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[GMCnet] ray price's funeral today [message #234293] Sat, 28 December 2013 17:42 Go to next message
Kimberlea Weeks is currently offline  Kimberlea Weeks   United States
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My goodness. This is off subject. But what a performer.
When GMCMI was at DuQuoin we missed him by a week.
Truly a legend and a gentle man.* As reported on the internet:*

MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas (AP) — Country Music Hall of Fame member Ray Price
was remembered at a memorial service on Saturday in his East Texas hometown
as a musical innovator and a gentleman.

Hundreds of people packed the service in Mount Pleasant, the town about 110
miles northeast of Dallas where Price had lived for 31 years.

At the service, long-time country radio personality Bill Mack of Fort Worth
read a statement from Willie Nelson.

Nelson wrote that, "Without a Ray Price, there wouldn't have been a Willie
Nelson." Price gave Nelson his first big break when he hired Nelson to play
bass in his band, The Cherokee Cowboys, after Donald Lytle, better known as
Johnny Paycheck, quit.

"He asked me, 'Can you play bass?'" wrote Nelson. "I said, 'Who can't play
bass?'"

"Well, he found out I can't play bass," said Mack, as he finished Nelson's
anecdote.

Price died from pancreatic cancer on Monday at the ranch he owned with his
wife, Janie, outside Mount Pleasant. He was 87.

The Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune reported that during the memorial service
inside the First Baptist Church, a country music quartet played various
Price songs, including "In the Garden", "Danny Boy" and "Let's Make a
Memory Today."

Dallas Wayne, a SiriusXM satellite radio DJ for the country channel
Willie's Roadhouse, said Price was a gentleman off the stage as well as on
it, possessing "heart and soul, grace, dignity, elegance and character."

Eddie Stubbs, a radio host with the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville offered his
condolences from the county music industry, the newspaper reported.

"He was as good as any of his contemporaries," Stubbs said, "and no one was
his superior."

Over his career, Price earned the respect of his colleagues by constantly
perfecting his craft, Stubbs said.

"As a result, his voice is just as fresh today as it was 65 years ago," he
said.

Price is credited with changing the sound of country music as he
collaborated with the genre's biggest stars, and he remained relevant for
more than half a century.

He recorded more than 100 hits and is perhaps best known for his version of
the Kris Kristofferson song, "For the Good Times."

A funeral is planned for Dec. 28 in Dallas.
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Re: [GMCnet] ray price's funeral today [message #234303 is a reply to message #234293] Sat, 28 December 2013 19:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ron77 is currently offline  Ron77   United States
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May be off topic but thanks for posting it.

Ron Johnson
77 Eleganza II
Escondido, CA


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Subject: [GMCnet] ray price's funeral today

My goodness. This is off subject. But what a performer.
When GMCMI was at DuQuoin we missed him by a week.
Truly a legend and a gentle man.* As reported on the internet:*

MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas (AP) - Country Music Hall of Fame member Ray Price was
remembered at a memorial service on Saturday in his East Texas hometown as a
musical innovator and a gentleman.

Hundreds of people packed the service in Mount Pleasant, the town about 110
miles northeast of Dallas where Price had lived for 31 years.

At the service, long-time country radio personality Bill Mack of Fort Worth
read a statement from Willie Nelson.

Nelson wrote that, "Without a Ray Price, there wouldn't have been a Willie
Nelson." Price gave Nelson his first big break when he hired Nelson to play
bass in his band, The Cherokee Cowboys, after Donald Lytle, better known as
Johnny Paycheck, quit.

"He asked me, 'Can you play bass?'" wrote Nelson. "I said, 'Who can't play
bass?'"

"Well, he found out I can't play bass," said Mack, as he finished Nelson's
anecdote.

Price died from pancreatic cancer on Monday at the ranch he owned with his
wife, Janie, outside Mount Pleasant. He was 87.

The Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune reported that during the memorial service
inside the First Baptist Church, a country music quartet played various
Price songs, including "In the Garden", "Danny Boy" and "Let's Make a Memory
Today."

Dallas Wayne, a SiriusXM satellite radio DJ for the country channel Willie's
Roadhouse, said Price was a gentleman off the stage as well as on it,
possessing "heart and soul, grace, dignity, elegance and character."

Eddie Stubbs, a radio host with the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville offered his
condolences from the county music industry, the newspaper reported.

"He was as good as any of his contemporaries," Stubbs said, "and no one was
his superior."

Over his career, Price earned the respect of his colleagues by constantly
perfecting his craft, Stubbs said.

"As a result, his voice is just as fresh today as it was 65 years ago," he
said.

Price is credited with changing the sound of country music as he
collaborated with the genre's biggest stars, and he remained relevant for
more than half a century.

