things. In bad taste on my part.

peace out

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/16/showbiz/obit-ray-price/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Just realized that when I saw Ray Price in NYC it must have been June 2000 and that his band leader and right hand man, Moises "Blondie" Calderon, who some say was to Ray what Don Rich was to Buck Owens, passed away shortly afterwards in October 2000. RIP, guys.

http://archives.nodepression.com/2001/01/moises-blondie-calderon-june-26-1940-to-october-23-2000/

http://image1.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2009/177/38808606_124614243683.jpg

That's quite a headstone.

And I thought you were here to talk about Blake Shelton finishing 23rd on the Nashville Scene critics poll album list

http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/the-results/Content?oid=4034364

And on their singles list:

19. Blake Shelton with Pistol Annies, "The Boys Around Here" (Warner Bros. Nashville

http://i.imgur.com/hFhGQyT.jpg

Doctor, my eyes!

Updating link to Blondie Calderon obit:
http://nodepression.com/article/moises-blondie-calderon-1940-2000