Ray Charles
The weather in Atlanta, Georgia, is damp and breezy on the night of May 29,
1959. Despite intermittent rainfall, a crowd of 9,000 people has fi lled the stands
of a minor league ballpark called Herndon Stadium for a long evening of live
rhythm and blues. The Drifters, Ruth Brown, Jimmy Reed, Roy Hamilton,
and B.B. King all have performed to an enthusiastic response; now the crowd is enraptured by the show’s headline attraction, whose set has reached a peak
of controlled frenzy.
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