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Ray Charles — Rockhouse Parts 1 & 2
Album: What'd I Say
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Released: 1959
Length: 3:50
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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 nagsheadlocal wrote:

Back in the late 70s I moved from NC to Detroit for a job (and a girl) and tried living up North for a while. One morning at 2 a.m. I was driving home from work in a cold rain and Ray Charles came on the radio. There was just something about his voice that said "Go home, boy."

So I packed up two days later. Thanks, Ray.



I wonder, did you leave the girl behind, leave her for Ray and home or was it a threesome, you, her and Ray?
Posted 11 months ago by cantdowoU    [ Reply ]
 Dahlia_Gumbo wrote:

Oh man! Perfection.




I Agree Completely!!   Thanx RP!   
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by dagmarpetrovicka    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:

hey...hear that Monk?


Yeah, I was thinking there was a bit of a Monk influence in his playing, on this tune anyway.
Posted 2 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I love Ray and when Bill plays this cut I have to say, "Ray Charles"? So Funky!
Posted 3 years ago by jimtyrrell    [ Reply ]
hey...hear that Monk?
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Fuckin’ brilliance. Listening here on a chilly night in Georgia. Rock on Ray!
Posted 3 years ago by nmuessig    [ Reply ]
Love me some smooth sax.
Posted 4 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Oh man! Perfection.
Posted 4 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Ray rocks on forever, immortal!
Posted 4 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
LOVE that this song is named "Rockhouse," but that was 1959, I suppose.

As a motorbiker, the Rock House on CA 70 near Paradise is a top 3 bucket list item.
 
Sadly, the Rock House burned down (but not the rock walls) in the Camp Fire. There's an on-line fundraiser  for the owners, which also has more information and pictures -
https://www.gofundme.com/f/hel...
Posted 5 years ago by poetdancer    [ Reply ]
LOVE that this song is named "Rockhouse," but that was 1959, I suppose.

As a motorbiker, the Rock House on CA 70 near Paradise is a top 3 bucket list item.
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]

All I can say about this, is one word......Wow!!!

Posted 6 years ago by Bev_and_Wendy    [ Reply ]
 zenhead wrote:
Brother Ray knocks everything out of the park.
 
Amen.
Posted 7 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
I keep picturing Marty McFly. {#Bananajam}
Posted 7 years ago by ubuntourist    [ Reply ]
My my mother, god rest her soul.  Was an uneducated hillbilly from the backwoods of KY.  Didn't read much or never went anywhere.  But she demanded that my father take her to see Elvis (he did)  and there were Ray Charles  8 track tapes scattered all over  the floorboard of our faux woody station wagon.

 
Posted 8 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Most excellent.
Posted 8 years ago by Chrisjea    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}perfect.
Posted 8 years ago by Lemonhead    [ Reply ]
 msymmes wrote:
A genious !
 

 
Great to hear again !
Posted 9 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
I was going to say, on this jazzy-soul groove, can we get some '70s Yousou N'dour funky latin-inspired afro-beat? And lo and behold y'all went to Fela Kuti. Could keep it up with the N'Dour, and/or go to some Dengue Fever, maybe?
 
Posted 9 years ago by inklip    [ Reply ]
I saw a great concert years ago, I think it was Bruce Hornsby, he used this tune as his intro music as the whole band came on stage.
Posted 10 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
10, 10 ,10 - keep 'em coming
Posted 10 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
The bass line from Van, to Ray, is completely seamless. Nice work Bill!
Posted 10 years ago by mortrates    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam} {#Drummer}  {#Dancingbanana_2} {#Guitarist}  {#Bananasplit}  {#Sunny}
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Brother Ray knocks everything out of the park.
Posted 10 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]

I like the smokey-jazz vibe playing this morning...

Getting expensive as I keep buying CDs... But the music is great and will last...

Thanks


Posted 10 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
A genious !
 
Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
This stuff makes my day...
Posted 11 years ago by scootmagapril    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
Sometimes RP just makes me giddy with happiness.  This is one of those times.  Thank you for keeping Ray Charles in the playlist, because I'd never get to hear his music otherwise.  {#Notworthy}
 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

love this cool music...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
yeah, cherish your afro-american countrymen for having given us the best music in the world; greetings from the country of bach and beethoven

d-don wrote:
 d-don wrote:
I have a high school yearbook staff in this room, and they are swingin' and swayin', and most of them don't even know it. Oh yeah, we dig!
 
