Music Industry Mourns Country Artist Charley Pride: ‘Truly a Giant’
Maren Morris, Jimmy Wayne, Dolly Parton took to Twitter to mourn the news. Pride died of complications from COVID-19 on Saturday.
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RIP Charley Pride.
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Legend.
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Wow I didn’t know anything about it until now. He is a great singer.
that left a mark
Kiss an angel good morning, Charlie. RIP
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Omg!
Rest in peace Mr. Pride.
Rest in peace Mr. Pride.
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Remember many saturdays fishing listening to old country and his music. RIP CHARLEY PRIDE
Moment of silence. RIP you are a legend!
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I grew up listening to him.
Rain drippin' off the brim of my hat...
He will be missed. RIP good sir and godspeed.
Rain drippin' off the brim of my hat...
He will be missed. RIP good sir and godspeed.
The world could use a lot more Charlie Prides. He was a class act...professionally and personally. Those close to him say he was extremely humble, generous and pleasant to be around.
If you believe in forever then life is just a one night stand
If there is a rock n' roll heaven, they just got another for the band
If there is a rock n' roll heaven, they just got another for the band
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Broke through many barriers. May he RIP.
Saw him in concert at the New Mexico State Fair Coliseum in Sep of 1971.Great Artist. "It's All Right"
The cat was a legend
Way back in 1984 (I think) Charley bought a radio station in Beaumont TX. He celebrated "KAYD" with a daytime free concert in Winnie TX. I was a college student at Lamar U. in Beaumont, and a booth was set up hiring young men as stage hands -- for a whopping $25 an hour. That was crazy good money in '84.
About eight of us was hired, and we worked laying out very heavy sound cables and speakers. The "roadie" work started early that Saturday morning. After several hours, we were very hot, tired, and hungry. We asked the guy in charge if we could leave and get a bite to eat. He said, not necessary, lets step into Charley bus. Charley had arranged for us a ton of fried chicken, rolls, and Cokes. Wow did we eat well. We sat in the cold A/C and stuffed ourselves silly. After the concert, we had to pack it all back in. We made more in that day than I could have made in a week.
It was a small gesture, really, but I will always remember Charleys hospitality to some random college kids. You will be missed, CP.
About eight of us was hired, and we worked laying out very heavy sound cables and speakers. The "roadie" work started early that Saturday morning. After several hours, we were very hot, tired, and hungry. We asked the guy in charge if we could leave and get a bite to eat. He said, not necessary, lets step into Charley bus. Charley had arranged for us a ton of fried chicken, rolls, and Cokes. Wow did we eat well. We sat in the cold A/C and stuffed ourselves silly. After the concert, we had to pack it all back in. We made more in that day than I could have made in a week.
It was a small gesture, really, but I will always remember Charleys hospitality to some random college kids. You will be missed, CP.
I met his grandson a couple years ago on a Jeep rally in southern Indiana. We had a stop for beer and a restroom and they had a sound system set up. A young African American man got up and sang a few country tunes and he was ****ed good! They then introduced him as Charley Pride's grandson! I can't remember his name, but he was a super nice guy and humble, too. I told him I really enjoyed his singing and was a big fan of his granddad and that I was actually listening to "Mississippi Cotton Pickin' Delta Town" just before we pulled in! I told him to give my best to Charley Pride and he said he'd do just that. I sure hope he did. My Dad was a big fan, too. I hope he gets to meet him in heaven. I know he'd love that.
Think I'll dig out some of the 33s and have a Charlie Pride concert.
