Disco de Charley Pride: “In Person”

I've been a fan of country music all my life -- from the time I used to ride along listening to WWVA AM in my Father's delivery truck when I was a young boy until today, as I sit with Willie Nelson playing in the background in my law office in New York City. There have been some great live and studio country albums -- Johnny Cash at Folsom prison, Willie's Red Headed Stranger etc. In my opinion, Charlie Pride In Person is the GREATEST COUNTRY ALBUM EVER MADE. That last punctuation mark was a period. No country music fan who gets ahold of this album will regret it.

I've listened to this album many, many times and it brings back fond memories. My mom worked at Panther Hall from the day it opened until it closed. Charlie Pride came to our house in Ft. Worth for supper one time. The neighbors were all gossiping about the black man at our house, until the next day when they learned who he was. Then it was question after question about Charlie. In answer to those questions, he was a wonderful country boy. Always saying Ma'am to my mother. I had a cheap guitar and he saw it. He picked it up after supper and played around on it. He also tuned it. I asked him to play Kaw-Liga, the only song I really knew from him at the time, and he did. As I said, fond memories. If you can find this album, grab it!

A blast from my past; we had the LP as kids.

A great purchase indeed, a truly great sing-a-long disc.