 It has happened again - different class, same song, same reaction. Great groove for a rainy Oregon Friday.
 


Posted 11 years ago by Disti    [ Reply ]
Shit, this is good.
Posted 11 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
 d-don wrote:
I have a high school yearbook staff in this room, and they are swingin' and swayin', and most of them don't even know it. Oh yeah, we dig!
 
 It has happened again - different class, same song, same reaction. Great groove for a rainy Oregon Friday.


Posted 11 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
 Art_Carnage wrote:
I feel like I just stumbled into the Kit Kat Lounge, circa 1958.
 
Yessir, with a host of good-looking cats and a drink in my hand.
Posted 12 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
Yes, Genius and Soul! {#Cheers}
Posted 12 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
{#Daisy}
Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
Awesome.  
Posted 12 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
I have a high school yearbook staff in this room, and they are swingin' and swayin', and most of them don't even know it. Oh yeah, we dig!
Posted 12 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
Yeah, that's really cool...
Posted 12 years ago by flight750    [ Reply ]
AAAYYmazing!!!
Posted 12 years ago by anotherlistener    [ Reply ]
Sweet!!!
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
Simply perfect.
 
Not for me, Dad! 

Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Simply perfect.
Posted 13 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
In a good way . . .

 Art_Carnage wrote:
I feel like I just stumbled into the Kit Kat Lounge, circa 1958.
 


Posted 13 years ago by dkwalika    [ Reply ]
I feel like I just stumbled into the Kit Kat Lounge, circa 1958.
Posted 13 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
makes me happy  das ist saugut
Posted 13 years ago by caribean_bird    [ Reply ]
Man I love good sax.
Posted 13 years ago by kentbigdog    [ Reply ]
Sometimes RP just makes me giddy with happiness.  This is one of those times.  Thank you for keeping Ray Charles in the playlist, because I'd never get to hear his music otherwise.  {#Notworthy}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
That intro got an immediate response, turned it up
Posted 14 years ago by drews    [ Reply ]
Damn it, I wanted to see American Dad on TV and can't get away from here.... {#Dance}

Posted 14 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
Classic 50s/60s stripper music. Take it off, baby!!!!
Posted 14 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
Right on, Daddio!!{#Cool}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
The bass and piano in the background during the sax solo is so amazingly smooth.
Posted 14 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
This song is soooo coool!!
Posted 15 years ago by handsomened    [ Reply ]
rite arm! ! !

yeah!!!

its better fer de feets .
where's ma axe?  !!

9.8 
Posted 15 years ago by paulpaar    [ Reply ]
jac jonSON
pales sickly

9.9 
Posted 15 years ago by paulpaar    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


This is good for the ears...
 
It's better for the feet, botman! {#Bounce}
Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Excellent choices, Bill! Three 9s in a row from me today.
Posted 15 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
I didnt think you could resist this title? {#Tongue}
Posted 15 years ago by Bazooka    [ Reply ]
 garthwb wrote:
Smiley tune! Guaranteed to make your feet tap
 
It's funny to read this when you're actually doing it {#Dance}
Posted 15 years ago by bieze    [ Reply ]


See this ==> https://www.thelanguageofmusic.com/
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 nagsheadlocal wrote:

I asked her to come with me and she declined. We remained friends but, curiously, she moved to NC about 15 years later. No worries, would rather have an old friend than a bitter ex.

  

 {#Yes} Any day.

Posted 15 years ago by Hairfarmer    [ Reply ]
 Mandible wrote:

you dumped the girl?
 
I asked her to come with me and she declined. We remained friends but, curiously, she moved to NC about 15 years later. No worries, would rather have an old friend than a bitter ex.

Posted 15 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
 nagsheadlocal wrote:
Back in the late 70s I moved from NC to Detroit for a job (and a girl) and tried living up North for a while. One morning at 2 a.m. I was driving home from work in a cold rain and Ray Charles came on the radio. There was just something about his voice that said "Go home, boy."

