Don’t think Ray was ever involved with Chet. Ray was a Columbia guy, Chet was RCA.
I love that Ray went through three or four different incarnations, but always came out on top because very few can sing like him. He has that amazing voice that can do anything, and why shouldn’t he? There’s very little he’s done that I don’t love.
Not sure I agree that his early stuff was his best, simply because his voice hadn’t developed yet. If he had stayed there, he would have been one of many, but he would never have become RAY.
And Chet did a lot of good, so let’s not trash him - but I don’t think he was ever involved with Ray.
Yeah, Chet did a lot of good,,,, and a lot of bad. He was responsible for “The Nashville Sound.” An attempt to crossover. No more fiddles, no more steel guitars. String sections and the disgusting Anita Kerr Singers. He knew how to make money! I play a lot of his guitar stuff, but his contributions to “Country Music” are laughed, and cursed, at these days. He was involved with Ray.