Remembering the man and the music

Ray Charles is gone. What a week. What can I say about a musical inspiration? As a musician... only that his spirit does live on in the music he penned.

I still get chills when I listen to his version of "America the Beautiful." I can't help but laugh when I hear "I Got a Woman." I feel like I'm from Georgia when he sings about it.

I hope someday my writing will have that same kind of affect on someone else.