Charley Pride

Did we seriously not have a Charley Pride thread? What the hell?

Let's remember the man and the singer.

David Cantwell's great piece from last year:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/what-country-music-owes-to-charley-pride

Oh man, this is a big bummer. Hard to not consider that maybe the in person CMAs last month were not the best idea.

But RIP, for certain.

In person w not much social distancing, mask-wearing (apparently why they didn't allow AP to show audience).

im estranged from my father so this is a weird topic to broad for me, but charley pride recording one of his songs was pretty key in him having a career in nashville in the 70s

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

*broach

Dang. Well that's a connection.

I've meant to seek out a biography since learning that he played baseball in Montana in the 60s and worked at the Asarco smelter (a Superfund site by the time my family moved there). Seems there's a 1994 autobiography, might be time for that.

Just played "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone," a much different reading than the Doug Sahm version! But also great.

xxp to ned

yup. this was on the back of my dad's first lp.

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/104476259_2842242965898253_1854065397729209467_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=DqXV0vQJjjIAX-yFi-s&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=32fadcb0b615c615a25287e4658ff377&oe=5FF9B194

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/marty-stuart-charley-pride-guitar-1103449/

i love what a great country music fan & custodian Marty Stuart is

this part was v heartwarming

He played a Fender Coronado guitar in his heyday when he was first starting. And that guitar was offered to me from a collector about this time last year. I did all my research and found out that it was absolutely Charley’s — so I bought the guitar for a goofy amount of money that Charley couldn’t believe. And we hung out together at the Ryman Auditorium in January of this year. I took the guitar down there, he played it again. He was scratching his head about how much I paid for it. I said, “I know, but I would’ve given twice as much.” That was January of this year, the last time we had any real time together. And it was pretty cool.

OTM. Before I read or even saw this I almost made a joke prediction about it, I kid you not.