Charley Pride has died

[4th&Five 41558]

Fuck Covid and fuck 2020. 

 

[Jameslaw121 4448]

God Damn it

 

 

 

[HenryJames 66079]

He can finally kiss an angel good mornin’.

[yoladu 4094]

Saw him at the Houston Rodeo in the Astrodome sometime in the late '70s

very early childhood memory.

(think he was billed with Crystal Gayle if i am remembering correctly)

[GhostOfTomJoad 9327]

Dammit. That man could sing a song.

[UTCzech III 2907]

Fuck covid.

 

 

[TonyTexas 10515]

You know it was tough to be black in the country/western world in his day. He did it with style and grace. 
 

Fun fact: He was a 2 time Negro League all star

Edited December 12, 2020 by TonyTexas

[Buzzrock 14921]

Fucking hell. Charley too. RIP to a genuine article and a real troubadour. 

[The Dude 1246]

[Al Czervik 1229]

Al has a grade school friend that loves telling the story of his neighbors back when Manchaca was way out in the country, we’re talking about the 70’s here. 
Seems these folks were really amped up to see Charley at the Austin Stock show and loaded up the pickup (the whole family mind you) and headed down to the Coliseum by Town Lake to take in the night’s entertainment.  Wasn’t long later that they were back and astonished that Charley was black, more than likely they didn’t use the word ‘black’, and they explained that they ‘wern’t staying around’ to listen to a black guy sing. A real life Gabby Johnson moment if there ever was one. Not sure if they were also looking for a refund but I’ll assume they probably were.   Still can’t fathom being so racist that you’d deny yourself getting to see a legend perform. 
Than man could sing, RIP Charley. 

[TwiceHorn 31488]

I posted on the other thread, but I'll relate this.  We were in Hawaii the summer Dallas had its horrible heat wave with temps ~114 making national news, 1980.

He got in an elevator at the hotel with my Mom, who loved him, and she gushed "Charley Pride!" and they had a brief conversation, during which he learned we were from Dallas.

We saw him a couple of other times and he'd holler out "Hello Dallas!"

/csb

RIP.

Edited December 12, 2020 by TwiceHorn

[Red Five 40859]

Al has a grade school friend that loves telling the story of his neighbors back when Manchaca was way out in the country, we’re talking about the 70’s here. 
Seems these folks were really amped up to see Charley at the Austin Stock show and loaded up the pickup (the whole family mind you) and headed down to the Coliseum by Town Lake to take in the night’s entertainment.  Wasn’t long later that they were back and astonished that Charley was black, more than likely they didn’t use the word ‘black’, and they explained that they ‘wern’t staying around’ to listen to a black guy sing. A real life Gabby Johnson moment if there ever was one. Not sure if they were also looking for a refund but I’ll assume they probably were.   Still can’t fathom being so racist that you’d deny yourself getting to see a legend perform. 
Than man could sing, RIP Charley. 

This was apparently common. A ton of rednecks didn’t know he was black.

[Bevo&Pevo 5169]

RIP Charley.  T&P to the family.

[hundredTT 578]

3 hours ago, UTCzech III said:

Fuck covid.

 

 

Now that’s some peak-time drinkin your sorrows away music. RIP to a legend. 

[BrickHorn 18237]

I’m not one to make predictions, but something tells me we’ll dedicate the entire month of June to his honor. 

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2652]

Ughhhh 

[CooterBrown 18014]

His son, Carlton, is a reggae artist who fronted Zion back in the day. He moved to Ft Collins the day Colorado legalized weed. His music is pretty solid and worth a look.

[Beau Vine 54238]

6 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

You know it was tough to be black in the country/western world in his day. He did it with style and grace. 
 

Fun fact: He was a 2 time Negro League all star

[shadow_operative 15932]

RIP Charley 😢 

[Hate 20108]

Damn...as a kid growing up in San Antonio we loved any mention of our town. And then hearing Charley Pride sing “is anyone going to San Antone” on the radio?? RIP to a legend and thank you for keeping SA on the map!

[Post Oak 20219]

RIP Charley.

My favorite song

 

[HouTex 1867]

Houston/SE Tex country music fans loved him. He still holds the record for most performances at the HLSR with 33. At UT I had several friends from Dallas Jesuit who went to school with his son, Dion. They would bring him to our frat parties in the early 80’s. Nice guy.

[Chad Fuck 17684]

I'm gonna just put this one here, because to me, it's the perfect three verse country song, sung perfectly.

A friend of mine here in Dallas used to sell him a few brand new Ford trucks every so often.  He'd take one, and then distribute the rest to whoever he deemed had a need.  

Then another friend (older fella) used to flip houses.  He was moving into one and saw a fellow across the street mowing the lawn, who he promptly hired to mow his.  The fellow took his big straw hat off...and you guessed it:  It was Charley Pride.  

And I'm just tossing this here because it's a great paying tribute to a great. 

 

Edited December 14, 2020 by Chad Fuck

[Gil Bang 25960]

[DougO 5250]

Major part of the soundtrack of my youth. Always loved his voice.

[DougO 5250]

Here's a good one for Christmas.