half-singing, half-talking thing.
“Jerry Lee Lewis came out and
Jerry Lee had his sister with him on
this tour. He played piano with his
feet and his elbow, he was kind of
a clown on piano, but he put on a
really good show. Everybody enjoyed
it.
“Then, Bill Mack came out and
said, ‘Now, ladies and gentlemen,
I want you all to put your hands
together and give a warm round
of applause to the soul of country,
Charlie Pride. I was playing lead
guitar and my brother was playing
bass. This black dude came out on
stage. I looked at my brother and
said, ‘Oh, my God!’ He was doing a
tune called, Little Eliza Jane. I knew
the song. I said to my brother, ‘This
song has 16 bars of yodeling in it. He
can’t do this. He’s black. He can’t
yodel. No way is he going to yodel.’
Then Charlie started singing and he
was so country. I quit playing and
just stood there with my mouth open.
After the yodel, I had an eight-bar
pickup, behind his solo, but I was
just standing there and my brother
said, ‘Raymond, pick it up, pick it
up!’ I started playing.
“When we finished, we took a
break and we went back stage. I said
to Charlie Pride, ‘Charlie, how in
the world did you ever start singing
country?’ He said, ‘Raymond, I’ve
always loved country, but my first
love was baseball and I would go to
Florida and practice with the Rangers
every summer. But, I was never good
enough. So I went into the country
music business.’”
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