"His rendition of America The Beautiful kept me sane after 9/11."
I've been singing it all day. Larry Elder's show (Larry was at the burial ceremony) had a great mix of Ray's "America the Beautiful" with classic Reagan quotes ending with his farewell "Not bad. Not bad at all" classic.
I believe Ray played at Reagan's inaugural in '80.
Godbless Ray along with Ronnie.
I've written to Larry and asked that somehow, the powers that be at KABC make the Ray Charles/Reagan tribute available. There are no doubt copywrite considerations, but there must be a way. One of the hosts also mentioned that there was accompanying video. I could only hope it could somehow become available to us, given how awesome the audio is alone.