Prayer Needed

Self | 7/13/11 | Chunga

[Chunga]

I'd like to ask all praying FReepers to pray for my friend Jerry Ragovoy, who has suffered a massive stroke and is in a New York hospital. He's in a coma and it's a huge bleed in his brain.

Jerry wrote "Piece Of My Heart," "Cry Baby," "Time Is On My Side" and hundreds of other tunes recorded by major rock and rhythm and blues acts in the 1960s and 70s. He is funny and gifted and in desperate need.

[Chunga]

Thanks andy58-in-nh...and yes they are!

[Chunga]

Thank you tioga!

[Chunga]

Thank you wolfcreek!

[LonePalm]

Prayers up for Jerry and family.

Notre père, qui êtes aux cieux!
Que votre nom soit sanctificié. Que votre règne vienne.
Que votre volonté soit faite, sur la terre comme au ciel.
Donnez-nous aujourd'hui notre poindre ce jour.
Pardonnez-nous nos offenses, comme nous pardonnons aussi a ceux, qui nous ont offensés,
et ne nous soumetez pas à la tentation, mais délivrez-nous du mal.
Car c'est à toi qu'appartiènne, le régne, la puissance et la gloire, pour les siècles des siècles.
Amen.

Je vous salue, Marie, pleine de grâces,
le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entre toutes les femmes,
et Jésus le fruit de vos entrailles est béni.
Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pauvres pécheurs,
maintenant, et à l'heure de notre mort. Ainsi-soit-il.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Chunga]

Thank you constitutiongirl!

[Chunga]

Thank you Sara!

[Chunga]

Thanks Shadowstrike!

[Chunga]

Thank you Grammy!

[Chunga]

Thank you fieldmarshaldj!

[Chunga]

Thank you GloriaJane!

[Chunga]

Thank you caww!

[Chunga]

Jerry has passed. I don't know the details. Thanks to all of you who prayed for him...I believe good came of it.
Best, Chunga

[AGreatPer]

So sorry. With you in thought.

[Chunga]

I'm going to post links to some of Jerry's music you may or may not have heard.

He wrote, arranged and produced this record for Verve Records and Howard Tate:

Howard Tate - Half A Man

[Chunga]

This one went to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September of 1963:

Garnett Mims And The Enchanters - Cry Baby

[Chunga]

Grand Funk covered this one:

Grand Funk - Look At Granny Run Run

[Chunga]

The Rolling Stones recorded this one:

The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side

[Chunga]

Here's another Howard Tate soul masterpiece, written and produced by Jerry Ragovoy:

Howard Tate - Get It While You Can

[Chunga]

Big Brother And The Holding Company had a hit with this:

Big Brother & the Holding Company - Piece of My Heart

[Chunga]

Jerry Ragovoy: Joplin’s Musical Master