April 19, 2014

Ray Stevens: Rayality TV webisode 5...

Good early Saturday morning!! I didn't have much time to post webisode 5 of Rayality TV yesterday because it was posted late in the day and I'm usually not awake during much of the afternoon and early evening. Be on the look out for the funny sketch starring 'The 4 Codgers'. The character of Robert is played by Norro Wilson...and you'll see clips taken from the 1993 home video More Ray Stevens Live! featuring Janice Copeland (in costume) singing "R-E-S-P-E-C-T". Ray's brother, John Ragsdale, plays the straight man in the sketch. However, I'm referring to the scene that appears in the 1993 home video. The clip on this installment of Rayality TV begins right as the two of them end their comical routine and she launches into the song. Janice, out of costume, sings "Love Can Build a Bridge" on that home video.

Here's webisode 5...



As you could imagine, I've been busy looking for any information I can get on the Ray Stevens book that I posted about in my previous blog entry. Although I have it, I'm still baffled by the under the radar release.

Also on the horizon is the 31 track CD import from the United Kingdom that I posted about several blogs ago. It's release date is this Tuesday April 22, 2014. It contains a lot of Ray's earliest recordings for the Prep, Capitol, NRC, and Mercury labels (1957-1962). The Amazon page in the United Kingdom has an Mp3 for sale...it became available on April 13 and there are song samples on the Amazon.com.uk Mp3 site. You can see/hear those HERE.

"God Save Arizona" is ever so close to joining the Million-Views club! At the moment it sits with 999,814 unique views. It needs just 186 additional first-time plays on You Tube to crack the million mark. In case you hadn't heard the song, it's from 2010, but the message is still current as of 2014 and this is the You Tube video nearing the million plateau...


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