So I packed up two days later. Thanks, Ray.
 

you dumped the girl?
Posted 15 years ago by Mandible    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}
Posted 15 years ago by missy_pringle    [ Reply ]
Ray's Rockhouse, great song, Manhattan Transfer did a great version of this
Posted 15 years ago by stkman    [ Reply ]
 mongoose01ca wrote:
The piano trill about a buck and a half into the song forced me to bump this from a 7 to an 8. Seriously, the man had piano chops to spare. Great stuff!
 
Srsly, indeed. Listen to his left hand. He's like Jerry Lee Lewis - he could lay down a killer backbeat.

Posted 15 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
Back in the late 70s I moved from NC to Detroit for a job (and a girl) and tried living up North for a while. One morning at 2 a.m. I was driving home from work in a cold rain and Ray Charles came on the radio. There was just something about his voice that said "Go home, boy."

So I packed up two days later. Thanks, Ray.
Posted 15 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
 Art_Carnage wrote:
EVERYBODY BUNNY HOP!
 
{#Lol}

Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Volume level of this track is loud!
well.. maybe is just my imagination or a problem in my Amarok

Posted 15 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
Not Ray's smoothest number, but Ray on a bad day is better than most others on a good day. How about some of his other tunes?
Posted 15 years ago by LawrenceSheppard    [ Reply ]
 mongoose01ca wrote:
The piano trill about a buck and a half into the song forced me to bump this from a 7 to an 8.

Seriously, the man had piano chops to spare. Great stuff!
 

Agreed. Everyone talks about his voice so much they've forgotten he could really play the thing.
Posted 16 years ago by Panama_Floyd    [ Reply ]
Smiley tune! Guaranteed to make your feet tap, like most of Ray's work. The man was a demi-god!
Posted 16 years ago by garthwb    [ Reply ]
EVERYBODY BUNNY HOP!
Posted 16 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
Smoooooth! Thanks RP!
Posted 16 years ago by Painted_Turtle    [ Reply ]
mongoose01ca wrote:
Good thing the cubicle walls here are high enough for me to groove to this with a little privacy!
Better get off the piano or someone will see you sticking up over the wall...
Posted 16 years ago by tompoll    [ Reply ]
i didn't catch where this went from a part 1 into a part 2. need to hear again, please. ;)
Posted 16 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Good thing the cubicle walls here are high enough for me to groove to this with a little privacy!
Posted 16 years ago by mongoose01ca    [ Reply ]
Wow!! Probably my highest rated Ray Charles tune - some parts actually remind me a little of Dave Brubeck styling.
Posted 16 years ago by ejsamuel    [ Reply ]
CCinSB wrote:
Sweeeeeeeet!
Ditto................
Posted 17 years ago by cutterjudd    [ Reply ]
Niiiiice.
Posted 17 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
The piano trill about a buck and a half into the song forced me to bump this from a 7 to an 8. Seriously, the man had piano chops to spare. Great stuff!
Posted 17 years ago by mongoose01ca    [ Reply ]
Sweeeeeeeet!
Posted 17 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
More of this.
Posted 17 years ago by pdsm7    [ Reply ]
Sweet. Kinda feel like swayin' and strollin'.
Posted 17 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
After two songs that dragged me down in the sinking swirling eddy of despair, Bill has lowerd a bucket into the depths of my well and rasied me back to light with Ray. OK, well maybe not that drastic, but Ray brings some good feelings with his music.
Posted 17 years ago by Phonedave    [ Reply ]
Old_Pat wrote:
Its easy to forget just what an outstanding musician Ray was. Great to hear something from him to show his genius in a different way.
Posted 17 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
Ah - gawd. This is bringing flashbacks to high school where we sang this song in choir. Not nearly as cool as this.
Posted 17 years ago by bookishbitty    [ Reply ]
Its easy to forget just what an outstanding musician Ray was. Great to hear something from him to show his genius in a different way.
Posted 17 years ago by Old_Pat    [ Reply ]
sick groove
Posted 17 years ago by okobojicat    [ Reply ]
Nice addition to the set list.
Posted 17 years ago by Lonestar    [ Reply ]
AlienRelic wrote:
RP is batting 1.000 today!
YESSSSSSSSSS-SAHHHH!!!
Posted 17 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
AlienRelic wrote:
RP is batting 1.000 today!
don't they always??
Posted 17 years ago by ChrisInCT    [ Reply ]
RP is batting 1.000 today!
Posted 17 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]