{"product_id":"brother-ray-ray-charles-own-story-9780306814310","title":"Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story","description":"Ray Charles (1930-2004) led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. In Brother Ray, he tells his story in an inimitable and unsparing voice, from the chronicle of his musical development to his heroin addiction to his tangled romantic life. Overcoming poverty, blindness, the loss of his parents, and the pervasive racism of the era, Ray Charles was acclaimed worldwide as a genius by the age of thirty-two. By combining the influences of gospel, jazz, blues, and country music, he invented, almost single-handedly, what became known as soul. And throughout a career spanning more than a half century, Ray Charles remained in complete control of his life and his music, allowing nobody to tell him what he could and couldn't do.As the \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e put it, \u003ci\u003eBrother Ray\u003c\/i\u003e is \"candid, explicit, sometimes embarrassing, often hilarious, always warm, touching and deeply human-just like his music.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306814310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.52w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2005 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Ritz, Ray Charles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635534360732,"sku":"9780306814310","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_58608f27-06f1-4c84-bd65-dd61fbfd3bb6.jpg?v=1603839826","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/brother-ray-ray-charles-own-story-9780306814310","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}