He recorded more than 100 hits and is perhaps best known for his version of
the Kris Kristofferson song, "For the Good Times."

A funeral is planned for Dec. 28 in Dallas.
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ozilla:en-US:official&q=integrity&spell=1&sa=X&ei=1mC_UtT0G-aS2QWvhYDIDw&ved
=0CCwQvwUoAA>
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*Kimberlea Weeks*
VP Administration and Convention Manager
612.501.4600 | f.866.519.0047 | www.gmcmi.com

*GMC Motorhomes International*
1402 So. Cage Blvd | Unit 273 | Pharr | TX 78577

*Mark these dates on your calendar today!*

*GMCMI 2014 Spring Convention* | Friday, March 21 to Thursday, March 27 Lake
Conroe Event Center & KOA | Montgomery, Texas

*GMCMI 2014 Fall Convention* | Friday, September 26 to Thursday, October 2
Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds | Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
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Re: [GMCnet] ray price's funeral today [message #234311 is a reply to message #234303] Sat, 28 December 2013 20:22 Go to previous message
mickeysss is currently offline  mickeysss   United States
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This is way on topic to the world of music the American highway
Thank you
For the propitious information

Mickey ca 77 palm beach
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On Dec 28, 2013, at 5:24 PM, Ron Johnson <Ron77@gltcinsurance.com> wrote:

> May be off topic but thanks for posting it.
>
> Ron Johnson
> 77 Eleganza II
> Escondido, CA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org
> [mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Kimberlea Weeks
> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 3:42 PM
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Subject: [GMCnet] ray price's funeral today
>
> My goodness. This is off subject. But what a performer.
> When GMCMI was at DuQuoin we missed him by a week.
> Truly a legend and a gentle man.* As reported on the internet:*
>
> MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas (AP) - Country Music Hall of Fame member Ray Price was
> remembered at a memorial service on Saturday in his East Texas hometown as a
> musical innovator and a gentleman.
>
> Hundreds of people packed the service in Mount Pleasant, the town about 110
> miles northeast of Dallas where Price had lived for 31 years.
>
> At the service, long-time country radio personality Bill Mack of Fort Worth
> read a statement from Willie Nelson.
>
> Nelson wrote that, "Without a Ray Price, there wouldn't have been a Willie
> Nelson." Price gave Nelson his first big break when he hired Nelson to play
> bass in his band, The Cherokee Cowboys, after Donald Lytle, better known as
> Johnny Paycheck, quit.
>
> "He asked me, 'Can you play bass?'" wrote Nelson. "I said, 'Who can't play
> bass?'"
>
> "Well, he found out I can't play bass," said Mack, as he finished Nelson's
> anecdote.
>
> Price died from pancreatic cancer on Monday at the ranch he owned with his
> wife, Janie, outside Mount Pleasant. He was 87.
>
> The Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune reported that during the memorial service
> inside the First Baptist Church, a country music quartet played various
> Price songs, including "In the Garden", "Danny Boy" and "Let's Make a Memory
> Today."
>
> Dallas Wayne, a SiriusXM satellite radio DJ for the country channel Willie's
> Roadhouse, said Price was a gentleman off the stage as well as on it,
> possessing "heart and soul, grace, dignity, elegance and character."
>
> Eddie Stubbs, a radio host with the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville offered his
> condolences from the county music industry, the newspaper reported.
>
> "He was as good as any of his contemporaries," Stubbs said, "and no one was
> his superior."
>
> Over his career, Price earned the respect of his colleagues by constantly
> perfecting his craft, Stubbs said.
>
> "As a result, his voice is just as fresh today as it was 65 years ago," he
> said.
>
> Price is credited with changing the sound of country music as he
> collaborated with the genre's biggest stars, and he remained relevant for
> more than half a century.
>
> He recorded more than 100 hits and is perhaps best known for his version of
> the Kris Kristofferson song, "For the Good Times."
>
> A funeral is planned for Dec. 28 in Dallas.
> <https://www.google.com/search?safe=images&client=firefox-a&hs=xjP&rls=org.m
> ozilla:en-US:official&q=integrity&spell=1&sa=X&ei=1mC_UtT0G-aS2QWvhYDIDw&ved
> =0CCwQvwUoAA>
> --
> *Kimberlea Weeks*
> VP Administration and Convention Manager
> 612.501.4600 | f.866.519.0047 | www.gmcmi.com
>
> *GMC Motorhomes International*
> 1402 So. Cage Blvd | Unit 273 | Pharr | TX 78577
>
> *Mark these dates on your calendar today!*
>
> *GMCMI 2014 Spring Convention* | Friday, March 21 to Thursday, March 27 Lake
> Conroe Event Center & KOA | Montgomery, Texas
>
> *GMCMI 2014 Fall Convention* | Friday, September 26 to Thursday, October 2
> Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds | Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
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