Chords for Ray Price Live Interview Nov 1992

[Bb] _ [Eb] Hear the whisper _ of [Db] the [G] raindrops _ [Eb] _ [Ab] going soft _ [Abm] against the window.
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And make [Fm] believe you love me _ [Bb] one more time for _
_ _ _ [Eb] the good times. _
_ [C] _ I know.
_ [N] _ You were singing along with that record at home.
I know you were.
A classic, one of the classics of all time in all kinds of music.
Recently celebrated his 23rd anniversary of that song going to number one, which sold 11 million copies.
Well, if you are a big Ray Price fan like I am, you'll be glad to know that he has some greatest hits of volumes out.
Greatest hits of volume one and two.
And we're so excited to have him here tonight.
Here is the legendary Ray Price. _ _ _
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_ _ Oh, _ _ _ there you are.
You know, a song like that spurs so many memories for the people who enjoyed listening to it on the radio.
What kind of memories does it bring back for you when you hear that song? _
Oh, pretty good.
Oh, I imagine.
It put me to work.
Oh, I'm sure it did.
Yeah.
Does it spark any memory of a concert someplace or a reaction from a particular lady in the audience?
Or have you had a lot of those?
No, no, no. _ _ _ _
No, it's a song that pulled me out of the _ doldrums.
I had gone when I did Danny Boy years ago.
_ _ People in the business got a little hot under the collar at me.
_ Well, it was so orchestrated.
Is that the reason?
Well, we had 46 pieces on it.
Oh, yeah.
And even though it sold a million records, they thought it wasn't country.
_ I was a little ahead of my time.
Well, you know, you are known _ for the classic country songs that you have produced over the years.
Yet there was a time that you were considered, I guess, a renegade or an outlaw in this industry, right?
Number one outlaw.
Number one outlaw.
Was it because of the orchestration primarily or what else?
It was that I think they misunderstood what I was trying to do.
So, you know.
Finally got the point across, though, huh?
Well, eventually I finally got that song.
_ And that brought it around.
Well, so you must relate then to the Hank Williams Jr.'s.' and the Waylands and all those folks who came after you who were also called outlaws in their own way. Well, I had a few of them in the band. You did, didn't you? Yeah. Willie was in your band, wasn't he? Willie was the bass player. And who else? Roger Miller, wasn't he? Roger Miller was the front man. Johnny Paycheck played guitar and bass. _ And Johnny Bush was playing drums. Buddy Evans was on steel. It was quite a band. Were these guys all playing at the same time in your band? All at the same time. How in the world did you make that work? You know, with these guys. But it worked. It really did. All of us, most of us were from Texas, you know. Well, and now you are up for the CMA Hall of Fame Award. Now, we've talked about this before. That would [Gb] probably mean the world to you, wouldn't it? To win that award? Well, _ _ I don't know. I don't think I'm old enough to win it yet. _ [Eb] There you go. Think young. No, I wish they would give a little more time to the award. I think it should be the epitome of the awards. But they don't really give it any time. This makes the fourth time I've been _ nominated. Oh, four times. [Bb] Well, you're like Susan Lucci in the soap operas. You know, she's been nominated how many times? _ Fourteen or something. Well, you're only on number four. [N] But see, Ray, they haven't forgotten about you. That's important. Somebody there likes me. I'm proud of that. I know you are. Now, you're continuing to work at a pretty steady pace. You know, one thing we failed to mention, and I know it's something you've got to be proud of. But you have spent 40 years in this business, and you are still working just as hard as ever, aren't you? About 175, 200 days a year. Would it drive you nuts if you ever stayed away from the road? Go insane. You would go insane? You've got to be on the road? I've got to be doing something. Really? Got to get out of the house. _ _ Well, no, [B] what's wrong with inside the house, Ray? Not a thing. It's just inside the house. _ _ So next time you're feeling bad, you get a bus and you book a tour, right? We're going to be in Branson. Could I mention that? Of course you can. We open there the 1st of September at the Foggy River Boys Theater _ through the 31st of October. So we'll be there in like 45 or 50 days. All right. Now, Ray Price fans have this album. This is a double album that you just released here, right? And are there re-recordings here, or are these the originals? We record it, re-record it, yes. It's an up-to-date sound. But primarily it's the same thing that I did before. Yeah. Classic Ray [Bb] Price sound. But, you know, you kind of wonder, how could you make Crazy Arms and songs like that any better? I mean, they were [N] beautiful just the way they were, don't you think? Oh, I still do Crazy Arms just like I did 40 years ago. Yeah. So _ I love the songs. _ I thought at the time when I orchestrated the music that we needed more listeners to country music. And some of them didn't like the country music per se. So I dressed it up a little bit. And it's the same thing. I'd seen it done in the pop field for years. So I didn't see what was wrong with it. You just took it to town a little bit. Yeah. Broaden the base, as we say. All right. You'll see Ray Price in concert this weekend. We have some dates. Ray's leaving right here. Going straight to work up in Wheeling, West Virginia. Tomorrow night up there. Then in Richmond, Virginia, Sunday. Right. Then on to Elroy, Joliet, and Jackpot, Nevada. And look for him in Branson. He's going to be up there [C] soon. Bring me money. Yeah, you bring [G] me money. Yeah, you take yours to Nevada, too. [Cm] And that's a look at Ray [Bm] Price's album. Ray, thanks for coming by. Have a safe trip this weekend. [C] Thank you, [G] Charlene. All right. [Bm] Well, we'll do this for the [Gb] CMA now. [Cm] _